"Love Thy Neighbor" - A Missiological Mandate

Author(s): Ilie Soritau / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Persecution and discrimination is an everyday activity. Among the persecuted and the discriminated are the blacks and also the Roma, known in other places by the name gypsies. In the United States and other parts of the world, the whites are persecuting and discriminating against blacks but, in Europe, whites are persecuting and discriminating against the Roma people. Unfortunately, to this day, the Roma people are considered still to be of a lower class or, even worse, a more inferior human being. It is a shame to live in a society that considers itself to be one of peace and unity and to accept these things and allowing them to take place. In this article, special attention will be given to the persecutions and discriminations that the Roma people were facing. Then a descriptive analysis of their contributions and influences on many nations at different times and dates and, in the end, an attempt to best present solutions for such things to cease. In particular, how the churches and humanity will apply it to their ministries and life for the persecution and discrimination of these people to stop and for reconciliation to take place. It is time to move from theory to practice.

"Mesjańskie fragmenty" Biblii hebrajskiej w przekładzie Tanach Izaaka Cylkowa

Author(s): Piotr Goniszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

In this article we will present how Isaac Cylkow, a representative of Progressive Judaism, reflects and comments on selected Messianic prophecies in his translation of the Hebrew Bible into Polish. The first point will be presented a short description of Judaism during the Haskalah. The second point will contain basic information about the life and scientific work of the Rabbi Isaac Cylkow. The third will discuss the hermeneutics of Isaac Cylkow four selected fragments of the Hebrew Bible, which in Jewish and / or Christian Tradition have been or are interpreted as messianic prophecies. These texts will be: Gen 49.10; Num 24.17; Is 7:14; Ps 110.4.

"Mowa serca" odpowiedzią na problemy współczesnej posługi Słowa

Author(s): Gerard Siwek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2006

Zawarte w tytule referatu określenie „mowa serca” jest odwołaniem się do metafory serca. Jest to także wyraz uznania, jakie mam dla księży sercanów jako gorliwych głosicieli słowa Bożego, zwłaszcza w formie misji i rekolekcji parafialnych. Ów niewątpliwie nieco kurtuazyjny zabieg posiada również głębsze, retoryczno-homiletyczne uzasadnienie. Dlatego też temat referatu wymaga obszerniejszego wyjaśnienia.

"Nada vs sunyata." The Notion of Emptiness in John of the Cross and in Zen Buddhism

Author(s): Rafał Sergiusz Niziński / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

It is not seldom that some authors try to compare the doctrine of Zen Buddhism with the doc­trine of Saint John of the Cross with the intention of finding some parallels. The most striking similarity seems to be the term “emptiness” (nada – John of the Cross and sunyata – Zen Buddhism). The difficulty of the comparison stems from the fact that in both cases this term has an experiential meaning, i.e. it de­scribes subjective feelings one has while following the spiritual path. Therefore, the intent of the paper is to capture the metaphysical and epistemological meaning of this term in order to facilitate the com­parison. This effort has led to the conclusion that in both doctrines the essentially different meaning of emptiness reflects their different understanding of the ultimate reality. Consequently, meditational techniques which both forms of spirituality adopted to achieve the ultimate reality exclude each other, and the semantic proximity of Zen Buddhism and John of the Cross is misleading.

"Polska tradycja tolerancji w kontekście kształtowania nowego społeczeństwa", Józef Łucyszyn, Kraków 2014

Author(s): Andrzej Hejnowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 22/2015

"Robotnicy Bogiem silni" - perswazja w kazaniach szczecińskich bp. Kazimierza Majdańskiego

Author(s): Maria Kabata / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

The teaching of Bishop Kazimierz Majdański is rooted in the long history of Polish preaching, initiated, among others, by Rev. Piotr Skarga, St. Andrzej Bobola, Abp. Jan Paweł Woronicz. The character of the discussed sermons consists above all of the respectful attitude of the speaker for the cultural heritage, his concern for religious and social life in the diocese, as well as certainty in the values being held to, biblical references, and breaking schematism. The aim of this paper is to show the language mechanisms which in the preacher’s intention are to build a community and sense of regional identity of the Szczecin workers. Analyses were conducted on the examples of sermons from 1980–1987 delivered to the Szczecin shipyard workers on the anniversary of the December 1970 events and the 1980 strikes.

"SIEHE, DER MENSCH IST GEWORDEN WIE UNSEREINER UND WEIß, WAS GUT UND BÖSE IST." GEN 3,22A ALS IRONIE?

GEN 3,22A ALS IRONIE?

