The Principle of Subsidiarity in the Code of Canon Law

Author(s): Stanislav Přibyl / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2017

While the Code of Canon Law of 1917 was promulgated at a time when the social doctrine of the Church was still in the process of formulation, the new Code of 1983 comes after Vatican II and after the publication of the major documents of the social doctrine of the Church. The Code obliges all faithful to take their share of responsibility for the social issues in the world and the Church itself to provide social benefits to its employees following the standards found in the social doctrine of the Church. The Code also reflects the principle of subsidiarity whose classical definition is given in the encyclical „Quadragesimo Anno” of Pius XI (1931). This is reflected in the attitude towards the family and the education of children, towards the role of the lay faithful and their associations or in relation to the use of media of mass communication. The Council also enriched the doctrine on the supreme authority of the Church by emphasizing the role of the College of Bishops, which is reflected in the Code of Canon Law both in the generally formulated programmatic norm, but also in the regulation of the dispensational authority, which is now performed mainly by the bishops. The Pope is reserved to deal only with the gravest matters. The specifics of the constitutional framework of the Eastern churches show that the principle of synodality, which has been so typical for them is also remarkably in accordance with the requirement to implement subsidiarity within the Church itself.

Apologetic approach on the dialogue between faith and rationality by the Oriental Fathers

Author(s): Ioniţă Apostolache / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

Only our Lord, Jesus Christ, the incarnated Word of the Father, made us, due to his quality as Pantocrator, to “overcome the autonomy of the natural world” and liberated us from the power of irrational forces. Therefore, the dialogue between theology and science is very important for our natural existence. Without science, modern man cannot exist within his earthly environment and without theology he is not given the possibility to enjoy eternal communion with God in the Kingdom of Heaven. This being the case, the Holy Scripture and the Holy Father also, unite the two elements; this unity being sheltered by faith, which is beyond reason and any type of autonomy.

Św. Demetriusz jako pogromca zła w tradycji bizantyńskiej i słowiańskiej (do XV w.)

Author(s): Justyna Sprutta / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

Evil wins by good, darkness by light and profanum by sacrum in every tradition. The saints, and between them St Demetrius of Thessaloniki too, achieves an analogous victory. St Demetrius was a deacon, but he is most often presented as a soldier for example in art. The legend says that St Demetrius defeated the scorpion (the personification of evil) by the sign of the cross in prison. This saint can also win with the gladiator Lieus, emperor Maximian, tsar Kaloyan or the Turk instead of the scorpion, and he does it on horseback or on foot, with a weapon or by the calcatio gesture. Not only are there historical sources, liturgical texts or belles-lettres presenting St Demetrius, but also art as well as folklore.

Duke Wenceslas and the possible reasons for his assassination in the context of the social transformations of the central Bohemian territory in the first third of the tenth century

Author(s): Tomáš Petráček / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

In this paper the author analyses sources of the tenth century to reconstruct the social history of Bohemian territory in a period of transition towards a centralised state organisation and develops a new theory on the possible reasons for the assassination of Duke Wenceslaus in the year 935.

Wykaz dominikanów i dominikanek śląskiej kongregacji bł. Czesława z 1774 roku

Author(s): Grzegorz Kublin / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

The article presents a list of members of the brothers and sisters of the Dominican Order from 1774, when they were forming the Silesian Congregation of bl. Ceslaus (1754–1810). This list, in addition to their names and surnames, includes also information about the offices and functions of the brothers and sisters. This text is a contribution to the comprehensive description of personal depots of individual Dominican monasteries throughout the centuries of their functioning in Silesia.

Istotne składniki treści czynności liturgicznych sprawowanych według Justyna Męczennika i ich ewolucja

Author(s): Jarosław A. Superson SAC / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 51/2018

In the First Apology of Justin Martyr we find information about Christians and their practice of celebrating the Eucharist. In this work, the reading of the word was also described, which consisted of: one reading, preaching, oratio universalis, and also the kiss of peace during the administration of the sacrament of initiation together with the Holy Mass. The author of the article, using sources earlier than the First Apology, as well as those dated over a dozen or several decades after it, tries to present the contemporary state of the liturgy of the word along with its elements and its development. This allowed the identification and closer approach to the essential components of the liturgical activities performed during the Eucharist celebrated in the second century.

Zastosowanie technologii cyfrowych w materialnej przestrzeni budynków sakralnych

Author(s): Adam Rosiński / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 51/2018

The presence of digital devices at every aspect of life surely affects the contemporary culture, what may have a big impact on functioning of churches in Poland. The article’s author, aware of the disadvantages and advantages of digitization, focuses exactly on select elements of digital technology usage in churches, such as digital modelling of acoustics of sacral buildings, including the use of microphones and loudspeakers for church’s sound system, digital multicolour LED lighting, screens displaying texts of the religious songs for the church attendees.

