Religion. - Tbilisi: Samshoblo - 2004 - N 10-11-12 - 96 p. - Bibliography at the end of each article.
Z. Kiknadze. The Book of Deuteronomium (Chapters 27-31). In this section are discussed the following episodes: Two mounts - Ebal and Gerizim are appointed as the places for curses and blessings (27-28); Moses makes the survey of the wandering of the people from Egypt to the plain of Moab (29:1-8); Moses foretells the people that they will be exiled and then will return from exile and be converted to God (30:1-14); Moses sets before them two ways - way of life and that of death (30:15-20); Joshua is coordinated by the hand of Moses (31:1-8,14,15,23); Moses delivers the book of Law to the priest and the elders (31:9-13).
G. Koplatadze. "The Great Canon" of Saint Andrew of Crete (translated from Old Greece and Comentet), has been translated into Georgian for three times: by Ekvtime Mtatsmindeli, Giorgi Mtatsmindeli and monk Arsen. Only monk Arsen's translation is published in "fasting" ("Markhvani"). The author of above given translation in a new Georgian language, has learnt all three texts in manuscripts and paid attention to some places of Arsen's translation where due to incorrect usage of terms, picturesque conception of an origin was not shown, that make her sure that new translation in necessary to be done.
M. Todua. Always Augmenting Sins. Author noticed that, in church poetry underlined is significance and destination of human creation in the Bible cosmology. Hardness of wrong free will direction, pain, caused by the sins fall-down are emphasized; God's son, hypostasis, one of the trinity was crucified for our sins. In order to achieve the religious ecstasies, understand the important divine mystery, human sins generalization for each person, define the deep emotional influence, in divine songs the Bible personages have lyric s "me", which finds generalization in listeners as well as in readers. In the books of old and new Bible using different names interesting is interrelation of Adam and sins, the way of evolution, purposeful follow-up for the real direction.
D. Danelia. N. Berdiaev's Philosophy of Religion. In the article is discussed the basic qualities of N. Berdiaev's philosophy of religion. Is said that its antirationalistic character and rendering of Christian religion in connection with the crises of today's reality. N. Berdiaev gives the religious and mystical interpretation to the problem of freedom which is widely lighted in his book "The Philosophy of Freedom" (1911). The book researches the issue of freedom being the script of Christian religion. The author's opinion one of Berdiaev's deserves is the creation of Christian anthropology.
N. Rodonaia. Love as Expression of Meaning of Religion in Hegel's Conception of Frankfurt Period. In the article is discussed, the Frankfurt Years (1797-1800) which could be described as transitional. Issues on which he worked during the Bern years (1793-1796) were rethought in the conception of Frankfurt period. Hegel's investigation concentrated on human being and his capabilities, since they constitute the Life which was ignored by traditional concepts and determinations. All these aspects are integrated in the concept of Love. During the Bern years Love expressed the ethical principle. In the work The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate (the main work of the Frankfurt period) the concept of Love expressed also the religious principle. Love and Religion cancel and elevate the boundaries of morality. If morality concerns only the life of finite beings and regulates their relations, religion offers to human beings the integration in the infinite i.e. faith. The principle of faith finds expression in the essence of the concept of Love.
M. Glonti. G. Tabidze about Lyrics. The author of the article shows that the old Georgian words "soul" and "wind" are synonymous, there is also the third word "air", with the same meaning. the orthodox saint fathers prove, that only "saint soul" was used by the meaning of The word "wind" does not the similar theological meaning in the saint writings, where the biblical meaning is "God's soul" (birth, 1, 2) or the same "saint soul" (John, 3, 8; dead 2, 2-4).
T. Abzianidze. Georgian Homiletics' Acquisition. In the article is shown that from the first centuries of Christianity people listened God's word, at first from apostol's and then from mediators. A great number of homiletical works were translated into Georgian from Greek, until original Georgian homiletics was created, where great place is occupied by questions of belief mankind, love and morality. Homiletics' of Catholikos Ilia II are best during the last centuries; they continue the best tradition of Georgian homiletics.
Religion. - Tbilisi: Samshoblo - 2005 - N1-2-3 - 96 p. - Bibliography at the end of each article.
V. Rtskhiladze. An Attempt of Interpretation of Certain Crisis Moments of Georgian History Through the Prism of Christian (Philosophy) World View. The article represents the continuation of a waste research with the same title published in the journal "Religion" for the last year (N 4-5-6, 2004). In this article the author is suggesting a discussion on the fate of Georgia, crisis moments of its history and the proposals that to his mind will save the country. First of all he mentions the dangerous circumstances in which Georgia found itself in the late middle ages. After fall of Byzantium Christian Georgia was left alone encircled by the Islamic countries and peoples. That was followed by the dissolution of the Georgian Empire into small kingdoms and principalities which were eventually conquered by the Russian empire in the first half of the 19th century. The author believes that modern crisis moments can be also overcome only through strengthening Christian faith.
