Natchnienie w diachronicznie ujmowanym Ciele Chrystusa. Przyczynek do eklezjologii natchnienia
Inspiration in the Diachronically Understood Body of Christ: Contribution to the Ecclesiology of Inspiration

Summary/Abstract: The paper contributes to the theology of inspiration. The author draws conclusions regarding the biblical inspiration from contemporary ecclesiological thought presenting the Church as the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit acted upon both the hagiographers included in the “we” of the Church (the New Testament) and those preparing the way for the future Body of Christ (the Old Testament). Inspiration was given to individuals, but for the sake of the community and through the influence of other members of the Body of Christ on the inspired authors. All biblical writers serve each other diachronically, too: the New Testament is not possible without the Old Testament hagiographers, while the Old Testament reveals its deepest meaning only within the New Testament fulfillment. The influence of the Holy Spirit on inspired authors should be seen in the framework of the communio sanctorum (the union of the earthly Church with the heavenly Church).

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