Ekumeniczny liturgista z pogranicza polsko-czesko-słowackiego

Author(s): Stanisław Jan Rabiej / Language(s): Polish Issue: 51/2018

İntiharın Fıkhı -Psikopatolojik Boyutları ve Vaka Sunumu-

Author(s): Ahmet Sinan Bayraktar / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 36/2018

Word of suicide comes from Latin and means to kill someone himself/herself. It is a vital concern that shakes families and societies even many countries. Examining and assessing cause and effects of this action is important. İnternational literature has a vast data about the Suicide, of which number has been rising in modern world, may also happen in Islamic communities Reconsideration of this act within the frame of classical Islamic law’s (figh) principles and modern discoveries, will make contribution for the better future of the Islamic societies.

Percepcja lęku przed śmiercią w kontekście Tanatopedagogicznej Relacyjnej Terapii Zastępczej – badania realizowane na terenie Włoch

Author(s): Józef Jan Binnebesel,Zbigniew Szczepan Formella / Language(s): Polish Issue: 49 (2)/2017

The paper includes an initial analysis of qualitative research, conducted in Italy in the years 2009–2014. It is a part of the author’s research programme, whose final outcomes will be published shortly. The subject of the study is the perception of fear of death in the context of Thanatopedagogical Relational Replacement Therapy. The present results of the research on the Italian population will be confronted with findings of the research in the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Poland. Preliminary analysis of the results shows that in some research areas, the Italian population differs significantly from the others.

15 Temmuz Sonrası İslam Düşüncesinde Toplum ve Siyaset

Author(s): Mehmet Evkuran / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 34/2017

Ülkesine, coğrafyasına ve değerlerine yabancılaşmış ve yoldan çıkmış bir topluluğun (FETÖ/PDY) ifsat ve kötülük hikâyesinin masaya yatırıldığı bir tartışma platformunda, Müslümanların gaflet tarihi başlığı üzerinden konuyu ele almak, bazılarımıza ‘meseleyi kaçırmak’ gibi görünebilir. Ancak olay tüm yönleriyle yakından incelendiğinde, yaşanan problemlerin tümünü adı geçen bir örgüte yüklemenin de gerçekçi bir yaklaşım olmadığı görülecektir. Bu kötülükler gözümüzün önünde yavaş yavaş kendi mekanizmasını kurarken neden sürece sessiz ve tepkisiz kaldığımız konusu da sorgulamanın bir parçasını oluştur-maktadır. Sürecin kendisine ses çıkarmayanların sonuçlarına aşırı tepki vermeleri tutarlı olmamakla birlikte, toplumsal davranış geleneğimizde sık görülen bir sorundur.

Albert Doja, Bektashizmi në Shqipëri: Histori Politike e një Lëvizjeje Fetare

Author(s): Ilir Kalemaj / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 8/2009

Review of: Albert Doja "Bektashizmi në Shqipëri: Histori Politikee një Lëvizjeje Fetare"; Tirana: AIIS Press, 2008. by: Ilir Kalemaj

Arap Dilinde Ezdad Kavramı

Author(s): Zeynep Arkan / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 33/2016

Addad or contronym’s mean is to use two words interchangeably for the same word. In Arabic Language’s development process, this issue has been one of the most argued issues by linguists, by the end of the second century. The definition of Addad will be discussed at the beginning of this study. Afterward, this article will be focused on the reasons for taking place, the ideas and works of Arab linguists who accept and reject the concept of Addad. At the end of the study, the essentials of a word to be Addad and the evaluation of the issue’s will be explained and discussed.

Između pamćenja i zaborava. Teologija i politika posle Aušvica

Author(s): Johann Baptist Metz / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 56.2/1999

jedan od najprečih zadataka koje današnja teologija mora da ispuni jeste da izoštri ljudsko pamćenje. Da bih ovo objasnio, počeću kratkim osvrtom na vlastitu teološku biografiju. Pripadam onoj generaciji Nemaca koja bila primorana da polako, a po svoj prilici i presporo, samu sebe spoznaje kao generaciju "posle Aušvica", te da o njemu progovori i u teologiji. Razumeti Aušvic kao kritičko pitanje upućeno sopstvenoj teologiji, pre je sve drugo no providna instrumentalizaci- ja ove katastrofe, sve drugo no sumnjiv pokušaj da se ona stilizuje u "negativan mit". [...]

