The message of Fatima for the Church and the World Cover Image

Przesłanie Fatimy dla Kościoła i świata
The message of Fatima for the Church and the World

Author(s): Zdzisław Józef Kijas
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es)
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
Keywords: the word in the religion; the prophecy; temptations; apparitions in Fatima; The Mother of God; the penance

Summary/Abstract: The article is a theological reflection inspired events of Fatima in 1917, concerning of private apparitions of the Virgin Mary. The author interprets delivered proclamation as the message of prophet, included into the teacher’s mission of the Church. First talks over the value of the word in the religion. Then introduces the Church as the institution intended to the mission of the prophet and showing humanity the proper direction of the development. There describes also the sin, as the reality touching the believers. Then passes to the presentation of the message of Fatima and its interpretation, as the message strengthening the prophet activity of the Church. Blessed Virgin appearing in Fatima is a prophetess observant before ruinous results of the sin and the showing way of the moral and spiritual renovation throughthe conversion and the penance. The message of the Virgin Mary in Fatima is shown as actual for the contemporary generation of the people living in the world. In it is hearing the God’s care for the salvation of every human being

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 305-315
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish