„Religia Natury”. O relacji człowiek–przyroda
Recenzja książki: Donald A. Crosby, The Thou of Nature: Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life, State University of New York Press, Albany 2013
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Recenzja książki: Donald A. Crosby, The Thou of Nature: Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life, State University of New York Press, Albany 2013
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The study of this article, takes for its historical-theological analysis, the drafting of the fundamental conception of the understanding of the Church by the Second Vatican Council: The Church as People of God. This ancient term appears already in the first schema of the Church prepared by the Roman Curia, but its main place is in Lumen Gentium, the latest version of the text of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. The main focus of this study is devoted to the reconstruction of the most important steps in the formulation of this term. The purpose of the article, is to put into an adequate perspective the statement of journalists and some conciliar historians, that the writing of the new chapter of the People of God in Lumen Gentium has become the symbol of the Copernican Revolution at the Second Vatican Council.
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Over the course of the last two decades, scholarly attention has focused more than ever before on the phenomenon of interpretive textual paraphrase operative in the period before the closure of the Jewish canon. A special type of extensive paraphrase in Judaism became known as the "Rewritten Bible". There is an ongoing discussion about the nature and function of these compositions. The present article views the educational aspect as essential for a proper understanding of interpretive activity in general, and thus also for understanding how the "Rewritten Bible" phenomenon is to be viewed within the larger framework of interpretive strategies in Judaism of the Second Temple period.
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„Ritual” as an epistemological problem of (prehistoric) archeology. Religious studies and epistemological notes on the problem of prehistoric religions
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The dissertation presents a preliminary analysis of Pawel Ksawery Brzostowski’s „Rozmyślanie na wsi w Turgielach” – a work that has so far escaped the attention of researchers. It attempts to demonstrate that the meditation, rooted in the rhetorical tradition, bears at the same time certain features of the essay, constituting an interesting example of the author’s implementation of a new literary genre, which gained more and more popularity at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Brzostowski left a rich, albeit not very original literary output. He used various forms of artistic expression. „Rozmyślanie na wsi w Turgielach” completes his previous achievements. Undertaking of a new challenge indicates the attitude of openness on the part of the writer, the readiness to experiment in the field of form and the willingness to broaden the limits of speech. It is also important for better understanding of the history of the essay in relation to Polish literature.
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The interview captures some aspects related to the Church life under the communist regime, the collaboration with the Romanian Security organs, the secular-humanist current who challenges today legitimacy of faith, the issue of religion in schools, the problems with the Burning Bush movement as well as others regarding different personalities of the Church.
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Discussion regarding the use and nature of the term “truth” in John’s (Corpus Johanneum) has a long record going back to the XIX cen-tury.Scholars of such a calibre as were Dodd or Bultmann drew their atten-tion to Hellenic circles (including Platonic and Gnostic) as the main source of inspiration for John’s interpretation of truth. However, over the course of time, we have noticed a turn towards enhancement of literature of Judaism of that time, including texts from Qumran.After discussing status questionis lexeme alētheia was analysed in the texts of Corpus Johanneum.Conclusions resulting from the analysis lead to the view focusing on non-homogeneous influences and also on a considerable contri-bution of John’s own circles and that of the early Church.
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Kontekst i uwarunkowania historyczne wprowadzania reformy liturgicznej Soboru Watykańskiego II w warunkach czechosłowackich
The aim of this paper is to sketch the historical context with its conditionings of introducing of the Liturgy reform within the situation of then Czechoslovakia. The specific characteristic of this social-political-Church situation was that the Liturgy was able to be almost solely sphere of Church’s life in the half of the 60., in which the reform had could be perform at relatively complex level. The text first gives the label to the conditions for life of the Churches after 1948, than presents the main facts connected with introduction of the council-reform and ends with an evaluation grounded by conclusions.
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Early knowledge of medieval literature, not only in Latin, it transfers you into a heaven of peace. No wonder that out of such springs came out the wholemethodology of the famous lectio divina (see Mario Masini) from which we still feed alarge part of modern communication methods. Scala divini amoris is such a challengefor the modern reader. Preserved in a manuscript Egerton 945 in the British Library inLondon, the text is written in Occitan, unknown both to researchers in theology and toscholars from those specializing in Provencal. The manuscript Egerton 945 contains twomajor texts: Liber divinis amoris și De divina impletione.
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W filmie pt. Karol. Papież, który pozostał człowiekiem, w reżyserii G. Battiato, wprowadzono motyw abp. San Salwadoru Oscara Romero i jego spotkania z Janem Pawłem II. Wątek ten jest kluczem do nakreślenia w ekranizacji skomplikowanej sytuacji w Ameryce Łacińskiej. Kościół nie mógł pozwolić, by religia utraciła swe społeczne znaczenie na kontynencie ogarniętym przez skrajne podziały polityczne i ekonomiczne. Pragnął być „pierwszym, który reaguje na ludzkie nieszczęście” . Ale zadanie to było trudne i wymagało osobistej ofiary, co przedstawia scena rozmowy abpa Romero z Ojcem Świętym. Metropolita wyznał, że jest „wzięty w dwa ognie” podzielonego świata i kraju, a „uzbrojony tylko w Słowo i modlitwę”. The article Sentire cum Ecclesia Archbishop Romero caught between the fires of division: presents a clear picture of the difficult situation the Archbishop was involved in while ministering the war torn politically explosive Archdiocese of San Salvador (1977-1998) and the importance of maintaining his relationship with Rome. He lived his life between two burning fires: the cold war and the revolution, right and left wing factions, the unity of the Church and Liberation theology, and at the same time bearing within the strain of the dichotomy between the tendency for the mystic and his prophetic gift. The Archbishop was committed to put into practice the teaching of Vatican II, the social doctrine of the Church, and to the documents written by the Latin American Bishops in the conferences of Medellin (1968) and Puebla (1979). Paying attention to the circumstances of the Archdiocese and to the needs of Salvadorian society as a whole, Romero searched for solutions, taking into account his conscience and the Magisterium of the Church, while living a deeply spiritual life. His Episcopal motto, “To be of one mind with the Church” signifies his dedication and compassion with the suffering poor and disenfranchised, and the Church as an institution. Proof of this stems from always referring his feelings back to Rome and his dedication to the poor and persecuted. Even though it is not easy to draw any conclusions or make any judgments regarding Oscar Romero’s mission of the Church in the midst of the countries crisis, the article underlines the Historical-Ecclesiastical perspective that allows the avoidance of myths that continue to exist, in both liberal and conservative Catholic surroundings.
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The article is carried out a thorough, exegetical and theological analysis of the theme “the heart of Pharaoh”, which repeatedly appears in the context of Exodus 3–14. In the author’s opinion it is crucial to understand the theological message contained in this narration. The relationship between man’s free will and sovereign will of the Lord – the God of Israel, though present in the background of the story, is not a main theme of consideration. The aim of the biblical authors was rather to show that how God operates within the history and how His action relates to the historical experience of Israel in contact with the great powers of this world. This “political theology” also contains an instruction directed to individuals. Each “stubborn” human heart, sooner or later, will bring negative consequences for those who do not read in time marks given to him by God and for those who wishes to oppose His will.
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Rémi Brague combines philosophical thought with the current analysis of the situation in Europe. He sees Islam as primarily legal system, demanding absolute obedience to Allah and his Prophet – Muhammad. In view of the crisis of European identity, the French philosopher proposes a return to the Latin tradition. He understands it as Romanity, which adopted the heritage of Athens and Jerusalem, and then forwarded it to the peoples living in the Empire.
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The article presents Luther’s teaching on justification by faith and its theological implications. In the doctrine of justification, the Reformer of Wittenberg found a way to free itself from doubts about salvation, concluding that not deeds and confession of sins before God, but only faith makes righteousness before God. Luther’s new perspective on the relation of man to God can be called a “leap of faith”. According to the Father of the Reformation, faith itself is enough for being sure of one’s own salvation. In this view, faith is identified with salvation. The basis of Luther’s conception of faith lies in his theological anthropology and its implications have become evident in ecclesiology.
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Among people honoured by the Yad Vashem Institute with the Righteous Among the Nations medal, the largest group consists of the Poles. One of them was rev. Mieczysław Zawadzki, for many years the parish priest of the Holy Trinity Parish in Będzin. As early as in the first days of September 1939, he saved the lives of many Jews and continued to help them in the subsequent years. Several years after the war, the saved ones contacted the priest and corresponded with him on a regular basis until his death in 1975. This article presents the circumstances that led to rev. Mieczysław Zawadzki’s involvement in helping the Jews of Będzin, placing him among the Righteous Among Nations. Moreover, the text briefly describes his pastoral and social work in the light of the anti – church policy of the Polish People’s Republic authorities.
