Dimensiunea apologetica a operei lui Ioan Gheorghe Savin

Abstract

The apologethic is the theological speciality that studies the lay out, the protection and the explanation of the christian religion fundamental truths through the means of reason. Becouse faith goes beyond the limitation of reason, the first apologethic writings as: “The Epistle to Diognet” , “The Apologethic of Justin the Martyr”, Tertulian’s “Apologeticum”, Origen’s “Logos Atilis” as well as the writings of Tatian the Asirian, Atenagora and many others, were the first attempts to justify the revelatet faith with the help of reason, using what is called “natural revelation”. Each philosophical system has its owne “Natural Theology” or “Rationale Theology” as the one of Christian Wolff, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Fichte, Schelling or Hegel and later on the ones of Rudolf Euchen, Herald Hoefding, Max Scheller . This writings proof the thesis that sais “If God and the soup exists, this can and must be proven truthes whith the help of our reason. The reason that would forbid itself the declaration and the vindication of those high truths of the existence, would annul itself in its main task: finding and acclaiming the truth. Hence The Apologethic has a demonstrative and especialy polemic nature. The key objective of Apologethics is to demonstrate the nonbelievers the verity of the christian religion, whith the help of human reason and its offsprings. Using the weapons of reason, The Apologethic offers Theology that “preambulum fidei” which “opens the door to the hidden sanctuary of revelation”. The Apologethic has in the center of its search the existence of the holy spirit and of the human spirit. All its efforts have one purpose, the search of the truth that can be synthesized through materials that are provided by the profane knowledges. The theologian and professor I. Gh. Savin is one of the promoters of the roumanian theology apologethics and now whoud be o good time to rediscover and reimprove him in such turbid times. The voice of a theological – spiritual and logical – scientific authority is needed in order to set an efficient dialog between Theology, Philosophy and Science in the present context.