Dobra doczesne a nadzieja życia wiecznego z perspektywy Ojców Kościoła

• Authors: Antoni Żurek

Title variants

EN

Temporality and the hope of eternal life from Church Fathers’ perspective

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The question about the sense of life was not formulated by Church Fathers directly. Despite that, their texts indicate the elements which give value for human life and are the protection against death. Material world and social structures can’t satisfy man because inside his heart there is an unquenchable desire. In fact, ac­cording to the Church Fathers, man longs for the life with God in eternity. That de­sire is satisfied by hope which is based on the Christian faith. That’s the Christian hope of eternal life that makes the temporal life bearable and valuable. This is not only the Revelation teaching but also the result of rational calculation. Man not always adequately recognizes the essence of his desires and therefore it is the Church and its shepherds task to correctly allocate the hope because hope should later organize the whole human life.

Keywords

PL

marność świata; nadzieja; sens życia; tęsknota za nieskończonością

EN

vanity of the world; hope; sens of life; longing for infinity

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 535-545

Dates

published

2013-12-16

Contributors

author

Antoni Żurek

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.4007