Cristian Bădiliță
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Cristian Bădiliță is a theologian, essayist, translator and contemporary Romanian poet.
, Romania
where he lived until the age of 14. He settled afterwards in Botoșani
, where he studied at the "August Treboniu Laurian
" high school. His debut was in 1982 when he published his first poems in Athenaeum
magazine. In 1986 he had a second literary debut, again with poetry, in "Chronicle
", an important cultural magazine in Iași
. After his traumatic experience in the communist compulsory military service (narrated later on in "The Gordian Knot") Bădiliță followed for two years the courses of the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest
(Romanian - French department), having as mentors famous personalities as: Cornel Mihai Ionescu, Florea Fugaru, Ioan Pânzaru and Pan M. Vizirescu, the last remarkable survivor of "Gandirea
" magazine. In 1990 he transferred to the Classical Languages department, where he met the remarkable scholar Petru Cretia. Their friendship resulted in a writing on The Book on Revelation of John. In 1991–1992 Bădiliță studied theology at the Seminario Conciliar in Madrid. At the Seminar he studied with professors like the patrologist Juan Ayan Calvo and the specialist in the phenomenology of religion
, Juan Martin Velasco. He taught ancient Greek language and literature at the University of Timişoara, before he settled in France in 1995, together with his wife, Smaranda Bădiliță, specialist in Philon of Alexandria. He holds a PhD in ancient history of Christianity at the University Paris IV Sorbonne with a thesis "Les métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les Peres de l'Eglise", Distinction summa cum laude. The jury included: Monique Alexandre, Jean-Noël Guinot, Jean-Claude Fredouille, Enrico Norelli and Olivier Munnich. The work was awarded the "Salomon Reinach
" Prize of the Hellenistic Association in France. Bădiliță specialized in Greek and Latin patristic literature. In 2001 he started to collaborate with New Europe College in Bucharest, by organizing two international conferences on John Cassian and the Fathers of the Church in XX Century. He organized the third international conference on patristic and ecumenism at Constanța University. Also within the New Europe College from 2003 to 2011 he has been coordinating together with Francisca Băltăceanu and Monica Brosteanu, the commented translation of the Septuagint, a project published in collaboration with the "Polirom
" Publishing House and the "Anonymous Foundation". He coordinated the first scientific edition of the Writings of Nicolae Steinhardt
published by "Humanitas
". He is currently working on a commented translation of the New Testament
. He considers himself a Christian right-wing anarchist and advocates for the restoration of monarchy in Romania. He is a critic of the communist and neo-communist imposture, often expressing his reservations against the modern ochlocratic system in Romania. He actively participated in the revolt of December 1989 and the organization of protests in the Bucharest University Square (1990). He was fellow of the Institute of Culture in Trento and Wissenschaftkolleg in Berlin. He participated in numerous international conferences, as well as in writing collective volumes, magazines and international dictionaries. On 22 December 2009 he launched the cultural religious electronic magazine "Oglindanet".
Biography
Born in SăveniSaveni
Săveni is a small town located in Botoşani County in the Moldavia region in northeastern Romania. It has a population of 8,685. There is an archaeology museum located in the town....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
where he lived until the age of 14. He settled afterwards in Botoșani
Botosani
Botoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...
, where he studied at the "August Treboniu Laurian
August Treboniu Laurian
August Treboniu Laurian was a Transylvanian Romanian politician, historian and linguist. He was born in the village of Fofeldea in Nocrich. He was a participant at the 1848 revolution, an organizer of the Romanian school and one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.Laurian was a member...
" high school. His debut was in 1982 when he published his first poems in Athenaeum
Athenaeum
-Educational institutions, museums, libraries:* Melbourne Athenaeum, Melbourne, Australia* Limerick Athenaeum, Limerick, Ireland* Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania* Warminster Athenaeum, a theatre in Warminster, Wiltshire, UK* Glasgow Athenaeum, Glasgow, UK...
magazine. In 1986 he had a second literary debut, again with poetry, in "Chronicle
Chronicle
Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order, as in a time line. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the...
