Cristian Badilita, Dr.
Ecclesiastical History
Bucharest
Born in 1968 in Saveni, Romania
Études de Patristique et d'Ancienne Antiquité à Paris IV-Sorbonne et à l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
Project
Patristics and Theology in the 20th Century
Je me propose de mettre en lumière le rapport qui existe entre la pensée de quelques grands théologiens du XXe siècle et leur formation patristique. Il s'agit, d'une part, de reconnaître le rôle que la lecture des Pères de l'Église aura joué dans la constitution de la vision théologique de chacun d'entre eux (thèmes, auteurs, modèles de vie et de pensée, enjeux et polémiques, modalités d'interprétation des écritures etc.) et, d'autre part, de mettre en évidence la façon originale dont ces théologiens modernes ont su actualiser l'héritage patristique. Grâce à eux, l'oeuvre des Pères a continué et continue encore à exercer une influence vivifiante sur la théologie chrétienne contemporaine de toute confession. J'ai choisi les auteurs selon deux critères : la valeur reconnue de leur pensée théologique et leur compétence patristique. Á part l'introduction générale et la synthèse finale, j'envisage dix chapitres, dont les protagonistes seront: H. U. von Balthasar (1890-1965); G. Florovski (1893-1979); H. de Lubac (1896-1991); P. Evdokimov (1900-1970); W. Lossky (1903-1958); D. Stalinoe (1903-1993); J. Daniélou (1905-1974); O. Cullmann (1902-) ; J. Zizioulas (1931-) ; Ch. Yannaras (1935-). Une partie de l'introduction sera consacrée à quelques précurseurs du XIXe siècle, tels Soloviev et Newman.Lecture recommandée
Badilita, Cristian, ed. Jean Cassien entre l'Orient et l'Occident. Paris: Beauchesne, 2003.
-. Septuaginta, vol. I-II, Bucarest/Iassy: New Europe College/Polirom, 1994.
-. Métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les Pères de l'Église. Paris: Beauchesne, 2005.
Colloquium, 21.03.2006
When Fathers Read The Fathers. Patristics and Theology in the 20th Century
In the book that I have begun to write here at the Wissenschaftskolleg, I am attempting to bring to light the relation between the thought of certain great theologians of the twentieth century and their training in patristics. I am concerned, on the one hand, with recognizing the role that reading the Church Fathers would have played in constituting their respective theological visions (topics and authors, models for living and of thought, issues and polemics, ways of interpreting the Scriptures, etc.), and on the other hand, with highlighting the original manner in which these modern theologians updated, augmented and indeed sometimes distorted the patristic bequest. Owing to them, the work of the Church Fathers has still continued to enrich contemporary Christian theology. I chose my authors according to two criteria: the recognized value of their theological thought and their patristic competence. What follows is a provisional list: Serge Boulgakov (1871-1944), Louis Bouyer (1913-2004), Henri de Lubac (1896-1991), Paul Evdokimov (1900-1970), Vladimir Lossky (1903-1958), Dumitru Staniloae (1903-1993), Jean Daniélou (1905-1974), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1890-1965), Oscar Cullmann (1902-2001), André Benoit (1919-1999), J. Zizioulas (b. 1931), Christos Yannaras (b. 1935), Bernard Sesbouë (b. 1929). My introduction will be devoted to three of their forerunners from the nineteenth century-Möhler, Newman and Soloviev.
In the first part of my talk I will briefly discuss the notion of "Church Father" and give an outline of my project. In the second part I will relate the "history" of the group of Jesuits from Fourvière (Lyon), veteran patrologists and theologians who played a decisive role in first laying the groundwork for Vatican II and then bringing it to fruition. Lastly, the third part of my talk will be devoted to Rumania's greatest Orthodox theologian of the twentieth century, Dumitru Staniloae, whose life and thought were so immersed in the patristic tradition that he was nicknamed "Doctor Philocalicus." And I will conclude my talk with a comparison between Staniloae's Orthodox, spiritualistic and sometimes old-fashioned approach, and the historic and social approach of the Jesuits de Lubac and Daniélou.
Publications from the Fellows' Library
Badilita, Cristian (2006)
Dumitru Stăniloae, ses affinités et ses idiosyncrasies patristiques
Badilita, Cristian (Paris ; Bucureşti, , 2006Bucureşti, 2006)
Badilita, Cristian (Paris, 2005)
Métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les pères de l'Église Théologie historique ; 116
Badilita, Cristian (Bucureşti, 2004)
Va︣zutele şi neva︣zutele Seria actual
Badilita, Cristian (2003)
Jean Cassien et le mythe des anges déchus
Badilita, Cristian (Bucuresti, 2003)
Pe viu despre Parintii Bisericii Intelepciunea e savoare
Badilita, Cristian (Paris, 2003)
Badilita, Cristian (Iasi, 2002)
Manual de anticristologie : studii, dosar biblic, traduceri si comentarii Plural. Religie
Badilita, Cristian (Iași, 1999)
