ФИЛОСОФИЈА И ЊЕНО ЗНАЧЕЊЕ У ДЕЛУ ОЦА ЈУСТИНА ЋЕЛИЈСКОГ
PHILOSOPHY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WORKS OF FR JUSTIN OF ĆELIJE

Author(s): Slađana Ristić-Gorgiev
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: philosophy; tragicism; God-seeking; divine-human realism
Summary/Abstract: Despite different attitudes towards the Hellenic heritage in the first centuries of Christianity, as well as among the Church Fathers of the later centuries, the view prevailed that philosophy could survive in a new Christian sense. It was considered also that theologians should incorporate into Christian wisdom all that is in accordance with the Logos and to reject what is not in accordance with him. As many Church Fathers of the previous centuries, Fr Justin of Ćelije communicates in his works with the spirit of his time and expounds his own philosophical reflections. As a contemporary of twentieth-century philosophy, he critically assesses the philosophical ideas of Western Europe, believing that they are deviating from theo-humanism due to the exaggerated humanism. Similarly to ancient philosophers and, above all, to the Christian Holy Fathers, he states that philosophy arises from the feeling of a unique connection between the world, man and God. In addition to the common elements he shares with his predecessors, one may observe in his writings some specific approaches to understanding philosophy, which can be described in several points: philosophy as an encounter with tragedy, philosophy as God-seeking and philosophy as a God-human realism.

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