The Theological View on the New Evangelisation in the Context of Benedict XVI’s Magisterium Cover Image

Teologický pohľad na novú evanjelizáciu v kontexte magistéria Benedikta XVI.
The Theological View on the New Evangelisation in the Context of Benedict XVI’s Magisterium

Author(s): Juraj Skřivánek
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: Benedict XVI; new evangelization; conversion; holiness; self-realization;

Summary/Abstract: The loss of sensibility in the inquiry of the significance of one’s life leads a person towards searching solutions to current problems only in a visible reality. Pope Benedict XVI noticed that a person often tries to realize himself without bearing in mind/relying on the transcendental reality. The notion of Christian vocation not only expresses steadiness, but it also means the dynamism which brings forth the reality of conversion. It involves the whole human being in all his realms and relationships. One’s heart focuses on the only one focal point that is always Christ. Whoever is attracted by His life and drawn by Him finds soon the immense creative initiative power of God. No individualistic approach is allowed to be followed for those who have come to believe in God’s love. The most profound energies of faith are arising from the experience of undeserved God’s affection. As an expression of gratitude, in the light of all of God’s gifts, a man reveals the source of his faith activating it in love. If the Christians are able to be convincing witnesses of love given by faith in the midst of the world, then we might see the right worldwide growth of each and every sphere of our complex society.

  • Issue Year: 9/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-56
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak