Chleb żałoby (Oz 9,4) – praktyka żałobna czy znak jej zakończenia?

Author(s): Janusz Lemański / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2024

Hosea’s phrase “bread of mourning” (Ho 9,4) is often combined with other similar prophetic utterances (Jr 17,7; Ez 24,17.22). However, the practice of eating bread during mourning is not consistent with information about fasting during mourning. Some researchers believe that this may be a kind of meal marking the end of the mourning period (Hi 42,11). In Dt 26,14 it is clearly distinguished from another custom – offering food to the dead (Tb 4,17; Syr 30,18; Ps 106,28; Bar 6,26) and – as in Hosea’s statement – such meals are treated as impure. This may suggest that in fact it was an alternative way of behaving for mourners to fasting. On the other hand, it cannot be ruled out that in fact it was only food eaten by mourners who were still mourning but were already encouraged to end it (a sign of returning to “the world of the living”).

Spunti di ecclesiologia nel pensiero di Dumitru Stăniloae

Author(s): Zoltán Bara / Language(s): Italian Issue: 31/2024

Stăniloae’s ecclesiological approach is a part of the broader perspective of Eastern theology, known as theosis, that is, the participation of humanity renewed in Christ in divine life. The theandric constitution of the Church results from the meeting of the divine-trinitarian foundation with the natural-human one. This means that the Church has an „objective-divine” and a „subjective-human” aspect. The Church is the body of Christ not only because Christ has made his home in her, but also because through her he continues his threefold ministry of High Priest, Prophet and King. In exercising these three munera, Christ does not look at the Church as a passive „object”, but as a partner who responds freely to his call. The royal priesthood of the faithful therefore consists in participation in the three munera of Christ. The mission of sacred ministers consists above all in „objectively” mediating the presence of Christ the Mediator with the Father and in making present for all people, of every place and every time, the sacrifice of Christ, making them participate in it. The ministerial priesthood highlights the theandric reality of the Church and the value of the human person for the salvation of others. This formal responsibility of sacred ministers, which is exercised in a spirit of communion between them and the ecclesial people, is manifested in the celebration of the sacraments, the proclamation of the word and the pastoral guidance of the faithful. The presence of the ministerial priesthood in the Church, according to Stăniloae, represents a confirmation of the real Incarnation of the Son of God and of his quality as Mediator of humanity before God.

Wybrane aspekty modlitwy chrześcijańskiej w dziełach Matta el-Maskine (1919–2006)

Author(s): Adam Rybicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2024

Selected aspects of Christian prayer in the works of Matta el-Maskine (1919–2006).The article presents selected aspects of the concept of prayer according to the contemporary Coptic monk Matta el-Maskine (1919–2006). The nature of prayer and its role in shaping the Christian attitude is the first part of the article. The second part is devoted to the fruits of prayer. The last part is an indication that Matta el-Maskine connected the topic of prayer with ecumenical efforts and saw their interconnection. The deep understanding of prayer contained in Matt el-Maskine’s works and at the same time showing it in many social contexts makes us consider this author a contemporary master of Christian spirituality who perfectly combines experience with knowledge, the tradition of the East with the tradition of the West, as well as theology with everyday life.

Etyka i/lub religia w szkole. Korelacja czy konkurencja? Analiza opinii uczniów

Author(s): Paweł Mąkosa,Helena Słotwińska,Janusz Mariański,Marta Buk-Cegiełka,Radosław Rybarski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2024

The article presents an analysis of the results of empirical research conducted among students in Polish high schools. The primary research question aimed to obtain answers regarding the justification and conditions of the presence of religious and ethics classes in schools and their mutual relationships. During the research, students expressed their opinions on the choice between religious and ethics classes, the teachers conducting these classes, and proposed topics that should be discussed in ethics classes. Contrary to common opinions suggesting hostile competition between religious and ethics classes, the research showed that ethics classes can be complementary to religious classes and are not a threat to them.

