{"id":12798,"date":"2023-04-25T11:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T08:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/?p=12798"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T08:51:24","slug":"sfantul-ierarh-ignatie-briancianinov-despre-citirea-evangheliei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/sfantul-ierarh-ignatie-briancianinov-despre-citirea-evangheliei\/","title":{"rendered":"Sf\u00e2ntul ierarh Ignatie (Briancianinov) despre citirea Evangheliei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voi, ce v\u0103 t\u0103v\u0103li\u0163i \u00een balta cea puturoas\u0103 \u015fi murdar\u0103 a p\u0103catelor \u015fi afla\u0163i \u00een aceasta desf\u0103tare, ridica\u0163i capetele voastre, privi\u0163i la cerul curat: acolo este locul vostru! Dumnezeu v\u0103 d\u0103 cinstea de a fi dumnezei; voi, lep\u0103d\u00eend aceast\u0103 cinste, v\u0103 alege\u0163i \u201ecinstea\u201d dobitoacelor \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 a celor mai necurate. Veni\u0163i-v\u0103 \u00een fire! P\u0103r\u0103si\u0163i balta cea r\u0103u-mirositoare; cur\u0103\u0163i\u0163i-v\u0103 prin m\u0103rturisirea p\u0103catelor; sp\u0103la\u0163i-v\u0103 prin lacrimi de poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103; \u00eempodobi\u0163i-v\u0103 cu lacrimile duhului \u00eenfr\u00eent; urca\u0163i la cer: acolo v\u0103 cheam\u0103 Evanghelia. \u201eC\u00eet ave\u0163i lumina\u201d (Evanghelia, \u00een care e ascuns Hristos) \u201ecrede\u0163i \u00een lumin\u0103, ca s\u0103 fi\u0163i fii ai luminii\u201d (Ioan 12:36).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u00eend cite\u015fti Evanghelia, nu c\u0103uta desf\u0103t\u0103ri, nu c\u0103uta extaze, nu c\u0103uta cuget\u0103ri sclipitoare: caut\u0103 s\u0103 vezi adev\u0103rul cel sf\u00eent, singurul infailibil. Nu te mul\u0163umi doar cu citirea neroditoare a Evangheliei; str\u0103duie\u015fte-te s\u0103 \u00eempline\u015fti poruncile ei, cite\u015fte-o cu fapta. Evanghelia este cartea vie\u0163ii \u015fi prin via\u0163\u0103 trebuie citit\u0103.<\/p>\n

Nu socoti c\u0103 din \u00eent\u00eemplare cea mai sf\u00eent\u0103 dintre c\u0103r\u0163i, \u201eTetra-Evanghelia\u201d \u00eencepe cu Evanghelia dup\u0103 Matei \u015fi sf\u00eer\u015fe\u015fte cu Evanghelia dup\u0103 Ioan. Matei ne \u00eenva\u0163\u0103 mai mult cum s\u0103 \u00eemplinim voia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi pove\u0163ele lui s\u00eent deosebit de potrivite cu cel ce face primii pa\u015fi pe calea lui Dumnezeu; Ioan arat\u0103 chipul unirii dintre Dumnezeu \u015fi omul \u00eennoit prin porunci, unire la care pot ajunge doar cei ce au sporit \u00een calea lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

Deschiz\u00eend Sf\u00eenta Evanghelie pentru a o citi, adu-\u0163i aminte c\u0103 ea hot\u0103r\u0103\u015fte soarta ta ve\u015fnic\u0103. Dup\u0103 ea vom fi judeca\u0163i \u015fi dup\u0103 felul \u00een care ne-am potrivit pe p\u0103m\u00eent cu \u00eendreptarul ei vom primi fie fericirea ve\u015fnic\u0103, fie chinurile ve\u015fnice (Ioan 12:48).<\/p>\n

Dumnezeu \u015ei-a descoperit voia unui nevrednic firicel de praf, omul! Cartea \u00een care e \u00eenf\u0103\u0163i\u015fat\u0103 aceast\u0103 mare \u015fi atotsfint\u0103 voie se afl\u0103 \u00een m\u00eeinile tale. Po\u0163i s\u0103 prime\u015fti ori s\u0103 lepezi voia Ziditorului \u015fi M\u00eentuitorului t\u0103u, dup\u0103 cum \u00ee\u0163i place. Via\u0163a ta ve\u015fnic\u0103 \u015fi moartea ta ve\u015fnic\u0103 s\u00eent \u00een m\u00eeinile tale: judec\u0103 singur de c\u00eet\u0103 prevedere \u015fi \u00een\u0163elepciune ai nevoie. Nu te juca cu soarta ta ve\u015fnic\u0103!<\/p>\n

