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As we see in this volume and the others that constitute his Dogmatic Theology Fr Staniloae is both steeped in the ancient tradition and conversant with his contemporariesThe result in the present volume is a theological work focusing on the Church that draws on the voices of his tradition studies the reflections of h is contemporaries and constructs a traditional synthesis that is unique and fresh Fr Staniloae s work is characterized by that dual fidelity to the past and to the present that is the requirement of any theologian of any era But it is infused by a sense of inspiration that is difficult to find in any modern theological writing Fr Staniloae s readers are encountering a voice that is thoroughly reliable in that it is so learned and faithful But it is a deeply person voice creative and stunningly disarmingly free Peter C Bouteneff St Vladimir s Orthodox Theological Seminary The Church Communion in the Holy Spirit The Experience of God Volume 4 Dumitru St niloae Romanian pronunciation du mitru st ni lo aje 29 November O. Kindle the rose code S 16 November 1903 5 October 1993 was a Romanian Eastern Orthodox priest theologian academic and professor Father St niloae worked for over 45 years on a comprehensive Romanian translation of the Philokalia a collection of writings by the Church Fathers together with the hieromonk Arsenie Boca who brought manuscripts from Mount Athos His masterpiece The Dogmatic Orthodox Theology 1978 makes him one of the most reputed Christian Theologians of the second half of the 20th century He produced valuable comments on the works of the Fathers of the Church such as Gregory of Nyssa Maximus the Confessor or Athanasius the Great.