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"Jezus Chrystus wczoraj i dziś, ten sam także na wieki" (Hbr 13, 8)

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Paciorek A.

The Biblical Annals

1998

vol. 45

issue 1

149-166

The author is dealing with the profession of faith in Hbr 13, 8. In the first part he shows the way contemporary exegesis approaches the understanding of this text. This way can be reduced to an answer to the following question: what did the formulation from Hbr 13, 8 mean for the auther at that time? The second part presents the standpoint held by the exegetes of the ancient Church. It tums out that the ancient church commentators lay down the problem differently. For they ask: what do the words (Hbr 13, 8) mean for a Christian in general? What do they mean especially for the Christian today, when he confronts the ideas of Arianism, Nestorianism, and others not so well defined erroneous views? Origen, for instance, perceives in the formulation a confirmation of the very popular in those days views held by the philosophy of history about particular epochs in the history o f salvation. It is in Hbr 13, 8 that Athanasy saw the knowledge about the invariability of the Word in the mystery of the Incarnation. The Greek Fathers (St. Gregory Nazianzen) read out the formulation as a concise reminder of the unity of the divine and human attributes in Jesus Christ. Now the argument with Nestor brought to mind Hbr 13, 8 as the text about the unity of two natures: divine and human in one person of the Word (Cyril o f Alexandria). In the third part the author attempts to notice what hints there are for contemporary exegesis from the manner in which it was pursued by the great teachers of the ancient Church.

Kapłańska misja ochrzczonych w świecie (Hbr 13,16; 10,22-25)

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Witczyk H.

Verbum Vitae

2007

vol. 12

101-120

The author of the Letter to the Hebrews does not stop on presenting the priesthood of Christ. He also speaks of the participation of Christians in uniting people with God in the mission of the crucified and resurrected Jesus. First he pays attention to the "sacrifice" which all ought to give, more precisely, with those sacrifices God is content with in a new phase of salvation history, opened by the only sacrifice of Christ of the New Covenant (Heb 13, 16). Next, he explains that the typical for the baptized three attitudes - faith, hope and love - are the fullest form of uniting with the Highest Priest of our confession and from His sacrificial message in the world (Heb l0, 22-25). The three confinned essential dynamics of Christian existence (faith, hope and love) form the spiritual basis of a Christian towards Christ, the Archpriest, who offers a Sacrifice of expiation and the New Covenant and His Paschal Sacrifice. They cause that Christians live united with Him, and thanks to this uniting, they place their existence in the process of transformation, "perfected", "transfiguration", which was done first in the crucified and resurrected Jesus (Archpriest), and now is done in them - the participants in His priestly mission. The author of the Letter to the Hebrews does not cease, however, to show spiritual attitudes. He also points out the concrete, visible situation and means, thanks to which a Christian participates in priestly mediation of Christ, in His Sacrifice, and receives salvation flowing from it. At the same time he shows what the essence o f the "sacrifice" of those dear to God is (obedience and love ), which they ought to give.

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"Jezus Chrystus wczoraj i dziś, ten sam także na wieki" (Hbr 13, 8)

Kapłańska misja ochrzczonych w świecie (Hbr 13,16; 10,22-25)