El personalismo de Karol Wojtyla: persona, prójimo, comunidad, sociedad

Author(s): Juan Manuel Burgos Velasco / Language(s): Spanish Issue: 19/2016

PROPÓSITO CIENTÍFICO: Este texto presenta una visión sintética del personalismo de Karol Wojtyla/ Juan Pablo II poniendo especial énfasis en los aspectos sociopolíticos.PROBLEMA Y MÉTODOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN: La posición teórica de Karol Wojtyla/Juan Pablo II no es sencilla de establecer porque sufrió una evolución inte­lectual importante que, si no se tiene en cuenta, puede llevar a conclusiones erróneas sobre su pensamiento. Por ello, seguiremos un itinerario cronológico mostrando cómo a partir de sus influencias intelectuales originales, el to­mismo y la fenomenología, elaboró progresivamente su propuesta original e integradora de filosofía personalista.PROCESO DE ARGUMENTACIÓN: Establecidos estos principios se muestran los rasgos principales de su propuesta personalista: 1) su contribución a la renovación de la ética a través de la denominada escuela ética de Lu­blin; 2) su elaboración de una original perspectiva sobre la ética sexual en Amor y responsabilidad; 3) algunas claves antropológicas de su obra maestra Persona y acción. Y, 4) sus propuestas en el ámbito sociopolítico, que se presentan a través de cuatro perspectivas: la participación como construcción de la persona en la acción social; su peculiar teorización de la relación persona‑sociedad; su propuesto sobre el bien común y los sistemas prójimo y comunidad.RESULTADOS DEL ANÁLISIS CIENTÍFICO: El análisis muestra que Karol Wojtyla ha sido capaz de desarrollar un personalismo original y potente a partir de sus premisas tomistas y fenomenológicas. Y, basado en esa original filosofía ha desarrollado también una perspectiva socio‑política original. Esta perspectiva es visible, entre otros aspectos, en su concepto de participación, la noción de bien común construida mediante la inclusión de una dimensión subjetiva; la tesis según la cual colectivismos e individualismos comparten la misma antropología y la primacía que otorga al sistema prójimo sobre el sistema comunidad en la estructuración de las relaciones sociales.CONCLUSIONES, INNOVACIONES, RECOMENDACIONES: Es­tos rasgos originales han sido estudiados en algunas investigaciones como las de Sánchez (2015) y Lozano (2016), pero todavía está pendiente un estudio en profundidad de esta aspecto de su pensamiento.

Oblicza świętości Ottona z Bambergu i płynące z nich przesłania dla współczesnych ludzi

Author(s): Henryk Wejman / Language(s): Polish Issue: 30/2023

The aim of this presentation was to show the value of the holiness of Otto of Bamberg for the modern generation of people. The implementation of such a goal could not fail to begin with the disclosure of the supernatural conditions of holiness, i.e. the Divine vocation of man to it and the natural ones, i.e. the awareness of this Divine invitation on the part of Otto. The next step in achieving the goal was to present the responsorial dimension of the call to holiness, i.e. to show the Otto’s response to this call. The Otto’s response included: his sacrificial service to Christ in his Church, his sensitivity to his fellow men, and his faithfulness to his personal dignity and the mission entrusted to him. These three elements were the forms of Otto’s call to holiness. The unveiling of these three elements of Otto’s attitude to holiness made it possible to highlight the planes of his influence on the contemporary actions of people in society. In this regard, the influence of his attitude of holiness can be seen in pointing to the basis of all order in society and unity in the Church, which is fidelity to Christ’s Gospel, in showing support to people in need as a dimension of witness to Christ and in openness in a spirit of dialogue to people who profess a different faith and are guided by a different worldview as the basis for establishing peace between them. It is in these planes that the spirituality of Otto of Bamberg is topical.

Status quaestionis – La cristologia delle lettere di San Girolamo

Author(s): Michał Łukaszczyk / Language(s): Italian Issue: 24/2023

Polemika na temat natury małżeństwa na łamach „Ateneum Kapłańskiego” z projektem prawa małżeńskiego Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej w okresie międzywojennym

Author(s): Kazimierz Skoczylas / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

After Poland regained its full independence, Polish families experienced many conditions that influenced their functioning. Family members were marked by low education, they experienced diseases and unemployment, therefore many of them, not finding decent living conditions, set off to emigrate. There were a lot of orphans after the First World War in Poland. The State tried to improve the fate of families to the best of its abilities. The creation of a new law, including the marriage and family law, was of great importance in the new Polish State made up of the areas which were the areas of the former Partitions. This was the task of the Codification Commission estab- lished by the State in 1919. It also prepared a draft of the family law published in 1931 which was under discussion. The Catholic community participated in the discussion of the draft of this law, and the Priestly Athenaeum within it. The Priestly Athenaeum dealt with wider family issues, going beyond the scope of the law in terms of content. However, the discussion in its pages on the draft of the matrimonial law of the Codification Commission played a large role in the Catholic environment. This discussion influenced the further course of the codification.

“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins. A Poetic Path into the Depths of Contemplation

Author(s): Marcin Godawa / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The present paper concerns the question of how Christian contemplation, in the sense of a simple loving gaze on God and His works, could be prepared and supported by poetry by using the properties of poetic speech in the field of semantics, syntax as well as sound effects. The object is God’s Grandeur, a brilliant sonnet by Gerard Man- ley Hopkins, a poet, priest, Jesuit, a man of spiritual passion. Its analysis along with interpretation, in terms of both poetics and spiritual theology, will allow us to see how aesthetic contemplation works and could bear fruit for a contemporary man’s relation to himself or herself, to the world as well as most importantly to God, the source of created goodness.

THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE CIRCLE IN THE TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN MENTALITY AND IN THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN DOGMA

Author(s): Alin Naidin / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 35/2023

The relevant study and interpretation of symbols must have as criteria, first and foremost, good knowledge of the religious phenomenon and syncretism, both pagan and Christian, a thorough understanding of the philosophical systems that were the basis of Christian teachings in the first centuries and, not least, of Romanian popular traditions. The manner in which the Romanian village has preserved the ancient elements of pre-Christian worship defines it as a separate world, with its own meanings and experiences. The Romanian peasant, with their mystical character, gave a spiritual connotation to each telluric or astral element that could influence their life and reduced the entire known universe, i.e. the complex structure of the divine creation, to their level of understanding.

THEOLOGY OF RESURRECTION REFLECTED IN THE LITURGICAL HYMNS OF THE PENTICOSTAR

Author(s): Stelian GHEORGHIASA / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 35/2023

The act of Christ's Resurrection has a wealth of meanings because it is practically a renewal of the whole of creation headed by its "king", the human being, and this gives the Resurrection many nuances. It changes the plan and perspective of human life. „Now all things are filled with light: the heavens and the earth, and things under the earth. Let all flesh therefore celebrate the resurrection of Christ, in whom it is established”. But above all, the Resurrection of Christ generally grounds our faith in a continuation of life after death. Without this event we would not have a provable fact of an afterlife. It could have been said that Jesus, by dying, ceased to be forever, and every man by dying, dies in eternity.

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN OVID’S METAMORPHOSES

Author(s): Daniel Ene / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 35/2023

The following article delves into the intricate landscape of cultural and religious dimensions of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". By employing a multidisciplinary approach, we explore how Ovid not only reflects but also shapes the cultural and religious landscape of ancient Rome. Our study contextualizes the "Metamorphoses" within the broader spectrum of Roman literary and religious tradition, highlighting its unique position in the canon of classical literature. We will examine the thematic elements of transformation and transcendence, and how these motifs resonate with Roman religious beliefs and practices. Consistent attention is paid to the portrayal of the gods and mortals alike, but also to the interplay between myth and reality, revealing therefore the reflective nature of Ovid's narratives, which serve as a mirror to Roman societal norms and religious ethos. Our study ultimately strives to demonstrate the enduring legacy of Ovid's work, not only as a masterful piece of literary work, but also as a pivotal contributor to the cultural and religious discourse of its time.

Методологічні та епістемологічні засади систематичної теології П. Тілліха

Author(s): Hanna Jemeljanenko / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 5/2016

This article analyzes the methodological and teaching base epistemological basic of P. Tillich’s theology, set them in the three-volume work “Systematic Theology”. The author argues that based on the principles of logic, semantic, methodological rationality doctrine P. Tillich is hardly worth uniquely interpreted in line with the not rationalistic tradition of research by Kierkegaard, Marcel, Berdyaev, Bergson, Nietzsche and other philosophers, who complicated the frame of anti-rationalist and anti-objectivist religious and non-religious philosophical thought in XIX - XX century.

O SCURTĂ ISTORIE A TOLERANȚEI / LIBERTĂȚII RELIGIOASE

Author(s): Daniel Nițulescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3/2023

The article traces how the idea of tolerance in general, and religious tolerance in particular, has evolved in history. We will note that although the Bible is among the earliest books of mankind, it contains extremely valuable advice on this topic, being by far the Book of Books. Certain historical periods combined with the dawn of pre-modernity have stagnated and involuted from the point of view of the tolerance granted to the other different from us. To the surprise of many, while medieval Europe faced the iron hand of the Inquisition, on the shores of the Bosphorus Christian dissidents could live out their lives in return for paying a religious tax prescribed by the Koran. Under the same Ottoman auspices, the first act of tolerance in the world was issued, in Turda, in 1568, being succeeded by the Act of Tolerance in 1689, from which fundamental human rights emerged later.

O REFLECȚIE TEOLOGICĂ ASUPRA RELAȚIEI DINTRE TEHNOLOGIE ȘI LIBERTATEA UMANĂ

Author(s): Radu Cristian MARIŞ / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3/2023

The purpose of this article is to consider different approaches to technology in relation to different approaches to theology. As society faces the impacts of the information age, the Church must face social changes relevant to its mission. New digital media are changing the way society communicates ideas and discovers knowledge. In our current social climate, it is interesting to consider the impact that digital technology has had on religion.

RESPONSABILITATEA PĂRINȚILOR ÎN EDUCAREA SPIRITUALĂ ȘI ACADEMICĂ A COPIILOR DUPĂ MODELUL LUI ISUS – INCLUSIV ÎN CONDIȚII DE CRIZĂ

Author(s): Paul Cristian Ionașcu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3/2023

Jesus is the model by which all parents should be guided, not only in the life of faith but also in the education they have to give their children. Jesus was a man educated in the theological as well as the academic branch. He was trained to know the written Torah as well as the oral Torah. Not only that, he knew how to write, read and was able to speak several languages during his time on earth. He is the role model for parents and children to copy. Following the model of Jesus, the parent is responsible for educating the child. He has the most important mission but also the greatest achievement he can have.

Cardinal Stanislaw Nagy’s Ecumenical Ecclesiology

Author(s): Andrzej Napiórkowski / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The systematic theology of the 20th and 21st centuries has experienced revolutionary changes. The tremendous effort of theologians – which was already evident on the eve of Vatican II to experience order and confirmation during its deliberations – is still bearing fruit today. It seems that interpretations of the Council’s teaching have now become more problematic than the doctrine of Vatican II itself. One of the great figures of the theological world is Prof. Stanislaw Nagy, whose create efforts were honoured with a cardinalate, and to whom we are all indebted. Indeed, it is worth discovering his difficult path from the pre-council rigorous spiritual and intellectual formation to formal apologetics, thus paving the way for fundamental theology in Poland during the Communist period, to the ecumenical commitment of the times of freedom. In this respect, it is not without reason to speak of his ecumenical vision of the Church.

The People and Lady Mary: The Relationship between the Mother of Jesus and the Rise of Anglican Polity in the English Church, 1549-1662

Author(s): Gareth Jones / Language(s): English Issue: 50/2010

This essay examines research into a significant question for the history of European Protestantism, and specifically the Church of England after reformation, through a critique of changes to the relationship between the people and Lady Mary from the 1549 to the 1662 Books of Common Prayer.

Kasia i wszechobecne ojojanie

Author(s): Tośka Szewczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 695/2024

To było jedno z tych nieszkodliwych, lecz dłużących się niemiłosiernie kazań. Wyrosłam już wtedy z prób stwarzania pozorów pobożności – za częłam więc rozglądać się po małej góralskiej kaplicy, szukając bezczelnie jakichkolwiek druhów w niedoli. Zanim jednak trafiłam na jakieś rozumiejące oczy, wśród zebranych rozległ się szmer. Nadstawiłam więc uszu i w ostatniej chwili zdążyłam uchwycić słowa kaznodziei: „Teraz jako Kościół pomodlimy się za siebie nawzajem. Proszę, żeby najpierw uklęknęli księża i osoby życia konsekrowanego”.

PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE AS CONSOLIDATING THE THEOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF FATHER PROFESSOR PHD ACADEMICIAN DUMITRU STĂNILOAE - A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Marius Golea / Language(s): English Issue: 36/2024

Father Professor PhD Academician Dumitru Stăniloae put together, during his life, an impressive theological system, a multidisciplinary one, for which he used sources and information coming from a multitude of domains. Father Professor Stăniloae was particularly interested in philosophy, and he dialogued with the works of numerous philosophers on themes regarding the Christian theology. The purpose of our paper is to highlight the way that Father Stăniloae consolidated his theological system in, by using the philosophical means and dialogue. In order to do that, we have argued why we reckon that Father Stăniloae put together a theological system, and then we have identified some of the philosophers mentioned by Father Stăniloae in his works and the themes which he dialogued with those philosophers upon. To a limited extent, because of the limited space an article can provide, we have comparatively analyzed the assertion done by the philosophers and the considerations done by Father Stăniloae upon those assertions. In our endeavor, we have been using the qualitative research method (Dörnyei 2011), in order to ensure a necessary and sufficient immersion in the subject of the matter. We think that we have demonstrated that philosophy was one of the contributors which provided consolidation to Father Stăniloae’s theological system.

THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE AND COMPASSION. THEOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS

Author(s): Iustinian Florentin JIPA / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 36/2024

The aim of this paper is to highlight the absolutely important role that love plays in our lives. Although this is not a new topic, it is as topical as can be, as the meaning of authentic love seems to have slipped from our grasp today. However, the focus of this paper will be on the implications of love, both theological or Christian and scientific. Much has been written about love over the centuries, especially in the Christian world, where love is the essence and the first virtue. It has its source in the love of God, and the love of our neighbour is the visible manifestation of love. All cultures and great religions have spoken of love, and yet it cannot be understood with reason, because the heart is difficult to understand with the mind. In recent decades, the sciences that study all aspects of the human being have made great progress and have been able to see how love works in a concrete way in the human being, for example in the brain, and that it helps to heal spiritual, psychological and even physical illnesses.

Czcigodny sługa Boży ks. Aloísio Sebastião Boeing SCJ – kapłan według Serca Jezusowego

Author(s): Leszek Poleszak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2023

Holiness is the goal of the Christian life. One of the examples of the holiness of consecrated persons is the figure of the venerable Servant of God, Fr. Aloysius Sebastian (Aloísio Sebastião) Boeing SCJ. The aim of the article is to show the spiritual growth of this candidate for the altar, his dedication to serving God’s people and the spiritual inspirations he drew from the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Marian piety.

Sfântul Macarie din Patmos (1688-1737) și primele lucrări de teologie polemică ale obștii paisiene

Author(s): Oana-Mădălina Popescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1-3/2023

The aim of the present study is to emphasize the importance of a special type of works translated and copied during the revival of the Hesychasm in the monastic community of Saint Paisios Velicikovsky, namely the apologetic/polemic writings, which defend the Orthodox faith against various ideas, beliefs or philosophies, in order to protect Christians from soul- damaging dangers. Our approach was motivated, on the one hand, by the fact that this type of works had been less highlighted by the historiography and, on the other hand, because the apologetic writings were and still are true and valuable theological treaties, many of them unpublished in Romanian so far. We focused our research on two manuscripts, kept at the Library of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest (756 and 426). They contain the homilies of Saint Macarios, the founder of the Theological School in Patmos and fragments of the works of famous Greek theologians of the 18th century: Evghenios Vulgaris, Evstratios Arghenti and Nikiforos Theotoke, combating – with strong arguments – the dogmatic and liturgical innovations, promoted by Catholics (such as: Filioque, the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Pope of Rome over all christianity, the purgatory, the practice of the Christian baptism by sprinkling).

ON MEANING AND BECOMING. MYSTICAL EXALTATION AS A TRAVAIL OF DISCLOSURE AND PERMEATION INTO NUMINOUS

Author(s): Alexandru-Ioan Cânda / Language(s): English Issue: 37/2024

Love is a given of the being that is found as a presence not only in a social context of affective conjuncture that pushes-attracts new feelings but is revealed through exercises at the limit of the ontic – both mirrored-doubled by another equivalent being, as well as by receptive-integrative transfiguration of the being as part of the personal essence of the numinous. If the anthropological-rationalist primacy exposes love didactically enough as a limiting product of the species that is diluted by successive cumulatively affective consumptions and socio-cultural constraints, the philosophical approach forces new perspectives on love through points of view and projection methods that seek matrix-ideological impositions aiming to achieve meaning and essence. Mystical theology comes to enrich the human emotional complex by juxtaposing sacred realities that push towards love through the very personal character of the Godhead. In this process of re-establishing the being through love for divinity, we have two peaks of the fullness of devotional love: Christian mysticism (fulfillment of love sought through communion with the incarnate God) and Islamic Sufism (revelation of God sought through self-understanding towards Him). The profane pragmatized by rhythm constraints archetypally integrates these philosophical-theological peaks and sublimates them into works of art and cultural bursts of impact that recombines volcanically and reflects harmoniously towards old fulfillments of meaning and new discoveries of passions.