M. Kiknadze. The Relationship between Belief and Knowledge in the Philosophy of a New Time. Author affirmed that belief and knowledge are spheres of human creative thinking. Belief and knowledge are characteristic of a reasonable man. Belief can be referred to a religious ontology and knowledge to a scientific anthology. The issue of development of a process of aspiration and removing opposition of belief and reason (knowledge) in the new time philosophy.
V. Rtskhiladze. The Enigma of Beauty. The article represents an essay demonstrating the relationship of esthetics with religious dimension of human psychology. The author tries to persuade readers that beauty, whether natural or man made, originates from metaphysics and lies in it. We admire not all landscapes in nature but only exceptional ones. According to philosopher Nikolai Hartmann this shows that beauty in nature has its objective roots despite any amount of subjective opinion and subjective vision added to it. However, besides every beauty he discerns its rear, invisible side which is easily sensed by a man who has talent of esthetic perception or intuitive vision. The work widely cites Goethe, Hans Sedlmeyr, Titus Burkhardt's and others. Though, the author pays special tribute to Romano Guardini and also widely discussing his early essay: "Cult Picture and a Picture of Religious Content" (Kultbild und Andachtsbild).
M. Glonti. G. Tabidze about the Lyrics. The author asserted that in the poem "The Wind is blowing" by Galaktion Tabidze, is shown two bible themes from "Genesis" and "New Birth", from New Testament. There are discussed the theological meaning of "Heaven birth" and "the birth from water and soul. Jesus Christ explains to Pharisees Nikodemus about it. Making him much believe, Jesus uses the allegory "wind", which denotes "soul". There is written: "Till the soul wishes"... (see John 3,8). Holy Spirit takes part in the mystery of birth, which is expressed by blowing and displacement of wind".
Religion. - Tbilisi: Samshoblo - 2005 - N 4-5-6 - 96 p. - Bibliography at the end of each article.
I. Brachuli. "Anthropological Discourse" is proved that anthropological discourse appears when arises the question of disappearing, our coming "the very human nature". Namely that is the main postulate of postmodern thinking. This postulate is not rightly handled by its some Georgian adepts. "Anthropological discourse" maintains the possibility and necessity of communication with ecclesiological discourse.
A. Zakariadze. Christian Anthropology and Bioethics. In the article by means of retrospectable reconstruction there are restored historical principles and traditions by which the paradigm of bioethical Knowledge is built. There are discussed the principles of personal freedom and autonomy, goodness and virtue, also the main concepts of Christian Anthropology, which have been balanced with bioethical.
I. Tsereteli. Correlation of Human and Divine Freedom by H.M. Kalybeus. In the article is shown a short history of the "Speculative Ethics" school and philosophical point of its representatives. There also is said about Khalybeus' relation with Hegel's philosophy. The author explains meaning of concepts of freedom, power and arbitrariness in Khalybeus' philosophy and gives us the explanation of freedom's theological and justice understanding.
D. Jalagonia. For the Metaphysical Aspect of the Georgian Idea. In the article is founded "I" - "you" - "we" relation on the metaphysical level, there is proved that the cultural-ideological content of "Georgian idea" was filled by means of synthesis of eastern passivity and western activity and only on the grounds of true restore of Christian world out looking would appear up-to-date Georgian society, in which human's tendencies may be realized.
M. Kobakhidze. Tradition of Dialogue in Philosophy. The article is about tradition and types of dialogue in Antiquity, in the Middle Ages and in Renaissance. After the classical dialogues of Plato this genre became a tradition to express philosophical thought. Dialogue in each of this period has its peculiar character. In the contemporary world dialogue has different meaning and function. It is used to prevent a danger in the world rather than express philosophical thought.
L. Alexidze. Will in the Commentary of Ioane Petritsi. In the article is shown that Ioane Petritsi, Georgian philosopher of the 12th century in a faith full follower of Proclus. The nature of will as described by Petritsi is similar to the exposition of this theme in the works of Proclus. According to Petritsi, the will is a manifestation of the substance; love is the basis of will and the will is a manifastation of the love which is directed towards the cause of the subject which loves. The soul has a choice; it can aspire to reach a higher level of being or it can degrade. In the latter case it is not a real will, but a low desire, which is perishable in its own substance. Like Proclus and Ps. Dionysios, Petritsi is sure that the will of beings in the aspiration of goodness, even if they are actually gone astray seeking not for goodness itself, but only for its image or shadow. Like Proclus, Petritsi says that the nature is governed by necessity, but the intelligent beings and the One are free and independent from necessity and the bands of nature.
