Abstract: Evangelic-Lutheran minister, the author approaches the works of the Orthodox theologian Dumitru Stăniloae from the point of view of a possible (and necessary) hermeneutics of the spiritual dimension, an essential premise of the ecumenical dialogue itself. The an­alysis emphasizes a series of misunderstandings or even reductions in the way Stăniloae sees certain major themes of the Western theology. The author briefly reconsiders the issue of the debate regarding the theory of satisfaction, simultaneously emphasizing the Orthodox view on the Protestant idea of redemption (Rechtfertigungslehre). The Ortho­dox critique brought up by Stăniloae on the Harismatic theology of the Reform is followed by the sacramental consequences of it. The author insists on the importance of the “dispensation of the grace” and on the ecumenical consequences of such an approach.

Keywords: Dumitru Stăniloae, theory of satisfaction, Rechtfertigungslehre, dispensation of the grace/stewardship of the grace, the work of the grace