EDUCATIONAL TEACHINGS IN THE WRITINGS OF THE SAINTS VERSANUFIE AND JOHN FROM GAZA

EDUCATIONAL TEACHINGS IN THE WRITINGS OF THE SAINTS VERSANUFIE AND JOHN FROM GAZA

ÎNVĂŢĂTURI EDUCATIVE ÎN SCRIERILE SFINŢILOR VARSANUFIE ŞI IOAN DIN GAZA

Teodor Lucian VID

Universitatea de Vest ”Vasile Goldiş” din Arad

Abstract

The teachings of the Saints Varsanufie and John, comprise the entire spectrum of the spiritual life. They inspired other ecclesiastic writers who later appeared and at their turn, got inspired from the writings and teachings of the great parents and Christian believers. The letters of Varsanufie and John describe man’s possibility of cleaning himself from the tar of the sins, of becoming nobler and wiser, through the communion with God.

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