Author(s): Cha-Yong Ku / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2020

Dieser Aufsatz versucht, Gen 3,22a literarisch auszulegen und fragt dabei nach der versteckten Bedeutung, die der Autor in seine literarische Darstellung hineingelegt hat. Die Rede Gottes in Gen 3,22a scheint im umgebenden Text eher unverständlich zu sein. Denn die Aussage der Schlange, dass es möglich sei, durch die Erkenntnis von Gut und Böse gottgleich zu werden, wird als bloße Lüge nachgewiesen. Daraus lässt sich folgern, dass Gen 3,22a pure Ironie ist, die eine beißende Kritik Gottes an der Herausforderung durch den Menschen zum Ausdruck bringt.

"Tibetas dzīvo un mirušo grāmatas" Geb "Bardo thodzol") nosaukuma semantiskie un vēsturiskie aspekti

Author(s): Agita Baltgalve / Language(s): Latvian Issue: 1/2017

This article deals with the classical text cycle ofTibetan religious practice "The Profaund Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities"that was written down in the 14th centuary, explaining phenomena of the death moment, as well as the period of existence after the death. The title of the text is a topical problem, because in Western society, already starting with the first translations, this book is known with a completely different name ( "Tibetan Book of Living and Dyingj, thus creating quite another perception and approach than in Tibetan culture. Alongside with the analyses of the title of the text,the article also traces back to the historical emergence of dying rituals and afterlife theory in ancient India and Tibet.

"W co wierzyć? : Jak żyć? : W 10. rocznicę śmierci ks. prałata Adama Kaźmierczyka", red. Stanisław Gurba, Katarzyna Gruca, Grybów 2014

Author(s): Grzegorz Kamil Szczecina / Language(s): Polish Issue: 22/2015

"Własny dar" sakramentu małżeństwa w katechezach Jana Pawła II

Author(s): Maciej Dalibor / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

This article presents the papal theology of the body within the scope which concerns the sacramental grace given to a man and a woman in the marriage. This grace, in a special way, concerns relationships created by a man because it is they that were deprived of the basic dimension of the unselfish gift by original sin. This gift was given to a man by the Creator and on the basis of this gift the man had to share himself with another human being. The incarnation of the Son of God was God's response to the mistrust that undermined the communion of God with a man, together with the essential human communion, that is, the marriage. Through the sacraments we have access to the fruits of the Passover of Christ. In the sacrament of marriage these fruits enable people to enter again into a dimension of the selfless gift of the self given to another person.

"YOU CANNOT WANT WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW." BRINGING SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA'S TEACHING ON ASCENT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.

Author(s): Edward Eldon / Language(s): English Issue: 1-4/2022

This contribution is based on a short extract from my Master's dissertation submitted during 2016. Saint Gregory of Nyssa writes at lenght about the mystical experience of God that comes via ascent. Basing his work on both Hellenistic philosophy and the preceding theologians, he asserts that the soul is capable of ascending a ladder, or mountain, towards God, made possible and empowered by the Christ. As the soul climbs, so it experiences a deeper, transcendent encounter of God, that for Moses culminated on Mount Sinai in what he describes as a "luminous darkness". I set out to show that Saint Gregory of Nyssa was both highly theoretical and strongly practical in his approach. His profoundly rooted theology is evocatively written, and he has an undoubted ability to give clarity to complex ideas by earthing them in everyday life. He is an excellent learning facilitator and as such both inspires and equips his audience. It is my assertion that the work of Saint Gregory of Nyssa continues to have relevance for the modern expression of faith, and deserves a wider audience

"Zeleni Juraj" u Svetoj zemlji

Author(s): Vitomir Belaj / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/1989

The theme of this paper is an extension of Katičić's study "Hoditi-roditi" (Walk-Give Birth) and its aim is to show a number of similarities between a reconstructed old Slavic deity of vegetation and a recent popular belief in the Near East in el-Khader, "the Green". El-Khader is a deity of vegetation; he is called "the Green", he is always on the move, he rides on a white horse, walks over the sea, his sanctuaries are either in oak forests by water or on hills, he brings rain and protects the wounded from arrows. El-Khader-s significant features can be recognized not only in the cults of the Phoenician deities of vegetation, Adonis and Baal, but also in the ancient Egyptian (Oziris), Babylo-nian (Tammuz) and Sumerian (Dummuzi, Inanna) cults. Regardless of a possible, and likely, influence of the religion of horse-breeding invaders from the north, who are very similar to Indoeuropeans (the figure of the thunderer on a horse), the explanation for the above-mentioned parallels should be searched for in the most ancient periods of plant cultivation, on the very threshold of agriculture.

