Dar krzyża czy model ofiarniczy u Norwida
The gift of the cross or Norwid’s sacrificial model

Summary/Abstract: The starting point of this article is one aspect of the theological discussion that took place at the time of the Second Vatican Council and later. It concerned the understanding of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross – whether it was primarily an expiation for human sins or rather an act of mercy towards man. The author of the article reproduces the arguments of French and Polish theologians in favour of the latter understanding. He then poses the hypothesis that the precursor of such thinking in the Polish tradition was Cyprian Norwid, and tests it by interpreting selected works by the poet: Słodycz [Sweetness], Pascha, fragments of the poem Quidam....

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