ДИСКУРС И ПЕТОГОДИШЊА АНГАЖОВАНОСТ СРПСКЕ ПРАВОСЛАВНЕ ЦРКВЕ ТОКОМ „МИГРАНТСКЕ КРИЗЕ (2015)“ – ПРИЛОГ ДАЉЕМ ПРОУЧАВАЊУ (2017-2021)

Author(s): Božidar Pavlović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 42/2024

The four-part paper using the contextual method, which means the method of compilation and content analysis, presents chronologically the discourse and fiveyear engagement, i.e. the activities and contributions of the Serbian Orthodox Church in overcoming the “Migrant Crisis (2015)” in the period 2017-2021. The main thesis of the paper is the culmination of the “Migrant Crisis (2015)” and the engagement of the Serbian Orthodox Church on media, social, and ecumenical levels. The sources we used in the paper were official announcements, encyclicals, episcopal homilies, diocesan magazines and interviews by His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije and bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

ХРИШЋАНСТВО И АТЕИЗАМ У ДНЕВНИКУ ПИСЦА ДОСТОЈЕВСКОГ

Author(s): Nenad D. Plavšić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 42/2024

This paper outlines Dostoevsky’s thoughts concerning the relationship between Christian faith and atheism, based on his diary. The aim of our work was to present that Dostoevsky approached this, for him, the most important issue, not as an artist, but rather as a publicist. This complex quarrel, especially prominent in Dostoevsky’s mature work, remains unresolved, it remains an open question in his most acclaimed novels. In them, through different characters, both his Christian faith and his atheism are expressed and convincingly defended to the same extent. The literary and artistic work of this distinguished writer is contradictory, ingenious and enigmatic. Unlike Dostoyevsky’s novels, The Writer’s Diary gives us his clear answers to questions arising from the interaction of Christianity and atheism. Within The Writer’s Diary, Dostoevsky firmly presents what he believed in, or at least wanted to believe in, he clearly presents values for which he tirelessly argued, emphasizing them as a legacy to future generations.

Komenský a kinetická teorie tepla

Author(s): Kateřina Lochmanová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 3/2024

The study provides an analysis of Comenius’ concept of both heat and cold, as developed especially in his writings Physicae ad lumen divinu reformandae synopsis and Disquisitiones de caloris et frigoris natura. Because of its programmatically mosaic approach, Comenius’ physics is compared directly to that of his later admirer G. W. Leibniz, and, via Leibniz’ concept, sets it into the context of later thermodynamics. Comenius’ methodology is compared not only to that of Leibniz himself, but also to that of Newton and other commonly accepted proponents of exact science. Last but not least, Comenius’ “kinetic theory of cold” is placed in opposition to the ‘privative’ concept of Aristotle, against which, however, Comenius intentionally set himself apart with his mosaic approach. Despite its several shortcomings, Comenius’ peculiar attempt to merge physics with theology is evaluated as being scientifically useful.

Znaczenie Międzynarodowej Statystycznej Klasyfikacji Chorób i Problemów Zdrowotnych w wersji ICD-11 w kontekście kanonicznych procesów małżeńskich

Author(s): Monika Gwóźdź / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2024

The study is an analysis of the impact of the new version of the ICD-11 on the sentencing process in canonical annulment of marriage cases, to the extent that judges can use data produced by expert witnesses. The ICD-11 will become the benchmark for assessing the mental condition of the parties, so the study not only describes examples of practical changes with respect to the ICD-10 version, but also discusses the new way of preparing opinions, which will automatically require a new approach to reading and interpreting the data provided by experts in canonical trials.

Carlo Fantappiè, Metamorfosi della sinodalità. Dal Vaticano II a papa Francesco, Marcianum Press, Venezia 2023, ss. 117

Author(s): Janusz Bujak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2024

Health and disability in an interdisciplinary approach. The role of the family, the school and the church in the recovery of the disabled persons

Author(s): Cristina Popa Negru / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

I would like to point out the necessity of the word that builds and heals, intertwined with manifestation forms of Christian diaconia practiced in schools, churches and hospitals by people specifically trained to offer their professional, affective and spiritual availability in order to improve the quality of life of the peers in difficult situations, especially when the disabled are children. In the case of these peers of ours, we might think that their disability is a hard test of existence, but this is considered as a unique “chance” to know providence and becomes “a window of profound communication” to the saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Healer and the perfect Teacher. Complex knowledge is achieved by the communication among people but also by the communication with the heavenly Father, by prayers, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The moral good is the condition of health, of physical, mental and spiritual balance for each of us. Moral theology, philosophy and medicine will find their common center in the interpretation scope of the meaning of human suffering, by a transfer of deep meanings, which will generate new solutions and interventions unanimously accepted and applied in order to improve and heal our peers.

