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The experience called «the knowledge of love» (scientia amoris) reported by the Saints is not at tangent with academic science, but in fact is the ultimate of knowledge. This is the knowledge of Christ’s love. It is superior to all other kinds of knowledge and cognition (cf. Eph. 3:19). Many Saints contemplate the mystery of the Saviour focusing on one divine attribute. St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face chose Christ's «Merciful Love», which constitutes the key to the interpretation of her doctrine. The teaching of the Saint Carmelite is named „the little way”, which is an open invitation to a programme of individual evangelical growth towards perfection. The departure point in the interpretation of Therese’s teaching is her great craving for exalted sanctity, which for her equalled with a need to work for the salvation of sinners: loving God and making Him loved by others. Therese’s sense of personal imperfection and misery (miseria) is not an obstacle for her efforts. Instead, it leads her to discover that the most prominent and outstanding attribute of God’s love is His Mercy (misericordia). Merciful Christ gives Himself to the sinful man: «humility is an attribute of love». (Ms A 2v). This divine attribute, to which she referred as «Merciful Love», is one of the key elements of the Teresian doctrine, and «praising the Mercy of the Lord» (Ms C 1r) is the main reason underlying her work on her diary. The pivotal idea of the „the little way” is her hope in God, manifesting itself in her confident trust and complete devotion (abandonment) of her life to God. Contemplating Christ’s Merciful Love leads Therese up to her being „sure” of becoming a great saint, but it also opens new horizons of hope for all people.
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Sacred Scripture is the basis of Christianity and the code of the whole culture; therefore this knowledge is essential for every Christian and human. However, continuous returning to the same texts seems pointless. The author of the article shows that such a belief is wrong because the word, and therefore also the Bible, has not only informative function but also expressive and directive one. Truths contained in Sacred Scripture can be mastered, even though the large volume of books of the Bible and the gap of time and culture that divides us from them makes this a difficult task. By contrast, self-expression and appeal led by God to man require a constant response from the man. Sacred Scripture is the means of dialogue between God and man and therefore it must be constantly read if this dialogue has to continue and lead to communion with God and to share in His nature. This reading cannot keep only the informative dimension but must include all the functions of the word, must be integral. An example of such a reading is lectio divina taken for centuries.
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Pismo Święte jest podstawą chrześcijaństwa i kodem całej kultury, dlatego jego znajomość jest nieodzowna dla każdego chrześcijanina i człowieka. Jednak ciągłe powracanie do tych samych tekstów wydaje się pozbawione sensu. Autor artykułu pokazuje, że takie przekonanie jest niesłuszne, gdyż słowo, a więc i Biblia, Pismo Święte jest podstawą chrześcijaństwa i kodem całej kultury, dlatego jego znajomość jest nieodzowna dla każdego chrześcijanina i człowieka. Ma nie tylko funkcję informacyjną, ale także ekspresyjną i apelacyjną. Prawdy zawarte w Piśmie Świętym można opanować, chociaż przy sporej objętości ksiąg biblijnych i przepaści czasowo-kulturowej, która nas od nich dzieli, nie jest to zadanie łatwe. Natomiast wyrażanie siebie i apel kierowany przez Boga do człowieka wymagają ciągłej odpowiedzi ze strony człowieka. Pismo Święte jest narzędziem dialogu Boga z człowiekiem i dlatego musi być ciągle czytane, jeśli ten dialog ma trwać i prowadzić do komunii z Bogiem, do uczestnictwa w Jego naturze. Ta lektura nie może zatrzymywać się na wymiarze informacji, ale musi objąć wszystkie funkcje słowa, musi być integralna. Przykładem takiej lektury jest lectio divina podejmowana przez wieki.
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