", an important cultural magazine in Iași
Iasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
. After his traumatic experience in the communist compulsory military service (narrated later on in "The Gordian Knot") Bădiliță followed for two years the courses of the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
(Romanian - French department), having as mentors famous personalities as: Cornel Mihai Ionescu, Florea Fugaru, Ioan Pânzaru and Pan M. Vizirescu, the last remarkable survivor of "Gandirea
Gândirea
Gândirea , known during its early years as Gândirea Literară - Artistică - Socială , was a Romanian literary, political and art magazine.- Overview :Founded by Cezar Petrescu and D. I...
" magazine. In 1990 he transferred to the Classical Languages department, where he met the remarkable scholar Petru Cretia. Their friendship resulted in a writing on The Book on Revelation of John. In 1991–1992 Bădiliță studied theology at the Seminario Conciliar in Madrid. At the Seminar he studied with professors like the patrologist Juan Ayan Calvo and the specialist in the phenomenology of religion
Phenomenology of religion
The phenomenology of religion concerns the experiential aspect of religion, describing religious phenomena in terms consistent with the orientation of the worshippers. It views religion as being made up of different components, and studies these components across religious traditions so that an...
, Juan Martin Velasco. He taught ancient Greek language and literature at the University of Timişoara, before he settled in France in 1995, together with his wife, Smaranda Bădiliță, specialist in Philon of Alexandria. He holds a PhD in ancient history of Christianity at the University Paris IV Sorbonne with a thesis "Les métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les Peres de l'Eglise", Distinction summa cum laude. The jury included: Monique Alexandre, Jean-Noël Guinot, Jean-Claude Fredouille, Enrico Norelli and Olivier Munnich. The work was awarded the "Salomon Reinach
Salomon Reinach
Salomon Reinach was a French archaeologist.The brother of Joseph Reinach, he was born at St Germain-en-Laye and educated at the École normale supérieure before joining the French school at Athens in 1879...
" Prize of the Hellenistic Association in France. Bădiliță specialized in Greek and Latin patristic literature. In 2001 he started to collaborate with New Europe College in Bucharest, by organizing two international conferences on John Cassian and the Fathers of the Church in XX Century. He organized the third international conference on patristic and ecumenism at Constanța University. Also within the New Europe College from 2003 to 2011 he has been coordinating together with Francisca Băltăceanu and Monica Brosteanu, the commented translation of the Septuagint, a project published in collaboration with the "Polirom
Polirom
Polirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
" Publishing House and the "Anonymous Foundation". He coordinated the first scientific edition of the Writings of Nicolae Steinhardt
Nicolae Steinhardt
Nicolae Steinhardt was a Romanian writer, Orthodox hermit and father confessor.-Early life:...
published by "Humanitas
Humanitas publishing house
Humanitas is an independent Romanian publishing house, founded on February 1, 1990 in Bucharest by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu...
". He is currently working on a commented translation of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
. He considers himself a Christian right-wing anarchist and advocates for the restoration of monarchy in Romania. He is a critic of the communist and neo-communist imposture, often expressing his reservations against the modern ochlocratic system in Romania. He actively participated in the revolt of December 1989 and the organization of protests in the Bucharest University Square (1990). He was fellow of the Institute of Culture in Trento and Wissenschaftkolleg in Berlin. He participated in numerous international conferences, as well as in writing collective volumes, magazines and international dictionaries. On 22 December 2009 he launched the cultural religious electronic magazine "Oglindanet".