Roag\u0103-te Domnului cu inim\u0103 \u00eenfr\u00eent\u0103 ca s\u0103-\u0163i descopere minunile ascunse \u00een legea Lui (Psalmi 118:18), care e Evanghelia. Se deschid ochii \u015fi se arat\u0103 minunata vindecare de p\u0103cat a sufletului s\u0103v\u00eer\u015fit\u0103 de Cuv\u00eentul lui Dumnezeu. T\u0103m\u0103duirea neputin\u0163elor trupe\u015fti a fost numai dovada t\u0103m\u0103duirii sufletului, dovad\u0103 pentru oamenii trupe\u015fti, dovad\u0103 pentru min\u0163ile orbite prin faptul c\u0103 s-au robit sim\u0163urilor (Luca 5:24).<\/p>\n

S\u0103 cite\u015fti Evanghelia cu cea mai mare evlavie \u015fi luare aminte. Nimic din ea s\u0103 nu soco\u0163i de mic\u0103 \u00eensemn\u0103tate, prea pu\u0163in vrednic de cercetare. Din ori\u015ficare cuv\u00eent al ei iese o raz\u0103 de lumin\u0103. Nep\u0103sarea fa\u0163\u0103 de via\u0163\u0103 \u00eenseamn\u0103 moarte.<\/p>\n

Citind despre lepro\u015fii, sl\u0103b\u0103nogii, orbii, \u015fchiopii, \u00eendr\u0103ci\u0163ii t\u0103m\u0103dui\u0163i de Domnul, s\u0103 te g\u00eende\u015fti c\u0103 sufletul t\u0103u, care poart\u0103 r\u0103nile cele de multe feluri ale p\u0103catelor \u015fi e \u00eenrobit de c\u0103tre demoni, se aseam\u0103n\u0103 cu ace\u015fti bolnavi. \u00cenva\u0163\u0103 din Evanghelie s\u0103 crezi c\u0103 Domnul, Care i-a vindecat pe ei, te va vindeca \u015fi pe tine dac\u0103 \u00eel vei ruga cu r\u00eevn\u0103 ca s\u0103 fii vindecat.<\/p>\n

S\u0103 dob\u00eende\u015fti o stare a sufletului care s\u0103 te ajute \u00een primirea vindec\u0103rii; iar vindecarea s\u00eent \u00een stare s\u0103 o primeasc\u0103 cei care \u015fi-au recunoscut p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fenia \u015fi s\u00eent gata s\u0103 o p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103 (Ioan 9:39-41). Dreptului m\u00eendru, adic\u0103 p\u0103c\u0103tosului care nu-\u015fi vede p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fenia sa, M\u00eentuitorul nu \u00eei este de folos (Matei 9:13).<\/p>\n

Vederea p\u0103catelor, vederea c\u0103derii \u00een care se afl\u0103 tot neamul omenesc, e un dar deosebit al lui Dumnezeu. Cere s\u0103 cape\u0163i acest dar \u015fi vei pricepe mai u\u015for cartea Doctorului Ceresc, Evanghelia.<\/p>\n

Str\u0103duie\u015fte-te s\u0103-\u0163i \u00eensu\u015fe\u015fti Evanghelia cu mintea \u015fi cu inima, \u00eenc\u00eet mintea ta, ca s\u0103 zic a\u015fa, s\u0103 pluteasc\u0103 \u00een ea, s\u0103 tr\u0103iasc\u0103 \u00een ea: atunci \u015fi lucrarea ta cu \u00eenlesnire va deveni lucrare evanghelic\u0103. Po\u0163i s\u0103 reu\u015fe\u015fti asta citind cu evlavie, cercet\u00eend cu deadinsul Evanghelia.<\/p>\n

Preacuviosul Pahomie cel Mare, unul din cei mai vesti\u0163i p\u0103rin\u0163i ai vremurilor vechi, \u015ftia pe dinafar\u0103 Sf\u00eenta Evanghelie \u015fi socotea, prin descoperire dumnezeiasc\u0103, \u00eenv\u0103\u0163area ei pe dinafar\u0103 drept o \u00eendatorire de c\u0103p\u0103t\u00eei a ucenicilor s\u0103i. Astfel, Evanghelia \u00eei \u00eenso\u0163ea pe ace\u015ftia pretutindeni, c\u0103l\u0103uzindu-i ne\u00eencetat.<\/p>\n

