In specialized literature today there are countless studies and even real treatises that address in detail - both from the theological point of view and from the literary linguistic point of view - the educational activity of the hierarch Antim Ivireanul. However, we still do not have studies - except sporadically and on certain isolated aspects of his life - that present Saint Antim the Ivirean as a connoisseur and practitioner of the canonical appointments and norms provided by the holy canons, although this is evident with abundance both from his teaching activity, as well as from the sanctifying and leading one. This book comes to fill this gap in the specialized literature.
The work makes an important contribution not only in terms of clarifying certain confusions and ambiguities that appeared in specialized literature, mostly caused by ignorance or ignorance of the sources of canonical, orthodox legislation, but also in terms of the educational activity exercised by the hierarch Antim Ivireanul in the life of the Church precisely because of the importance it gave to the canonical and nomocanonical legislation regarding the pastoral-canonical activity of a hierarch of the Orthodox Church. Moreover, the work presents the hierarch Antim the Ivirean as a connoisseur and rigorous practitioner of the canonical appointments and norms, stipulated both by the canonical legislation of the first Christian millennium, and by the nomocanonical legislation (Pravile) of the Country, which the Georgian Antim knew - and applied it taking into account the "Law of the Land". And this entitles us to say that precisely because of his preparation in the field of canonical and nomocanonical legislation, the Georgian-born typographer Antim, who became metropolitan of the Romanian Country during the reign of Constantin Brancoveanu, managed to be a true confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in the Countries Romanians and from other parts of the Orthodox Christian world.
In the elaboration of this scientific research work, I used the latest discoveries, interpretations and approaches of the Antimian springs, which appeared especially in the context of the 300th anniversary of the martyrdom of Metropolitan Antim Ivireanul, which I reported both to the text of the canonical, orthodox legislation from the first millennium and of the (Byzantine) Rules printed in the Roman Countries in the 17th century, as well as to the text of the commentaries of the classical Byzantine canonists (Zonara, Balsamon and Artisten) on the holy canons, but also other canonists of the Eastern Church.
In this way, I tried to make a contribution both in terms of clarifying certain confusions and ambiguities that appeared in specialized literature, mostly caused by ignorance or ignorance of the sources of canonical, orthodox legislation, as well as in terms of the educational activity exercised by the hierarch Antim Ivireanu in the life of the Church precisely because of the importance he gave to the canonical and nomocanonical legislation regarding the pastoral-canonical activity of a hierarch of the Orthodox Church.
By mentioning the means by which Metropolitan Antim Ivireanul managed to defend the interests of the Church in the Romanian Country against the abuses coming from the patriarchate of Jerusalem or Constantinople, the means by which he contributed to the defense of the Church's teaching of faith against the attacks from the Catholic missionaries and Protestants not only within the boundaries of his diocese, but also outside them, of the means by which he supported the resistance of the Romanians from Transylvania against the Uniates and Catholicists, of the means by which he raised the level of theological training of the clergy of divine institution within the diocese of his, of the means by which he transmitted to the ruler, to the nobles of the royal court, but also to the simple people the teaching of the Church's faith. of course, we wanted to see not only the teaching activity, but also the pastoral-canonical one for the clergy of divine institution (bishops, priests and deacons) of our days regarding the exercise of the teaching power (activity).
The work also contains a study entitled "The canonical doctrine of the Eastern Church regarding the teaching power and its exercise", which constitutes the second chapter of the book.
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