Veshja e mëndafshit mes të ndaluarës dhe të lejuarës

Author(s): Ilmije Kuçi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1/2024

The Almighty God has given many and great blessings to the sons of Adam, by including that of clothing. This, to protect them from heat and cold, as well as to be an ornament and a garment to cover their bodies, according to Allah’s saying in the Quran: ْ َ َ َُ ً َ ْ ِ ِ ُ ُ ْ ْ َ ʮ بني آدم قد أنزلْنا عليكم لباسا يـواري سواطكم ِ ِ ً وريشا َََ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ِ َ “O sons of Adam, We created for you garment that covers your modesty and a garment ornamental”. Therefore, man should preserve the prosperity that God Almighty has given him, by respecting the rules that come from Allah’s law. Islamic legislation allows men and women to adorn themselves, especially with clothing, but at the same time it has also made some restrictions, including the prohibition of some types of clothing for both men and women, and specifically some more just for men, always as a sign of devotion to the Almighty God. He allowed some things and forbade some others, not to limit the people, but to keep them within limits and order in the universe. This, because God Almighty is Wise in His commands and prohibitions. He does not command except what is in the interest of man, and He does not forbid except that which is harmful to them. The wisdom of these ordinances and prohibitions can be shown to His creatures or it may not appear to them. Therefore, the issue of clothing in Islam, meaning here that of women and men, is important in the legislation of Islam. Jurists have paid special attention to it by defining whole chapters for it it's rules. In the following, we will focus on clarifying the provision of mean wearing silk.

Libri shkenca Ilmul Kelami – parimet bazë, studim i nevojshëm për trojet tona

Author(s): Bahri Hoxha / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1/2024

Review of: Myftiut Naim ef. Tërnava, "Shkenca e Ilmul Kelamit – parimet bazë"

Латинските средновековни игри за св. Николай. Сценични стратегии в рамките на жанровата специфика

Author(s): Slava Yanakieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 30/2024

While scholars of medieval theatre have developed their respective periods and genres over the past 150 years, their work is subject to constant criticism and review. This text will examine a selection of pieces from Latin manuscripts exclusively. The objective of thiss tudy is to demonstrate how the various genres addressed the established stage conventions of the Middle Ages, which are markedly distinct from those of the Modern European period in that they overlap with the liturgical ones. The potential for staging the texts will be examined, both in terms of the action’s coherence and in terms of the available rubrics/stage directions, the nature of which also necessitates a degree of interpretive effort and imagination.

How can one say that God has become human? John of Damascus and Thomas Aquinas on the Semantics of the Incarnation

Author(s): Thomas Joseph White / Language(s): English Issue: 30/2024

Thomas Aquinas sets out in his famous Summa Theologiae to identify helpful ways of speaking of the Incarnation, by which one ascribes both divine properties and human properties to one person, Jesus of Nazareth. In doing so he makes extensive use of the eastern Christian teaching of John of Damascus, whose work The Orthodox Faith was translated into Latin. How do these two influential Christian thinkers make clear what they believe about God and human nature as each are manifest in the Incarnation, and why do they think it matters concretely that God became human?

Тома Аквино и Маймонид относно възможността за позитивно именуване на Бог

Author(s): Simeon Mladenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 30/2024

The current text discusses the views of Thomas Aquinas and Maimonides on the positive attributes concerning God in the light of Aquinas’ explicit criticism against the via negativa in Summa Theologiae. In order to do this, first, we discuss some Aquinas own views concerning positive attribution about God. Famously the Dominican author calls for a knowledge of the substance of God based on analogy between the Creator and the creation. Aquinas holds that God can be known as the first principle of all being and thus names attribute something about God. Secondly, we will mention the objections against Maimonides and how the negative theology to is its extreme, rules out any knowledge about God. Lastly, we will take a look at Maimonides’ own views. Seemingly, Thomas misunderstands Maimonides’ position. Even though positive attribution is impossible about the substance of God itself, nevertheless, positive attributes refer to God’s actions towards creation. However, since God is completely transcendent, knowledge about his substance is strictly speaking impossible.

Rola diaspory żydowskiej w powstawaniu aramejskojęzycznych wspólnot chrześcijańskich na Wschodzie

Author(s): Mirosław Rucki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 7-8/2018

Rozwój Kościoła w I wieku jest ściśle związany ze społecznościami żydowskimi w diasporze i wybitnymi postaciami pochodzenia żydowskiego. Przede wszystkim Dzieje Apostolskie świadczą o tym, że od samego stworzenia Kościoła w okresie Pięćdziesiątnicy Żydzi i prozelici przybywający do Jerozolimy z całego świata stali się przedmiotem ewangelizacji. W Syrii, Mezopotamii i Persji wspólnoty chrześcijańskie powstały w miejscach, gdzie wcześniej istniały gminy żydowskie. Ponadto istnieją dokumenty, które zawierają informacje o znacznej liczbie wyznawców pochodzenia żydowskiego w Kościele, m.in. dużej liczbie biskupów i katolikos. Również prozelici, którzy przyjęli judaizm, zaczęli należeć do nowej wiary. Wraz z czynnikami kulturowymi i językowymi, fakty te budowały dobre relacje między Żydami a chrześcijanami, mimo nieuniknionych napięć spowodowanych różnicami w wierze. Prowadzi to do wniosku, że ostateczne zerwanie między judaizmem a chrześcijaństwem zostało spowodowane zewnętrznymi czynnikami politycznymi. Oznacza to, że harmonię i jedność między Żydami i chrześcijanami można odbudować.

