Chrystologiczna orientacja Objawienia jako podstawa chrystocentryzmu katechetycznego
Christological Orientation of Revelation as the Basis for Christocentric Catechesis

Summary/Abstract: In the article entitled ‘Christological orientation of the Revelation as the basis for Christocentric catechesis’ the Author primarily analyses God’s Revelation form the angle of Christological concentration. That is the reason why the issue of the so-called ‘time centre’ of the Revelation, which in Christianity is the Person of Jesus Christ, has been stressed. The analysis of the history of salvation allowed us to state that the Bible and the Tradition of the Church exerted a fundamental influence on the Christological orientation of the Revelation. Both the Holy Scriptures and the Tradition of the Roman Catholic Church focus on the Mystery of Jesus of Nazareth. All Christological truths in he Catholic Church are closely connected with the Trinitarian dogma because Jesus Christ ‘reveals’ to some degree the Mystery of the Triune God. Through historical Jesus of Nazareth and glorified Christ we come (through scientific cognition and faith), under the guidance of the Church Magisterium, to objective knowledge of the perfect relationship of love of the Triune God himself. The various Christological concepts, described in the past until the present moment, showed repeatedly a different understanding of ‘the matter of Jesus’ and his Mystery. Therefore, the Catholic Christology differentiates between different interpretations, aiming at answering the question, which is fundamental to Christianity: who is Jesus Christ. This search does not only reveal the past and the present conditions of theological knowledge but also shows a concrete man, his intentions, fears and questions. For the contemporary man is always seeking an answer to numerous existential questions in the perspective of the Mystery of Jesus of Nazareth. Christocentrism in catechesis and religious instruction has its basic source in Christocentrism of the whole salvific economy of God’s Revelation. Therefore, dogmatic theology worked out the concept of the so-called ‘Christological concentration’. The thematic concentration on the Person of Jesus Christ has been evident in the scientific reflection, especially since the times of the ‘biblical and liturgical movement’ and its postulate that theology should be first of all rooted in the Bible. Theoretical reflection on the origin and development of Christology in the Catholic doctrine leads to the conclusion that an authentic catechesis must have a clear and readable Christocentric orientation. A clear Christocentric ‘face’ of the contemporary catechesis should find its place in the religious instruction manuals, which can become a practical realisation of the idea of catechetical Christocentrism in the reformed school. What matters is that these religious instruction manuals, besides the immense role of the catechist himself, could stimulate the evangelised and catechised pupils towards a personal discovery of the Mystery of the Triune God. It is so important that the youth of today could find Jesus Christ in their ‘tent of meeting’, on

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