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The prophet Ezekiel presents to the exiles, in chapter 18 of his book, the socio-moral program in the new circumstances of life. In the example of the opposite: the righteous - the sinner, Ezekiel develops the thought: that both the father and the son will be responsible for the facts they committed. Recalling to the exiles, in the new conception, the content of the liturgical Torah, that the people heard judis in the door of the temple, the prophet uses the terms understandable terms to listeners. The just in respecting the religious and moral rules concluded in the will be responsible Law of the Holiness satisfies the will of Jahve who is Holy God. Such a man may hope to remain alive and to participate in the worship of the new temple.
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Looking at some reputedly religious phenomena in today’s world we could openly ask whether these phenomena don’t fall, in certain cases, into a category of a new kind of idolatry which means replacing God with a creature. It is the world of human sensations and experiences that should be especially taken into consideration, sensations and experiences which are often regarded as religious or which, in some cases, undergo the process of absolutisation, whereas this is only a kind of concentration on oneself or on a particular thing. It has been noticed quite accurately, that modern times can be characterised by a shift “from wooden idols to spiritual idols”. Therefore, there is an urgent need for philosophical and theological perspective on this broad sphere of experiences, and for a question whether those experiences create new idols and, by the same token, whether they are idolatrous in character. To answer these questions responsibly and coherently we have to define the origins of idolatry and concurrently find the appropriate criteria which will enable us to evaluate theologically respective phenomena which may appear questionable. This very issue constitutes the subject of this study.
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“My Spirit, when seated in the righteous soul as on Its own throne, never is silent!” – wrote in her works the Italian nun Maria Celeste Crostarosa, founder of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer. In her work, she presented a very active vision of the Holy Spirit’s action in the human soul, describing Its power with the help of the element of fire. The article presents the action of the Spirit in the life of the Blessed and the way in which she described it in her spiritual works, among others in her “Autobiography”, “Conversations of the soul with Jesus” and in “Steps of Prayer”.
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Conference report on an international scientific conference “Old Believers Abroad”, held in Toruń 19th-20th September 2016. The conference was devoted to various aspects of life of Old Believers’ communities outside Russia, as well as the problems of Old Believer emigration and general questions of Old Believerism.
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The interpretation of the biblical books started already in the Bible itself, in which one can easily notice the plethora of quotations, allusions to and echoes of other biblical texts. This study analyzes theQUOTATION of Isaiah 49:16a found in the apocryphal Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch. By analyzing the immediate context of this verse in the Book of Isaiah, its form and historical background, the meaning of the text within its original context is reveled. Then a similar analysis applies to the form and the historical context of this verse within its new context, namely in 2 Baruch 4:2. The confrontation yields a significant number of possible interpretations and applications of this Isaianic text within its new context.
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Artykuł prezentuje badania dotyczące zabytkowych „dokumentów nestoriańskich” zwanych „Sutrami Jezusa”, które powstały podczas pierwszej misji Kościoła Wschodu do Chin w VII w. pod przewodnictwem Alopena. Teksty te są syntezą chrystologii oraz elementów teologii chrześcijańskiej istotną z punktu widzenia misji w Chinach. Opisują dogmaty chrześcijańskie za pomocą taoistycznej i buddyjskiej terminologii, filozofii, antropologii, kosmologii i symboliki. Są świadectwem rozwoju Kościoła w Chinach w ciągu trzech wieków za panowania dynastii Tang. „Sutry Jezusa” są odpowiedzią na pytanie: Co i w jaki sposób opowiedział Kościół o Jezusie Chrystusie po raz pierwszy Dalekiemu Wschodowi? Większość omawianych tekstów odkryta została w 1900 r. i jest przedmiotem badań teologów i sinologów głównie japońskich, chińskich i amerykańskich. Jednocześnie badania te zupełnie są nieznane w polskiej myśli teologicznej. Artykuł przedstawia pełną listę tych dokumentów, proponując polską nazwę oraz krótkie ich omówienie jako przyczynek do dalszych badań nad nimi. Wśród „Sutr Jezusa” na szczególną uwagę zasługuje kamienna Stela z Xi’an z wyrytym tekstem doktrynalno-historycznym, istotnym także z punktu widzenia rozwoju doktryny chrześcijańskiej w Chinach. Wnioski podkreślają wagę studiowania teologii nieeuropejskich kodowanych w innych systemach kultury i filozofii oraz pewne możliwości przekazu chrześcijańskiej doktryny także w symbolice innych religii (taoizm, buddyzm) z zachowaniem istoty doktryny chrześcijańskiej.
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