Course TP404 · Year IV · Summer 2025-2026

Moral Theology (IV)

Compulsory course in Pastoral Orthodox Theology, taught by Oliviu-Petru Botoi.

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Overview

Lecturer
Oliviu-Petru Botoi
Seminar tutor
Oliviu-Petru Botoi
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English, French
Domain
Theology
Field of study
Pastoral Orthodox Theology
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate.
Entry requirements
-

Aims

Acquiring in-depth knowledge of the moral and social role of the family today;

Realization of the importance of knowing the parents' debts towards the children and of the children towards the parents;

Developing the feeling of patriotism and assuming the Fatherland as a place of salvation in the ethnic communion of the nation;

Broadening the horizons regarding the forms of patriotic extremism - chauvinism and cosmopolitanism;

Knowledge of biblical and patristic grounds for defining and maintaining peace;

Course contents

The family in the light of Christian morality; Christian morality and patriotism; The Christian conception of peace; The Church's responsibility in today's world; Theology and spiritualization of the Christian life (I-IV)

Learning outcomes

Know the moral and social role of the family; Know the duties of parents to children and children to parents; Defines patriotism and knows the forms of patriotic extremism; Knows the Christian conception of peace and the biblical and patristic grounds for peace;

Assessment

Lists parents' debts to children;Lists children's debts to parents:Defines the homeland and patriotism;He knows at least one biblical basis for peace;Written paper-interpretative essay – 10%. Frontal evaluation/ Oral exam: 90%.

Recommended reading

We Shall See Him As He Is
Sophrony Sacharov
Stravropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex, 1985 · 214
Essai sur la théologie mystique de l'Église d'Orient
Vladimir Lossky
Cerf, Paris, 2006 · 266
Spiritual Counsels, Volume 4: Family Life
Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos
St. Tikhons Monastery, Waymart, 2010 · 318