V. Rtskiladze. "Don Juan" of Mozart in Soren Kierkegaard's "Either-or". The author dedicates this letter to 150 anniversary of death of S. Kierkegaard. In a brief "preface" he generally reviews thought of a Danish philosopher due to which he is considered to be the founder of existentialist philosophy. The author also shortly reviews Kierkegaard's biography. As for the theme of Don Juan itself he relies on German edition of "Either-or": Soren Kierkegaard, Entweder-Order, Teil I und II, Munchen, 1996. Kierkegaard considers Mozart as "immortal" composer exactly because he created opera Don Juan which to his mind exceeds all other operas and compositions of Mozart. In Don Juan the philosopher puts emphasis on "demonic" music which the hero of the opera uses for seducing women and satisfying his sensuality. The sound, the voice is the element through which Don Juan conquers hearts of thousands of women. It is enough to deprive him of musicality and he immediately resembles Faust who can seduce only one virgin with the word. In his essay style the author widely reviews other writers as well, e.i. a story by Lev Tolstoy "Kreutzer Sonata" where music also has seducing role. He speculates about the essence of Music itself using saying of Schopenhauer and thoughts of Wagner from latter's work "Beethoven".
M. Glonti. "A Have Enough of That, That I Have". To author's mind in "Wisdom of Fiction" by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, the Prince (son of the King) Djumber demonstrates Christian-moral credo, truly evangelistic approach towards the wealth. Topics of contentment and insatiability, represented with artistic interpretation, are particularly important in this regard. Author develops abovementioned topics throughout the whole narrative by means of Djumber's argumentation: majority of parables, pronounced by him, are devoted to these topics ("Mister and Gold", "Two Brothers", "Merchant and His Son" and etc). In parable "The King and His Three Sons" Djumber, the son of the King, glorifies and tenders gratitude to God and displays Solomon's divine wisdom therewith.
N. Menabdishvili, L. Menabdishvili. Students' Religion Orientation. Authors reported that, students' attitude to religion was studied from two points of view: rituals and ideology. It appeared that religiousness is higher. The students were divided into three groups: unbelievers, light believers, with little faith and strong believers. Less of all were the unbelievers, more of them were the students with little faith and the fourth part of interviewed students appeared strong believers. The majority of students think that their future spouse should belong to the same religion as they.
Religion. - Tbilisi: Samshoblo - 2005 - N 7-8-9. - 96 p. - Bibliography at the end of each article.
M. Kiknadze. S. Kirkegaard about the Phenomenology of Belief. In the article is told that S. Kirkegaard carries out phenomenological analysis of belief and shows the way it is displayed. He believes that belief can assist a man in conquering both universes. In both cases his life is ruled by God. That's why a man can be saved in a temporal world as well as in the world beyond the grave. S. Kirkegaard a famous theologian and a predecessor of existentialism, makes a detailed analysis of nature of human religious belief from the psychological viewpoint, specifies the spiritual condition of a true Christian in the process of confession in front of God. It's clear that many issues in his reflection are disputable, but what is indisputable is that nobody in the new time philosophy examined the psychological aspects of belief as thoroughly as Kirkegaard did.
G. Msxiladze. Romantism as Religious - Philosophical Theory. In the article is said that Romanism as religious-philosophical theory, generally is related with the name of Shloiermaher. For him religion is the highest point of human activity. To his mind it connects all human talent and that's for it helps to form the human-being as a whole complete our. That's why for real religiousness it's necessary as well as sensibility as rational activity.
Z. Kiknadze. The Book of Deuteronomium (Chapters 33-34). In this section are discussed two episodes: 1. The blessing of Moses. The entire passage is a prophetic glimpse of the future, set forth in an ideal manner. 2. The death and burial of Moses. This passage evidently having been written by a later hand under divine inspiration and then appended to the book of Deuteronomy. The main phrase in this text, as summing up his life, is "There has never been such a prophet in Israel as Moses, the man whom Yahweh knew face to face" (34:10).
Euthymios (Tamaz) Kochlamazashvili. About the Peculiarities of the Literary work of Georgi Mtsire (One more literary source of the "Life of Georg Mthatsmindeli"). The author tells that famous Georgian Hagiographer Georgi Mtsire, the author of the "Life of Georgi Mthatsmindeli", has a reputation for a well educated theologian and a eloquent writer. There are quoted in his works from many theological books (mostly, of the authors from Bezant: Gregory of Nazianz, Gregory of Nyssa, Andreas of Crete etc). In the present article there is found out one more source of the "Life of Georgi Mthatsmindeli": there is quoted in several places of the work from "De Vita Gregori Thaumaturgi" of Gregory of Nyssa.
L. Khachidze. Towards One Epithet of St. Virgin. The author asserted that in the spiritual humans of Greek and Georgian churches we can meet the expression "light cloud" as the epithet of St. Virgin. It's origin goes back to the Prophet Esaya (19,1) according to which St. Virgin represents the light cloud, carrying the Saviour. This Epithet of St. Virgin is widely spread in Georgian hymnography and preserved it's significance even in the XVII-XVIII centuries, when the word "light" changed it's former meaning.
L. Urushadze. The activity of Istambul cloister of the Georgian Catholics in Cultural Path. The work deals with some questions of history of the Georgian Catholic Cloister in Istanbul and its role in the cultural life of the Georgian political emigration. It is shown that together with cultural activity it was the place where the "Committee of Independence of Georgia" was placed from 1914 till 1918.