"Żywot świętego Awita, biskupa Vienne" w świetle jego korespondencji

Author(s): Wojciech Kamczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

Anonymous Life of Saint Avitus, the Bishop Vienne is an interesting example of a medieval hagiographic work. The article takes up the topic of the relationship between the presented work and the epistolary legacy of its main protagonist. Life of Saint Avitus, however, is rather a cursory presentation of the life of the bishop of Vienne, and it is not precise in quoting his literary work. It relies mainly on the life of his brother Bishop Apolinar, focusing on the controversy with King Sigismund and the miracles performed by Apolinar. Admittedly, in Avitus correspondence, the confirmation of many facts mentioned in The Life of Saint Avitus can be found, nevertheless the purpose of its author was clearly marked – to show and justify the sanctity of the Bishop of Vienne. The article is supplemented with the first Polish translation of The Life of Avitus of Vienne (Żywot Awita z Vienne).

"Коронування Богородиці" як дзеркало суспільних процесів

Author(s): Oleksandra Serhiyivna Isaykova / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 22/2012

The article shows the author’s attempt to consider iconography subject of "Madonna’s Coronation" that was new for the west European religious art of the 12th cent. through the prism of feudal model of society and to carry out its interpretation from point of display of secular ideals.

"Свешената книга" в романовата структура на "Хайка за вълци" от Ивайло Петров - релации и трансформации

Author(s): Zapryan Kozludzhov / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

Ivailo Petrov's novel 'Wolf Hunt' is a dramatic saga with a story covering a long and contradictory period of Bulgarian history, from the first years after World War II to 1965. The fates of Ivan Shibilev, Mona Zhendo, Kalcho, Nikolin, Stoyan Kralev and their sons and daoughters intertwine and grow apart in passions and conflicts. This book is the story of people who are born during a totalitarian regime or die, frequently because of what they love. The hunt is the symbol of their thirst for revenge, the Old Testament 'an eye for an eye', with the outcome/redemption being presented as a pain of the soul caused by the loss of human happiness. The study discusses the presence of biblical motifs and images and the manner in which the author of the novel works with them. The moral categories through which each individual considers his/her life are skilfully woven in the book by the careful use of biblical symbols and messages. The characters in 'Wolf Hunt' fully experience the passions and sufferings of the Old Testament characters, thereby redeeming the original human sin.

"Със светиите упокой, Христе"

Author(s): January Dzhangozov / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The main points in the report highlights the relationship between the living and the dead, between the private and the common prayer, and the unity of the Church. The private prayer for the dead occurs spontaneously, since it is an act of the love for your own, and from there it flows into the common prayer, because the Church has always helped its members by praying for the dead during the holy Divine Liturgy. The other main focus is the merciful sacrifice to God as it is stated, in the symbol of faith, upon the terrible and glorious Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ

"Троица" Андрея Рублева: символы святости

Author(s): Daria Dvurechenskaya,Vera Kukushkina,Evgeny Gamov / Language(s): Russian Publication Year: 0

The article focuses on the symbolism, artistic value and historical significance of the work «Trinity» of the great Russian genius Andrei Rublev. The distinctive features of secular and religious art are shown.

"Я не враг церкви, а еë друг и уверенный православный": церковная проблематика в публицистике Николая Лескова

Author(s): Marta Łukaszewicz / Language(s): Russian

The book contains analysis of the way of presenting issues essential for the life of the Orthodox Church in the 19th-century Russia in Nikolai Leskov’s journalistic works. Writer’s literary output is discussed in its historical and social context, against the background of contemporary press discussions. It reveals a bond between his spiritual quest, the emerging modern religiosity and changes taking place in the Church. It also allows to highlight similarities and differences between Leskov and his contemporaries and to trace the evolution of the writer’s views.

400 lat cudu „Skrzatuskiej Pani”

Author(s): Barbara Wójcik,Marek Marciniec / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2022

A Case of Sceptically-based Christian Moralism: Isidore of Pelusium’s Epistles 1217 and 773 (II, 273)

Author(s): John A. Demetracopoulos / Language(s): English Issue: 28/2022

Scholars have claimed that Isidore of Pelusium’s Epistle 1217 forms a contribution to biblical exegesis. This seems inaccurate, for a closer examination of the text shows that what Isidore states is that certain things in the world (not in the Bible) are patently knowable, other things are not but nevertheless can be known by drawing conclusions from evident knowledge, whereas some things simply are beyond our reach. Actually, this insurmountable limit is, in the last resort, a positive element, because it gives us a moral lesson, teaching us humility. The true meaning of the Epistle is revealed mainly through its direct textual sources, which include passages from Sextus Empiricus, Philo of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea, and John Chrysostom. In addition, the main point of Epistle 1217 is contextualised in Isidore’s thought by comparing it to certain other letters he wrote, primarily Epistle 773 (II, 273), which, as shown, is a development of Epistle 1217.