The Academy of Romanian Scientists (AOSR), through its Philosophy, Theology and Psychology department, together with the Romanian Academy of Legal Sciences on Thursday organized the conference called "1700 years since the First Council [or First Ecumenical Synod] of Nicaea: relevance and contemporary reflections" at the Palace of Parliament.
During the conference, the head of AOSR, engineering professor Doina Banciu, Phd, stated that the Council of Nicaea represents a model of cooperation between the administration (Emperor Constantine the Great) and the beliefs of the people for the purpose of clarifying ideas and mutual tolerance, an example of unity in diversity, as an element of a sustainable construction based on consensus and collective responsibility, agerpres reports.
"The formulation of the Nicene Creed represented a call to discernment and an incentive for active responsibility in the context of the contemporaneity of each era. For today's world, faced with overlapping crises, faith must be approached with discernment and wisdom. Today's event showed that the Church and science are complementary when they have the same common objective, the search for truth. Contemporary challenges - from artificial intelligence to global ethics - require convergence and tolerance", emphasised Doina Banciu, according to a press release of the AOSR sent to AGERPRES on Thursday.
The chair of the legal committee within the Chamber of Deputies and the president of the Romanian Academy of Legal Sciences, Bogdan Ciuca, spoke about the scientific and cultural value of the Conference, about the importance of moral and spiritual rules and principles and about the need for models in today's world.
Professor Daniel Bulai, PhD., episcopal vicar, who conveyed the message to the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucharest, Aurel Perca, and professor associate Sorin Badragan, PhD, from the Baptist Theological Institute of Bucharest, also took the floor..
The honorary president of AOSR, engineering Adrian Badea, PhD, highlighted that a common objective of today's world should be the reunification of Christian churches in the spirit of the Council of Nicaea, while professor associate Ben-Oni Ardelean, PhD, from the Faculty of Baptist Theology, the University of Bucharest, stated that human dignity must be the most important value in all systems.
During the plenary session, dedicated to scientific lectures, the Archbishop of Targoviste, Metropolitan Nifon, highlighted how the ideas of Nicaea are found in contemporaneity, with an emphasis on the role of dialogue and communication, the missionary role of the church and the unifying role of ideas and concepts.
The vicar bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, Timotei Prahoveanul, the BOR (Romanian Orthodox Church) representative at the event, conveyed a message from the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, and spoke about "Nicaea and Caesarea of Palestine, cities of faith in search of Eternal Truth."
A special moment during the plenary session was the intervention of the daughter of American astronaut James Irwin, Joy Irwin Schatkleff, who recalled that her father participated in the moon exploration mission of 1971, on the occasion of which a Bible and a series of national flags were taken to the moon, including that of Romania, which was later given as a gift to our country.
During the event, moderated by university professor Mihai Badescu, PhD, head of the Philosophy, Theology and Psychology department of the AOSR, the exhibition "The Bible over Time" was opened, organized by the Bible Museum in Timisoara, under the coordination of Pastor Ionel Tutac, which presents a variety of Bibles, Romanian and foreign, in various editions, some of particular value, and other religious works and publications.
Organized by AOSR, the conference "1700 years since the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea: relevance and contemporary reflections" took place within the framework of the Romanian Programme Science - Culture - Diplomacy (RO-SCUD), initiated and organized by the AOSR
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