İbn Sînâ ve Tûsî’ye Göre Tanrı’nın Bilgisi

Author(s): Murat Demirkol / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 32/2016

The knowledge of God has been taken into account by the Muslim philosophers not as a theory of knowledge but as a subject within the framework of metaphysics. Though there is no title specifically dedicated under epistemology in Islamic philosophy, man’s knowing and perception (idrak) has been analysed within the framework of both logic and soul (nafs) theories. Sensual conception has been taken into account under the former drive of two fundamental motives, namely carnal perception and actuation, whereas producing new knowledge and certainty based on premises has been studied under logic. The power of abstract knowledge is studied both in the theory of nafs in that it reaches the universal knowledge by abstracting the images derived from internal and external senses, and also analysed under metaphysics since it processes information through a active intellect and transfer of knowledge. In this article, while we analyse the knowledge of God via the works of Avicenna and Nasir al-din al-Tusi, we also take into account the comparison between the universal and self-knowledge of God and human’s universal and particular knowledge in this study, too. Thus, we partially touched upon the knowledge theories of both philosophers. The quest for conceiving the Knowledge of God requires considering the character of human’s knowledge and reasoning and putting forward the differences via comparison. In this study, the fact that how God knows himself (dhat) and others’ and how this knowledge is realised whether it is delineated (irtiṣām) in his dhat through intelligible images or in the form of unification of intelligibles with his dhat, it will be analysed through the ideas of two philosophers.

Opanować swe panowanie - Ekospołeczna nauka Kościoła

Author(s): Krzysztof Wojciechowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 672/2018

Jan Paweł II pisał o pilnej potrzebie kształtowania postawy odpowiedzialności ekologicznej. Benedykt XVI nazywany był „zielonym papieżem”. A papież Franciszek ogłosił pierwszą w historii Kościoła encyklikę w całości poświęconą ochronie środowiska. Co my na to?

The Ethos of Education and the Ethos of Christianity

Author(s): Pavol Dancák / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2017

The aim of the paper is to introduce transcendental dimension as a basic part of the education of a man. Greek thinking about man reaches its peak in conviction that education strive is based in getting as close to gods as possible. If man loses the transcendent dimension, he or she also loses a part of his or her humanity. Christianity brings very important optimism into the area of education, as God is Love and in Jesus Christ man gets another chance. Education understood as imitatio Christi contains implicitly this transcendent major.

The “Globalization Era” and the Right of the Church to Preach the Gospel to All Peoples. Canonical-Juridical Considerations and Assessments

Author(s): Cătălina Mititelu / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2017

Under the divine mandate (see Mt 28, 19; Mk 16, 15), the Church received from its Founder, our Saviour Jesus Christ, the right to preach His Gospel to all nations. In the first millennium, the Church Fathers gave expression to this divine law in the first millennial canonical ecumenical legislation (see Apostolic Canon 34, Apostolic 58, Trulan Synod 19, etc.). In the Roman-Byzantine era — and especially in the Byzantine era — this right was stipulated expressis verbis by the state legislation of the Roman Empire (West and East). The international Law and the EU law, including the law of the states from the “globalization era,” that is, our era, provided in their texts for the legal justification of any recognized religious denominations to make known its faith teachings, in writing or orally; hence the right of its members to establish confessional schools, in order to teach religion in state schools, and to carry out evangelization missionary activities.

The Right to the “Freedom of Conscience”, Legal Basis for the Educational and Missionary Activity of Religious Denominations

Author(s): Nicolae V. Dură / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2017

The right to freedom of religion has its juridical basis not only in jus positivum (the written law), that is, jus civile, but also in jus divinum and jus naturale, hence the obligation of any judex to be acquainted with and apply the latter’s provisions in matter of religious faith. In order to highlight these ideas, in this study, we made express reference to the European and national legislation, on the one hand, and to the works elaborated by jurists of philosophical training, on the other hand. Among other things, subsequent to the assessment of these texts and works, an expert reader will be able to notice that the transformation of the right to religious freedom, from a simple juridical act to a state of moral consciousness, also requires an act of faith, which, in fact, provides the idea of freedom with its original ontological dimension. Our study also provides the reader with the opportunity to conclude that the right to freedom of conscience entitles any human being to make known the doctrine of his/her religion, both through missionary activities and religious education in confessional and state schools.

Historia pokuty, czyli rozszerzanie miłosierdzia - Dyskutują: ks.Jan Dohnalik i ks.Stanisław Adamiak oraz Sebastian Duda i Zbigniew Nosowski

Author(s): Jan Dohnalik,Stanisław Adamiak,Sebastian Duda,Zbigniew Nosowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 670/2017

Discussion with: Father Jan Dohnalik and Father Stanisław Adamiak, Sebastian Duda and Zbigniew Nosowski.