„HE WHO BELIEVES IS NEVER ALONE”. FAITH AS DEFINED BY JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI Cover Image

„KTO WIERZY, NIGDY NIE JEST SAM”
„HE WHO BELIEVES IS NEVER ALONE”. FAITH AS DEFINED BY JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI

Author(s): Krzysztof Góźdź
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Kielcach
Keywords: Logos; sense; faith; Christology; wisdom; rationality; factuality; Ratzinger;Benedict XVI;

Summary/Abstract: Joseph Ratzinger believes that accepting faith is an act of cooperation between human reason and God’s grace. Ratzinger’s concept of man-God cooperation is complemented with his Logos Christology, under which Logos is not only a sense or a thought that manifests itself in objects (Greek conception), but through Incarnation, Logos reaches its fullness and becomes Logos incarnatus (Christian conception). Hence, believing in Logos gives man new, eternal life in God. And hence, faith is not a blind theory, or an out-dated idea. Instead, it is “seeking a path towards wisdom, reason and reality.” In this way, faith is a path towards man’s communion with God. Faith is a personal, and not a material category. Faith is, thus, a relationship of personal love, since God is Love (1 Jn 4:8).

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 145-157
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish