Unitatea lumii contemporane în lumina rugăciunii arhierești a Mântuitorului: „ca toți să fie una” (Ioan 17, 21)

Author(s): Andrei-Gabriel Gavriș / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2019

The subject to be addressed in this paper refers directly to the Lord’s Prayer before His Passion, a reflection of Jesus’ care for the mission that should always be comparable to Him. If, in the apostolic period, the exhortation was obeyed, with all who professed Christ having a common goal, not the same can be said of their offsprings, Christian history being often turmoiled, and the consequences have been manifested to the personal level. The pur-pose of this article is to examine the concept of unity of believers, stemming from the pattern of reciprocity of the Father and the Son, the source of unity and its essential element. The purpose of this unity is to bring joy to believers and motivate them to mission in the world. The topic deserves to be explored carefully, especially in the contemporary context, to know where we are in our interpersonal relationships. The Savior’s requirement that His followers be united is quoted from all the church pulpits, but sometimes questions remain unanswered.

Untersuchungen zu Daukšas Postille – IV . Zur Textkonstitution

Author(s): Wolfgang Hock / Language(s): German / Issue: 21/2019

The third edition of Wujek’s Poſtilla Catholicka Mnieyſza (W3 1590) is commonly regarded as the main source of Daukša’s postil, though it has been previously suggested in earlier investigations that some of the sermons might have been translated from the second edition of Wujek’s postil (W2 1582). From the evidence adduced here, it can be shown that all three of the earliest editions (W1 1579/80, W2–3) have entered into Daukša’s translations, exhibiting a clear distribution within the postil. Furthermore, it became evident that within the sermons a distinction must be made between pericopes, expositions and marginalia. The expositions can only be based on one of the three editions of W1–3 respectively, whereas the pericopes often seem to have additional, hitherto unidentified Polish, Latin or even Lithuanian sources. The marginalia as well as the chapter headings are, in turn, rather technical in nature and are mostly taken from W3, which clearly served as the model for the layout of Daukša’s postil.

Unterwegs zu heiligen Orten – alte und neue Wallfahrtskritik im Christentum als Inspiration für die Pilgerpastoral

Author(s): Michaela C. Hastetter / Language(s): German / Issue: 4/2015

According to the religious phenomenon of pilgrimage in the monotheistic religions the author references to the criticism of pilgrimage in the early church fathers. Their shifting of the focal point from the extern to an interior pilgrimage can also be considered today in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. From there consequences concerning the motivation to Christian pilgrimage, the locus sacer, the transitus from extern to interior pilgrimage as well as ecumenical aspects are discussed for the pastoral accompaniment of pilgrims.

Uporaba Svetoga pisma među bosanskim krstjanima

Author(s): Mato Zovkić / Language(s): Croatian / Publication Year: 0

Bosnian Christians were a sect of protest motivated by biblical poverty and simplicity in middle age Kingdom of Bosnia from about 1200 to 1463. An evidence of their use of Christian Scriptures can be found more in polemical writings of Latin theologians than in their own books and documents. This author has put this question within the middle age protest and renewal movements, like Cathars, Dominicans, Franciscans. Within the century from 1170 to 1270 a new type of Bible producing was invented in Paris and other medieval centers of theological learning, in form of one volume portable book which not rich people were able to provide and travelling preachers could carry it on their missionary journeys. The most complete and preserved manuscript of Bosnian Christians is Hvalov Zbornik, written in 1404. It contains all New Testament canonical books, 150 canonical Psalms and eight Old Testament Canticles. Other preserved manuscripts and documents contain parts of the NT, prayers and letters which reflect the belief in Christ of Bosnian Christians, their liturgical Calendar and prayers for the dead. The Book of Revelation was mostly copied and commented among them. Latin theologians from Paulus Dalmatinus in 1250 to Cardinal Torquemada in 1461 mostly wrote polemical writings against Cathars and other sectarian movements and they also addressed Catharist sectarians in middle age Bosnia whom they accused of rejecting the Old Testament, teaching dualism and distorting the doctrine and practice of the sacraments. Most trustworthy remnants of real doctrine and pastoral practice of Bosnian Christians can be found in the questions of Bosnian Franciscans submitted to Pope Gregory XI in 1372. One of the problems was that some Christian men in Bosnia asked to be admitted to Christian marriage ceremony, but they insisted on their condition to their future spouse: “Si eris mihi bona” which involved the husband’s right to divorce his wife any time, for any reason. Bosnian Christians were a middle age movement of protest which for the sake of pure biblical religion finished in breaking communion with the Catholic Church. They disappeared with Turkish rule in Bosnia in 1463.

Urzeczywistnianie się Kościoła przez katechezę. Eklezjalne ukierunkowanie katechezy w świetle teologicznej interpretacji przepowiadania słowa Bożego. Część II

Author(s): Andrzej Kociołek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2003

Istnieją organiczne związki katechezy z Kościołem i są one wielorakie, wzajemne i wewnętrzne. Dzięki tym wzajemnym związkom katecheza wypływa z Kościoła, opierając się na jego fundamencie, podejmuje zadania oddziałujące, które wynikają z wewnętrznej mocy Kościoła. Natomiast Kościół oczyszcza się i pogłębia przez katechezę, a ponadto wchodzi w nowe środowiska i w nowe czasy. Katecheza, głosząc słowo Boże, podejmuje się dzieła przedłużania misji profetycznej Kościoła, a Kościół przez słowo Boże urzeczywistnia się i rozwija. Dlatego też w tej części podjęta zostanie najpierw próba odczytania idei Kościoła w słowie Bożym, a następnie rozwój i urzeczywistnianie się Kościoła przez głoszenie słowa Bożego.

Utjecaj rodne ideologije na ekologiju čovjekove spolne naravi. Kršćansko-teološko antropološki osvrt

Author(s): Marijo Volarević / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 2/2019

The author tries to show how today man becomes more and more aware not only of the endangerment of man’s environment but of the endangerment of man’s innate sexual nature, as well. Man, created in the image of God as male and female (cf. Gen 1:26-27), is called not only to act responsibly towards the created reality God has given him, but also towards the image of God that is mirrored in him, equally in man and woman. In the same way that through history man hasn’t been responsibly governing the created world, of which he is a guardian and not a master, in a similar way today, with the help of gender ideology, he wants to dominate over the sexual nature that was gifted to him. With the article the author seeks to warn, in accordance with Christian-biblical-theological anthropology, about the fundamental defects of gender ideology which through theoretical technicism penetrates the very essence of man’s sexual nature, thus directly affecting the ecology of human nature and the ecology of family.

Uwagi Ludwiga Wittgensteina na temat Pisma Świętego

Author(s): Piotr Goniszewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 25/2018

The purpose of this article is to discuss a few of L. Wittgenstein's remarks on the Bible. The exegesis has the character of a certain insight and clarification of the vague statements on the Bible given by an Austrian philosopher. Wittgenstein's remarks are compared with contemporary, historical and critical views on the biblical books. The texts selected for the analysis do not belong to the “official” works of the Austrian philosopher as Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations, and might never have been published. Nevertheless, they are a testimony of his intellectual activity and the important source of religious philosophy.

Uz 50. obljetnicu Zagrebačke Biblije

Author(s): Blaž Protuđer / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 1+2/2018

Za svaki narod velik je događaj prijevod Biblije na materinji jezik, jer osim što Biblija globalno predstavlja spomenik i vrelo vjere, ona je također i spomenik jezika. Biblijska vjera nikako ne može biti odcjepljena od nužnog procesa interpretacije koji ju uzdiže do razine jezika. Ipak, interpretacije koje počinju riječima Bog postoji, tj. izjavama koje pripadaju religijskom, a ne biblijskom diskursu, nužno predmnijevaju teološku razradu teksta.

VALLÁSOS NEVELÉS ÉS A GYERMEKKÉP ALAKULÁSA A REFORMÁCIÓ KORÁBAN – FELADATOK AKKOR ÉS MOST -

Author(s): Gabriella Márta Gorbai / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2017

The spread of Protestant reformation in Europe brought about a qualitative and quantitative change in schooling. At the same time, the various forms of religious revival changed the parent-child and adult-child relationships as well, which is referable to the fundamental importance attributed to the role of family in religious education. In this study we analyze the view of children in the age of reformation; we try to establish whether the increased attention given to children was indeed prompted by religion; we look for the explanation of the fact that protestant communities have shown a form of care that was different from what was customary before that time.As a conclusion we can draw comparison between then and now, since our problems, aims and tasks regarding the realization of religious education are in many ways similar to the challenges faced by our great ancestors in the age of reformation.

Vatra - dialog

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Author(s): Virgil Podoabă,Marco Ivan Rupnik,Grigore Șoitu,Dan Perșa / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 11-12/2008

Two interviews taken by Romanian writers to important cultural personalities.

