SLOBODA VJEROISPOVIJESTI I ODNOS PREMA VJERNICIMA DRUGIH RELIGIJA
LIBERTY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND RELATIONSHIP TOWARDS BELIEVERS OF OTHER FAITH AFFILIATIONS
Author(s): Mato ZovkićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu
Keywords: Second Vatican Council; religious freedom; human dignity of other Christians and non-Christians; relations; Conciliar guidelines; post-conciliar implementation documents; bishops’ conference; diocese;
Summary/Abstract: In the introduction, the author announces that he wants to present the Council teachings and post-conciliar guidelines on the relations of Catholics towards other Christians and followers of non-Christian religions, and suggests that the term »libertas religiosa« translates as »religious freedom« because of the institutional and communal aspect of such freedom. He then shows how the Council has shifted the emphasis from the truth, which according to the traditional teaching has rights, while the fallacy can only be tolerated for the sake of the greater good, to the human person that does not lose its fundamental dignity even when they belong to the wrong religion. For the need for a dialogical relationship with »others« at the level of bishops’ conference, diocese and parish, he mentions CD 16:4, OT 19:2 as well as implementation guidelines from 1970 to 2010, especially Dei Verbum No. 43, 46, 117-120.
Journal: Diacovensia: teološki prilozi
- Issue Year: 21/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 627-647
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Croatian