Transfigurarea timpului în lumina tradiției ortodoxe

by Olivier Clément, Măriuca Alexandrescu (Translator), Adrian Alexandrescu (Translator)

Prima carte pe care Olivier Clément a publicat-o în 1959, după convertirea la Ortodoxie, e o mărturie pasionantă a căutărilor sale spirituale și a viziunii despre credința pe care a îmbrățișat-o, răspunzând într-o zi chemării irezistibile a lui Hristos. În sintonie cu Nikolai Berdiaev și Vladimir Lossky, dar mai ales cu Părinții Bisericii, Clément inaugurează cu această reflecție despre timp o operă de teolog îndrăgostit de taina transfiguratoare a Învierii. De la dimensiunea cosmică a credinței la lectura spirituală a marilor etape ale istoriei Ortodoxiei, de la Sfinții Irineu al Lyonului și Maxim Mărturisitorul la Isaac Sirul și Siluan Athonitul, toate marile teme și repere ale teologiei lui Clément se întâlnesc aici, într-o măiastră țesătură, fidelă tradiției și totodată contemporană prin întrebările și libertatea ei. Transfigurarea timpului este mesajul de speranță al creștinismului, pe care Olivier Clément ni-l transmite cu inconfundabilă intensitate și acum, la centenarul nașterii sale.

Genres: Theology, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Christianity

280 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Olivier Clément was a French theologian and convert to Orthodox Christianity who taught at St. Sergius Institute in Paris.

He was born in 1921 in the south of France. In his youth he was a non-believer. As he grew to maturity, he became influenced by a number of Orthodox theologians in France, notably Vladimir Lossky and Nicholas Berdiaev, eventually receiving baptism at the hands of Fr Evgraph Kovalesvky, later Bishop Jean-Nectaire of Saint-Denis.

Although a committed school teacher, Clément was most devoted to his work at the St Sergius Institute and to his writing. His work was wide-ranging — from poetry to literary criticism, philosophy to theology, and extended to book-length interviews with figures such as Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and one of his successors, Bartholomew.

The most widely distributed of Clément's many books was perhaps his introductory work on the Orthodox Church in the popular Que sais-je? series, first published in 1961 and now in its seventh edition.

Clément also enjoyed friendship and entered into dialogues on major spiritual themes with a number of imminent personalities including Patriarch Athenagoras, Pope John Paul II, the priest and theologian Dumitru Staniloae, and the brother Roger of Taizé.

Modest, kindly and balanced, and supported faithfully by his wife Monique, Clément worked selflessly to unite Christians of different backgrounds, to unite France’s various Orthodox communities, and to inspire readers and listeners with a love of the Orthodox tradition which, he believed, would enrich the whole Church.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful considerations and meditations on time, from an Orthodox perspective. Hoping to share more about it soon

[Ted · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by a young Clement in the time period following his own conversion to Orthodoxy after having studied Eastern religions. He lays out a vision for understanding the world - time, space, history, evil - based in Christ and His victory over sin, death and evil.

[Sandu Andronic · Rating 2 out of 5]

Prea alambicată, mistică și dogmatică.