CHRISTIAN SUBMITTING TO ROMAN AUTHORITY ACCORDING TO ROMANS 13:1-7 / SUPUNEREA CREȘTINILOR FAȚĂ DE STĂPÂNIREA ROMANĂ, DUPĂ ROM 13:1-7
Keywords:
Roman authority, conscience, fear, submission, obedience, secular power, Pauline [EN];, autoritate romană, conștiință, teamă, supunere, ascultare, putere seculară, paulin [RO]Abstract
This study analyzes a text from Romans 13:1-7, where Apostle Paul presents six reasons for the Christian submission and obedience to the civil Roman authority at that time. Taking into account that the Roman Persecutions against to Christians have already made a lot of victims among them, Paul’s exhortations to Roman Christians urging them to be obedient to secular authority, seemed to be extremely courageous. Paul argues his advices by affirming that governing authority that exists, is established by God and it is, therefore, his ministry in the world rewarding the good deeds and punishing the wrong ones. According to this perspective the Christians motive for submission to the civil authority is not the fear, but rather the conscience and the love. Rom 13:1-7 constitutes, therefore, the key text of the entire New Testament on the subject of Christian’s obedience and submission towards the State’s civil authority.
Studiul de față analizează un text din Romani 13:1-7, unde apostolul Pavel prezintă șase motive pentru supunerea și ascultarea creștinilor față de autoritatea romană a timpului. Având în vedere faptul că persecuțiile împotriva creștinilor romani au făcut deja o mulțime de victime printre ei, îndemnurile Sf. Pavel date creștinilor din cetatea Romei, cerându-le să asculte de autoritatea de stat civilă, păreau a fi extrem de curajoase. Apostolul argumentează sfaturile sale afirmând că autoritatea civilă de stat, care există, este rânduită de către Dumnezeu, și este, prin urmare, slujitoarea Sa în recompensarea faptelor bune și pedepsirea celor rele. Conform acestei perspective, motivul pentru care creștinii trebuie să se supună autorității civile nu este frica, ci mai degrabă conștiința și dragostea. Rom 13:1-7 constituie, prin urmare, textul cheie al întregului Nou Testament cu privire la subiectul ascultării și al supunerii creștinului față de autoritatea civilă a statului.
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