08 — Reception and Veneration

How Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae has been received: the honest question of his canonization — he is deeply revered as a great theologian and a confessor, but he has not been glorified as a saint, and this guide reports any discussion of an eventual glorification soberly as an open matter — and his standing among theologians, East and West.

Tradition: Romanian Orthodox

This section is the guide’s careful reckoning with Stăniloae’s status. The Question of Canonization states plainly that he is not canonized, distinguishes reverence from glorification, and treats any talk of a future canonization as open rather than settled; His Standing Among Theologians surveys his reputation in the Orthodox world and in Western academic theology.

Contents

File	Description
The Question of Canonization	Honest treatment: revered as a great theologian and confessor, but not canonized; glorification an open question
His Standing Among Theologians	His reputation East and West; the appreciative and critical literature

See Also

• The Cost of Witness — the confessor’s suffering on which his reverence rests
• Among the Neo-patristic Theologians — his place in the theological movement
• Influence on Contemporary Theology — his continuing influence