Promowanie i popularyzacja programu ewangelizacji polskich Żydów na łamach „Dwóch Światów”. Przyczynek do dziejów anglikańskiej Misji Barbikańskiej w II RP

Author(s): Dominik Flisiak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 7-8/2018

Artykuł dotyczy religijnych i społeczno-politycznych założeń kwartalnika „Dwa Światy”. Była to gazeta członków Misji Barbikańskiej do Żydów, działających w międzywojennej Polsce. Członkowie misji rekrutowani byli spośród wiernych Kościoła anglikańskiego, z których znaczną część stanowili neofici. Koniec działalności anglikańskiej w Polsce nastąpił w 1939 roku wraz z wybuchem II wojny światowej i Holokaustem dokonanym przez Niemców.

Англосаксонска сеоба у Византију и црквена јурисдикција међу досељеницима

Author(s): Slaviša Tubin / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

During the time of King Edward the Confessor (1004–1066), relations between the Anglo-Saxon world and Byzantium became more intense. During the reign of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus (1081–1118), there was a reorganization of the Varangian Guard, in which, in addition to the Danes, the Anglo-Saxons were given the leading position. The Anglo-Saxon factor in Byzantium gained importance due to the Anglo-Saxon migrations that followed the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the Norman Conquest. Some of the sources mention that the Anglo-Saxons got land in Byzantium, where they built settlements and cities with the names of those from the old homeland, as well as that they called the obtained lands New England, and even that they kept the Latin priesthood. In addition to the migration of Anglo-Saxon exiles to Byzantium, this paper also deals with the ecclesiastical jurisdiction among the settlers. Possible settlement areas and competent Church jurisdictions for the English in Byzantium are the eparchies of Chersones and Bithynia, as well as Constantinople and its immediate surroundings.

Social Media and Religiosity; a (Post) Phenomenological Account

Author(s): Ehsan Arzroomchilar / Language(s): English Issue: 63/2022

As access to the internet continues to grow, so do concerns about its effects on individuals. This digital revolution is not without its religious implications, and it appears that opinions are divided on how religiosity is being affected. On the one hand, it is possible that the emergence of virtual Islam could lead to an increase in extremism. On the other hand, with more exposure to diverse perspectives, religious tolerance may be bolstered. This article examines the potential effects of the internet and social media on religious thought, drawing upon insights from the contemporary philosophy of technology, specifically postphenomenology. In this framework, technology is seen as an active agent, influencing both the subject and the object. Additionally, this article seeks to explain the logic underlying the conflicting views in the literature.

Mediatization of Hadith and the Spirit of Da’wah Moderation in Infographic Content of Online Media

Author(s): Muhammad Mundzir,Doli Witro,Moh. Nailul Muna,Asa’ari Asa’ari,Muhamad Yusuf / Language(s): English Issue: 64/2023

One of the movements that online preachers continue to campaign for is the mediatization of hadith. This is due to the transformation of da’wah media from conventional to digital. Mediatization of hadith, one of which is displayed in infographics such as Republika.co.id, is an online media that has also colored the new face of hadith reception on Indonesian social media. This paper aims to reveal da’wah’s ideological bias or character in the mediatization of hadith. This article falls into the category of qualitative research. Data is collected or sourced from the online media website Republika.co.id, infographic channels, and focus on the religion column. It was revealed that there was a shift in the process of narrating religious texts caused by technological developments, thus presenting a new challenge for the preachers that the habit of the Indonesian people today is to love something instant. This article also finds the infographic content of hadith presented by Republika to be one of the portraits of the mediatization of hadith that was previously written in classical books. Now the infographic content has undergone several changes, including: there is a development of meaning, development of translation, limitation of meaning, and disharmony between the title of the content with the hadith delivered. The infographic content presented by Republika.co.id also has a moderating dimension, namely seeing empirical reality and not justifying understanding to one group.