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    STUDIA THEOLOGIA ORTHODOXA - Issue no. 2 / 2012  
         
  Article:   FAITH, DEED AND MORALS IN THE WORK OF THE MONK NICOLAE DELAROHIA.

Authors:  ȘTEFAN ILOAIE. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  N. Steinhardt was one of the most important Romanian intellectuals of the XX century. A writer and a publicist, he was imprisoned by the communists, and it was in prison that he received Baptism as an Orthodox Christian. He became a monk at Rohia Monastery, in Maramures, where he continued his activity as a writer. His work is remarkable by presenting Christianity as sustained by the cultural act and culture as traceable in the act of faith. From a Christian perspective, faith, deed and the moral act are the most important landmarks of the work and life of N. Steinhardt. As a lover of useful paradoxes, he set at the foundation of the Christian life the scriptural text: “Lord, I believe! Help me overcome my unbelief!” – Mark 9, 24. According to his view, faith is directly connected to the courage of believing, to man’s daring to surpass himself. Faith causes the knowing of the world, especially the inner, spiritual knowledge. On the other side, faith is the gift of Christ to those He encounters. Steinhardt considers himself such a favoured. To him, Christ reveals himself in Baptism and afterwards in his life.

Keywords: N. Steinhardt, faith, morals, deed, good, bad. 		 
         
     
         
         
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