Vavrinec z Brindisi a Máriin Magnificat. Láska sa rodí z poznania dobra

Author(s): Pavel Prihatný / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 5/2020

The article, in its first part, offers a brief glance at historical context of developing critical exegeses in 16th century and mentions reactions of the Catholic Church. Afterwards takes a look at life and work of Flacius Illiricus and Lawrence and points out similarities between them. In its second part it inquires ten sermons of Lawrence on Magnificat of Mary preserved in his Mariale. Main focus is on the Old Testament women parallels, to their verbal expressions, reminding of some phrases of the Magnificat. Finally, it deals with humility of Mary perceived by Lawrence with special attention.

Vechiul Testament - izvor de invatatura teologica si pastorala (II)

Author(s): Teodor Baba / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01-03/2016

The Old Testament of the Holy Bible is an eternal source of theology and priesthood. That is why the preacher needs to know how to harness in his preacher the Old Testament of the Holy Bible as it is the only way he will be able to interpret the New Testament. As such, the Old Testament is entirely a true source of theological and pedagogical ideas that fulfills and enlightens any teacher or Christian undoubtedly towards the new beginning under the guidance of Christ.

VEGETABLES, CONSCIENCE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: WHAT DOES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HAVE TO DO WITH HUMAN DIGNITY?

Author(s): Daniel Istrate / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Religious freedom is perceived as a basic human right, and one that should be respected by people and governments around the world. Buy why? Is it because of its economic or political advantages, or the benefits it brings? These are good things, yet more important is the philosophical basis of religious freedom, which needs to be anchored in human dignity, a central concept in the biblical and Christian worldview. As such, freedom of religion is not something governments must grant but something they must recognize and respect. And if one is to respect another’s conviction to eat only vegetables, how much more should one respect another’s convictions when it comes to religion and worship based on the dictates of one’s conscience? Yet, it should not be forgotten that religious freedom is one of a package of rights, privileges and responsibilities that man has as he fulfils his mission as God’s viceregent on earth.

VERSENGÉS EGY ISKOLÁÉRT – AVAGY HOGYAN LETT KOMÁROMÉ A REFORMÁTUS TANÍTÓKÉPZŐ-INTÉZET A KÉT VILÁGHÁBORÚ KÖZÖTT

Author(s): Attila Lévai / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2017

This study examines the multiple problem of teacher education in the Reformed Church after the first world war. There were several teacher training colleges in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where Reformed teachers studied, too. Of course the Reformed Church had its own teacher training colleges as well. On that score the supply of Reformed teachers in the Church was guaranteed. However, at the end of 1910, the General Convent of Hungarian Reformed Church reported the lack of teachers, especially on the northern part of the country. In the 1920´s Pálóczi Czinke István wrote a Memorandum to the prime minister. In that Memorandum he depicted all the thwarting in the Reformed Church, which were caused by Treaty of Trianon. Additionally, he submitted all the rightful demands of the Reformed Church in Czechoslovak Republic. One of these demands was the need of a Reformed teacher training college. Pálóczi Czinke István further subjected to the prime minister the necessity of the grant-in-aid from the government for Church institutions. The very first supporter of the teacher training college was Károly Patay, the chairman of the educational commission of the Convent. In 1922, on the seating of General Convent in Pozsony, the Convent decided that the teacher training college should be established in Komárom. At that time nobody would ever presumed that the Congregation of Komárom had to emulate for the college with the Congregation of Érsekújvár, then with the Congregation of Rimaszombat, and finally, in 1938 with the Congregation of Léva. Finally, Komárom got the right of establishment of the Reformed teacher training college.

Versus Deum – kierunek celebracji mszy świętej w dwóch formach rytu rzymskiego

Author(s): Wojciech Malesa,Tomasz Rokita / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2012

This article compares the two ways of celebrating Mass and also takes up the matter of the direction in which the priest celebrates it in the Ordinary and in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. In the Extraordinary Form, the priest turns in the same direction as the worshippers, that is to the east or towards the cross (versus orientem). In the Ordinary Form, the norm is celebrating the Mass facing the people (versus populum), although it can be also celebrated versus orientem. The article draws attention that in both cases, the most important thing is directing thoughts to God, not the setting of the priest and the faithful participating in the Mass.