\u015ei de ce \u00een vremurile de acum dasc\u0103lul cre\u015ftin nu ar \u00eempodobi \u0163inerea de minte a copilului nevinovat cu Evanghelia, \u00een loc s-o murd\u0103reasc\u0103 prin \u00eenv\u0103\u0163area fabulelor lui Esop \u015fi a altor nimicuri?<\/p>\n

Ce fericire, ce bog\u0103\u0163ie este \u00eentip\u0103rirea Evangheliei \u00een minte! Nu pot fi prev\u0103zute \u00eentors\u0103turile sor\u0163ii \u015fi necazurile ce pot s\u0103 ni se \u00eent\u00eemple de-a lungul vie\u0163ii p\u0103m\u00eente\u015fti. Evanghelia, odat\u0103 \u00eentip\u0103rit\u0103 \u00een minte, poate fi spus\u0103 de cel orb, pe os\u00eendit \u00eel \u00eenso\u0163e\u015fte \u00een temni\u0163\u0103, vorbe\u015fte \u00een \u0163arin\u0103 cu plugarul, c\u0103l\u0103uze\u015fte pe negustor la t\u00eerg, vesele\u015fte pe cel bolnav \u00een vremea chinuitoarei lipse de somn \u015fi a grelei singur\u0103t\u0103\u0163i.<\/p>\n

Nu cuteza s\u0103 t\u00eelcuie\u015fti tu \u00eensu\u0163i Evanghelia \u015fi celelalte c\u0103r\u0163i ale Sfintei Scripturi. Scriptura a fost \u00eentocmit\u0103 de c\u0103tre Sfin\u0163ii Prooroci \u015fi Apostoli, \u00eentocmit\u0103 nu dup\u0103 bunul plac, ci din insuflarea Sf\u00eentului Duh (2 Petru 1:21). A\u015fadar, cum s\u0103 nu fie o nebunie t\u00eelcuirea ei dup\u0103 bunul plac?<\/p>\n

Sf\u00eentul Duh, Care a gr\u0103it prin Prooroci \u015fi Apostoli cuv\u00eentul lui Dumnezeu, l-a t\u00eelcuit prin Sfin\u0163ii P\u0103rin\u0163i. At\u00eet cuv\u00eentul lui Dumnezeu, c\u00eet \u015fi t\u00eelcuirea lui s\u00eent dar al Sf\u00eentului Duh. Numai aceast\u0103 t\u00eelcuire o prime\u015fte Sf\u00eenta Biseric\u0103 Ortodox\u0103! Numai aceast\u0103 t\u00eelcuire o primesc adev\u0103ra\u0163ii ei fii!<\/p>\n

Cel care t\u00eelcuie\u015fte dup\u0103 bunul plac Evanghelia \u015fi \u00eentreaga Scriptur\u0103 leap\u0103d\u0103 prin aceasta t\u00eelcuirea ei de c\u0103tre Sfin\u0163ii P\u0103rin\u0163i, de c\u0103tre Sf\u00eentul Duh. Cel care leap\u0103d\u0103 t\u00eelcuirea Scripturii de c\u0103tre Sf\u00eentul Duh leap\u0103d\u0103, f\u0103r\u0103 nici o \u00eendoial\u0103, \u00eens\u0103\u015fi Sf\u00eenta Scriptur\u0103.<\/p>\n

\u015ei cuv\u00eentul lui Dumnezeu, cuv\u00eentul m\u00eentuirii, se face pentru cei ce \u00eel t\u00eelcuiesc cu obr\u0103znicie mireasm\u0103 spre moarte, sabie cu dou\u0103 t\u0103i\u015furi cu care ace\u015ftia se junghie pe sine spre ve\u015fnic\u0103 pieire (2 Petru 3:16; 2 Corinteni 2:15-16). Cu aceast\u0103 sabie s-au omor\u00eet pe veci Arie, Nestorie, Eutihie \u015fi al\u0163i eretici care prin t\u00eelcuirea dup\u0103 bunul plac \u015fi cu obr\u0103znicie a Scripturii au c\u0103zut \u00een hul\u0103.<\/p>\n

\u201eLa cine voi c\u0103uta, dac\u0103 nu la cel smerit \u015fi bl\u00eend, care tremur\u0103 de cuvintele Mele?\u201d<\/em> (Isaia 66:2), zice Domnul. A\u015fa s\u0103 fii fa\u0163\u0103 de Evanghelie \u015fi de Domnul, Care este \u00een ea. P\u0103r\u0103se\u015fte via\u0163a p\u0103c\u0103toas\u0103, p\u0103r\u0103se\u015fte \u00eemp\u0103timirile \u015fi desf\u0103t\u0103rile p\u0103m\u00eente\u015fti, leap\u0103d\u0103-te de sufletul t\u0103u: atunci Evanghelia \u00ee\u0163i va fi la \u00eendem\u00een\u0103 \u015fi lesne de p\u0103truns.<\/p>\n