Publications
- Finger on the Wound and other Antipolitical Disintoxications (Vremea, 2011);
- Guide of Antichristology. Studies, translations and commentaries (Second Edition, Vremea, 2011);
- Landscape with Ape and Angel. Apocryphal letters of Archibald's de la Cruz (Limes, 2011);
- Patristique et oecuménisme. Themes, contextes, personnages (Beauchesne, 2010);
- Seraphita- Concerto for harp and guillotine (Gutenberg Galaxy, 2010);
- Small Book of Heresies (Gutenberg Galaxy, 2010);
- Asceticism and Childhood - Visible and Invisible Things of the Ascetic Childhood (Curtea Veche, 2010);
- Kordian Gnot (sic!) (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2009);
- Seraphita- Concerto for harp and guillotine (Curtea Veche, 2009);
- Orthodoxy versus Orthodoxy (Curtea Veche, 2009);
- Science, Love, Faith - Conversations with European Patrologists (Curtea Veche, 2008);
- Glaphyra. Nine Biblical and Patristic studies (Polirom, 2008);
- God of Mancha sleeping with his cracked temple on my shoulder (Curtea Veche, 2008);
- Sacred and Melancholy (ed. II, Dacia, 2007);
- Platonopolis or Reconciliation with Philosophy (ed. II, Curtea Veche, 2007);
- The Loneliness of a Migratory Bird (Curtea Veche, 2007);
- Poems for Birds and Aliens (Curtea Veche, 2007);
- Metamorphoses of Antichrist in the Church Fathers’, translated by Teodora Ionita (Polirom, 2006);
- Les Peres de l'Église d'aujourd'hui Dans le monde (avec Charles Kannengiesser, Beauchesne, 2006);
- Temptation of Misanthropy. Stromateis (Edition II, Curtea Veche, 2006);
- King with Harp in Hand (ed. II, Old Court, 2006);
- Finger on the Wound (Curtea Veche, 2006);
- Les métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les Peres de l'Eglise (Beauchesne, 2005);
- MicroRevelation (Curtea Veche, 2005);
- Arcimboldo's Sunday (Brumar, 2004);
- Gordian Knot (ed III, Curtea Veche, 2004);
- Visible and Invisible Things (Curtea Veche, 2004);
- Jean Cassien entre l'Orient et l'Occident (avec Attila Jakab, Beauchesne, 2003);
- Mircea Eliade. Encounter with the Sacred (ed. II, Echinox, 2001);
- Death and the Monk (Polirom, 1998);
- Myths of Plato (Humanitas, 1996);
Editions and anthologies
- Les Peres de l'Église d'aujourd'hui Dans le monde (Paris, 2006) - in collaboration with Charles Kannengiesser;
- St. Gregory of Nyssa - Life of St. Macrina (Anastasia, 2004);
- Jean Cassien entre l'Orient et l'Occident (Ed. Beauchesne / Polirom, 2003) - in collaboration with Attila Jakab;
- Europe's Nostalgia. Volume in honor of Al. Paleologu (Ed. Polirom, 2003) - in collaboration with Tudorel Urian;
- About Absolute Love. Commentary on the First Epistle of John (Polirom, 2003);
- Mircea Eliade. Encounter with the sacred (Edition II, Equinox, 2001);
- Socrates, the Man (Humanitas, 1996);
- Myths of Plato (Humanitas, 1996);
Commented Translations from Greek and Latin
- New Testament - Gospel of John, bilingual edition, Volume II (Curtea Veche, 2010);
- New Testament - Matthew, bilingual edition, Volume I (Curtea Veche,, 2009);
- Three Mystical Novels of Antiquity - Joseph and Aseneth, Testament of Job, Testament of Abraham (Second Edition Revised, Curtea Veche,, 2008);
- Apocryphal Gospels (ed. Fourth, Polirom, 2007);
- Patericon (ed III, Polirom, 2007);
- Evagrius of Pontus, practical Treaty. Gnostic (second edition, Polirom, 2003);
- Three of the Old Testament Apocrypha (Polirom, 2000);
- Apocalypse of Paul (Polirom, 1999) - in collaboration with Smaranda Bădiliță
External links
- Personal website www.cristianbadilita.ro
- The cultural religious electronic magazine "Oglindanet"
- Beauchesne Publishing House
- The summary thesis (fr) "Les métamorphoses de l'Antichrist chez les Peres de l'Eglise"