VERTIMAS IR „ETYMOLOGICA VERITAS“ (REMIANTIS PRADŽIOS KNYGA 2, 23)

Author(s): Pietro U. Dini / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 10/2017

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag setzt sich der Verfasser mit der noch wenig erforschten Frage des Verhältnisses zwischen Übersetzung und Etymologie auseinander. Als Beispiel für Verdeutlichung und Illustrierung der hier vorgestellten Überlegungen wird eine bekannte Stelle aus dem alttestamentarischen Buch Genesis (2, 23) herangezogen, und zwar diejenige, an der Adam der ersten Frau ihren Name gibt. Beim Übersetzen dieser Stelle ist der Gebrauch eines „etymologischen Modells“ nach dem Prinzip der etymologischen Wahrheit aufspürbar. Die Übersetzungen der in Rede stehenden Stelle werden zunächst in zahlreichen Sprachen sowohl der Antike – Hebräisch; Altgriechisch in den Fassungen der Septuaginta, Theodosians und Symmachus’; Lateinisch in den Fassungen der Vetus latina sowie der Vulgata des heiligen Hieronymus – als auch der Moderne angeführt. Unter den letzteren werden bis auf einige Ausnahmen die älteren Fassungen aus dem jeweiligen Sprachbereich bevorzugt. Jedes Sprachzeugnis wird philologisch-linguistisch kurz analysiert und kommentiert.

VI walne zebranie Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich oraz 47. Sympozjum Biblistów Polskich (Olsztyn, 22–24 września 2009)

Author(s): Marcin Majewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2009

W dniach 22 do 24 września 2009 roku w gmachu Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego „Hosianum” w Olsztynie odbyło się VI Walne Zebranie Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich oraz 47. Sympozjum Biblistów Polskich. Podczas VI Walnego Zebrania przewodniczący SBP ks. prof. Waldemar Chrostwoski dokonał podsumowania i oceny ostatniego roku pracy stowarzyszenia. Wspomniano i modlono się za dwóch zmarłych członków stowarzyszenia: ks. prof. Juliana Warzechę i ks. dra hab. Stanisława Pisarka.

Viduklės bažnyčios Angelo Sargo paveikslas

Author(s): Raimonda Norkutė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 36/2004

In this article the picture of the Guardian Angel in Viduklė Church is analysed from different aspects. Using archival and historical documents, the history of the picture and its origin are reconstructed. Analysed material shows that the picture was painted in the third quarter of the 18th century, most likely in the seventh or eight decades of that century. In this article, seeking to educe the intricate ideological-iconographical programe of the picture, and also to define the artistic features and using various methods, the teological basis of the Guardian Angel was defined, and the development of the iconographical type and the image of the Guardian Angel in Baroque art were analysed. The picture of the Guardian Angel is valuable for its versatile, distinctive iconographical programme, which is harmoniously combined with the artistic expression and the text. In this picture we can see an artistic and ideological expression of Baroque art that allows the picture to join the ranks of the Baroque cultural heritage.

Viduklės bažnyčios Angelo Sargo paveikslas

Author(s): Raimonda Norkutė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 35/2003

In this article the picture of the Guardian Angel in Viduklė Church is analysed from different aspects. Using archival and historical documents, the history of the picture and its origin are reconstructed. Analysed material shows that the picture was painted in the third quarter of the 18th century, most likely in the seventh or eight decades of that century. In this article, seeking to educe the intricate ideological-iconographical programe of the picture, and also to define the artistic features and using various methods, the teological basis of the Guardian Angel was defined, and the development of the iconographical type and the image of the Guardian Angel in Baroque art were analysed. The picture of the Guardian Angel is valuable for its versatile, distinctive iconographical programe, which is harmoniously combined with the artistic expression and the text. In this picture we can see an artistic and ideological expression of Baroque art that allows the picture to join the ranks of the Baroque cultural heritage.

VJERA BIBLIJSKOGA ČOVJEKA

Author(s): Karlo Višaticki / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 2/2013

Faith is always a kind of adventure in which a person engages. It is a gift , and also a personal position that must be consistent and in line with God on one hand, and on the other hand, with the society in which man lives. Behind the word faith is the Hebrew word aman, which came to us through the Septuagint and the Vulgate. The article brings the etymology of the Hebrew word, which presents the starting point for further theological reflection. This word appears in the Hebrew forms nifal, hifil, and we also find derivatives amen, emunah and emet. We are given an overview of the most important places in the Bible containing these phrases. The classic places that are most discussed in theology are Gen 15:6; 2 Sam 7; Isa 7:16. These are intensive forms (hifil), suggesting in addition at the linguistic level that it is a serious matter, a person’s position. Abraham believed in God’s words, he had faith in them and for that he was rewarded. He thus becomes the prototype for the faithful. The prophet Nathan comes to David and speaks to him about the future, not the house that David wants to build for the Lord, but about his family, his lineage. It will be established, and endure before the Lord.