\u201eCel ce-\u015fi ur\u0103\u015fte sufletul \u00een lumea aceasta\u201d, a gr\u0103it Domnul, sufletul pentru care, de la c\u0103dere \u00eencoace, iubirea de p\u0103cat s-a f\u0103cut o a doua fire, s-a f\u0103cut \u00eens\u0103\u015fi via\u0163a sa \u201e\u00eel va p\u0103stra pentru via\u0163a ve\u015fnic\u0103\u201d<\/em> (Ioan 12:25).<\/p>\n

Pentru cel ce iube\u015fte sufletul s\u0103u, pentru cel care nu se hot\u0103r\u0103\u015fte s\u0103 se lepede de sine, Evanghelia r\u00e2m\u00eene \u00eenchis\u0103: acesta cite\u015fte litera, \u00eens\u0103 cuv\u00eentul vie\u0163ii, fiind duh, r\u0103m\u00eene acoperit de ochii lui printr-un v\u0103l cu neputin\u0163\u0103 de p\u0103truns.<\/p>\n

C\u00eend Domnul era pe p\u0103m\u00eent cu trupul S\u0103u cel preasf\u00eent, mul\u0163i L-au v\u0103zut \u015fi totodat\u0103 nu L-au v\u0103zut. Ce folos dac\u0103 omul vede cu ochii trupe\u015fti, pe care-i au \u015fi dobitoacele, dar nu vede nimic cu ochii sufletului, cu mintea \u015fi cu inima? \u015ei \u00een vremea de acum s\u00eent mul\u0163i care citesc Evanghelia \u015fi totodat\u0103 nu o citesc niciodat\u0103, nu o cunosc deloc.<\/p>\n

Evanghelia, a zis un oarecare preacuvios sihastru, se cite\u015fte cu mintea curat\u0103 \u015fi se pricepe dup\u0103 m\u0103sura \u00eemplinirii poruncilor cu fapta. \u00cens\u0103 p\u0103trunderea des\u0103v\u00eer\u015fit\u0103 a Evangheliei nu poate fi atins\u0103 prin sfor\u0163\u0103rile omene\u015fti: ea este dar al lui Hristos.<\/p>\n

Duhul Sfint, s\u0103l\u0103\u015fluindu-se \u00een adev\u0103ratul \u015fi credinciosul S\u0103u slujitor \u00eel face \u015fi des\u0103v\u00eer\u015fit cititor \u015fi adev\u0103rat plinitor al Evangheliei.<\/p>\n

Evanghelia zugr\u0103ve\u015fte \u00eensu\u015firile omului nou, care e \u201eDomnul din ceruri\u201d<\/em> (1 Corinteni 15:48). Acest om nou este Dumnezeu dup\u0103 fire. Pe oamenii din sf\u00eenta Lui semin\u0163ie, care cred \u00een El \u015fi se preschimb\u0103 dup\u0103 asem\u0103narea Lui, El \u00eei face dumnezei prin har.<\/p>\n

Voi, ce v\u0103 t\u0103v\u0103li\u0163i \u00een balta cea puturoas\u0103 \u015fi murdar\u0103 a p\u0103catelor \u015fi afla\u0163i \u00een aceasta desf\u0103tare, ridica\u0163i capetele voastre, privi\u0163i la cerul curat: acolo este locul vostru! Dumnezeu v\u0103 d\u0103 cinstea de a fi dumnezei; voi, lep\u0103d\u00eend aceast\u0103 cinste, v\u0103 alege\u0163i \u201ecinstea\u201d dobitoacelor \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 a celor mai necurate. Veni\u0163i-v\u0103 \u00een fire! P\u0103r\u0103si\u0163i balta cea r\u0103u-mirositoare; cur\u0103\u0163i\u0163i-v\u0103 prin m\u0103rturisirea p\u0103catelor; sp\u0103la\u0163i-v\u0103 prin lacrimi de poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103; \u00eempodobi\u0163i-v\u0103 cu lacrimile duhului \u00eenfr\u00eent; urca\u0163i la cer: acolo v\u0103 cheam\u0103 Evanghelia. \u201eC\u00eet ave\u0163i lumina\u201d<\/em> (Evanghelia, \u00een care e ascuns Hristos) \u201ecrede\u0163i \u00een lumin\u0103, ca s\u0103 fi\u0163i fii ai luminii\u201d<\/em> (Ioan 12:36).<\/p>\n

Sf\u00e2ntul Ignatie Briancianinov,
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