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RADOSŤ V PRVOM LISTE SOLÚNČANOM

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Vnučko P. P.
Verba Theologica. Teologický časopis
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2023
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vol. 22
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issue 2
26 - 47
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Joy is an important element in all of Paul’s letters. This article analyses the theme of joy in First Thessalonians and the contribution it makes to the theme of joy in Christian life. The terminology of joy (the noun χαρά and the verb χαίρω) occurs six times in this letter. The exegesis shows the following inherent characteristics of joy as found in this epistle: joy originates from the Holy Spirit and it has a complex shape – it is the joy of the word of God together with its reception and action; it is the joy of faith, conversion, and a new way of life. It is also joy in spite of many tribulations and suffering. Last but not least, this joy is a part of God´s will, and on that account Paul encourages his readers to preserve in joy.
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'L. TOLSTOI AND DOSTOYEVSKY' BY DMITRY MEREZHKOVSKY. AN ATTEMPT AT A 'METAPHYSICAL CRITIQUE'

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Kapuscik J.
Slavia Orientalis
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2006
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vol. 55
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issue 1
13-25
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The substantial critical work by the poet, prose writer, essayist and philosopher Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866-1941) entitled 'L. Tolstoi and Dostoyevsky' (1905) is an example of the Russian religious renaissance of the 'silver age'. It is a peculiar synthesis of the author's views on the contemporary secularised culture, conventionalised as a religious and metaphysical treatise, which brings a forecast of its future fate. Looking from the perspective of the 'oeuvre' of the two Russian literary classics, Merezhkovsky sees the dangers of historical Christianity and the poor condition of the state, society and individuals. The point of departure for him are the philosophical questions, familiar to writers, concerning anthropology, ethics, and aesthetics. The study in question testifies to the broad intellectual outlook of the author, but it also brings a highly subjective, religiously inspired and deeply eschatological picture of Russian life of the early 20th century. The present article discusses the most important issues raised in Merezhkovsky's work. He perceived the two writers as representatives of two opposing outlooks: the pseudoreligious, rationalistic (Tolstoi) and the religious, idealistic (Dostoyevsky), which reflect two principally different concepts of both man - his rights, liberties and aspirations - and culture. The thinker considers and assesses the authors' writings in the context of his own religious and metaphysical convictions, in the light of the division of culture into Christianity and paganism. He claims that while in Tolstoi's case the 'earthliness' of man, his bodily nature and soul predominate, in Dostoyevsky it is the aesthetics of 'the interior', spirituality, depth of individual experience seen as 'touching other worlds', and 'the work of the creative, religious thought' that prevail. Merezhkovsky's study, which diagnoses the twilight of culture severed from its religious roots, also illustrates the utopian zeal of the author, his faith in the theocracy of the future, which was to be based on the unity of the spirit - the eternal source of thought and willpower.
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ЭСХАТОЛОГИЯ ВОЛИ В УЧЕНИИ ПРЕПОДОБНОГО МАКСИМА ИСПОВЕДНИКА

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Makohon A.
Konštantínove listy
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2018
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vol. 11
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issue 2
3 - 13
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The article investigates the will of intelligent beings in the state of deification. Amid various standpoints on presence or absence of gnomic will in eschaton, the author has conducted the analysis of the act of will in the teaching of Maximus the Confessor. The problem of will has been studied in the context of eschatological views of the father, the center of which being the concept of ever-moving repose. The article involves the analysis of texts from Great Ethics by Aristotle and Ennead 6.8 by Plotinus, which have not been sufficiently studied by researchers in the analysis of philosophical influences of the Father of the Church. As a result of the analysis, the author brings forward an assumption about a complete absence of the gnomic will and the process of choice as such in the existence of beings after the end of the world. Acquiring a divine skill/property results in deactivation of the gnomic will process at the fifth stage of the act of will – search, which naturally cancels the sixth stage as well – consideration/hesitation. The author finishes the investigation with a critique of personalistic theories that always leave the choice process in the eschaton and subdue the nature to hypostasis assigning the former to the abstract category of a universal and service concept, and considering the latter the stimulus of being for the former leaving behind the apophatic revelation of elusive essence.
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COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS OF ESCHATOLOGICAL THEMES IN POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY AS A SURVIVOR OF PROTOPOLYNESIAN UNITY

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Bucková M.
Asian and African Studies
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2011
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vol. 20
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issue 1
114-134
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This article deals with the comparison and analysis of eschatological themes in Polynesian myths. It points to three central themes of imagining the afterlife: the underworld, the homeland and the heavenly world. In addition to this, the article also discusses imaginings of the soul's departure to the other world. From the presented material, it becomes clear that even though there are certain differences among eschatological myths, there are also a number of common elements which provide proof of unity before the ancestors of the Polynesians spread to all parts of Polynesia. An especially interesting aspect is the understanding of the afterlife as a homeland to which spirits return after death. Upon the basis of linguistic research and mythology analysis, the conclusion can be made that the mythology of the inhabitants of western Polynesia - Tonga and Samoa - consider their homeland to be some islands in eastern Fiji. By contrast, the inhabitants of eastern Polynesia consider their homeland to be Hawaiki, which is clearly a reference to their long period of habitation in the island archipelago of western Polynesia, particularly Savai'i Island and the Samoan archipelago.
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S PANCIEROM VIERY. EXEGETICKÁ ŠTÚDIA K ΠίΣΤΙΣ TERMINOLÓGII V PRVOM LISTE SOLÚNČANOM

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Feník J.
Verba Theologica. Teologický časopis
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2013
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vol. 12
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issue 2
20 – 39
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In addition to its other peculiarities, First Thessalonians features a relatively high number of faith terms. Apart from the paraenetical section, the remaining parts of the letter contain faith terminology in their various literary contexts, primarily in the genitival expression “your faith” in reference to the personal faith of the Thessalonians. This article, an exegetical study based on the principles of epistolary, rhetorical, and semantic approach, offers an analysis of the faith terminology of First Thessalonians, followed by a brief reflection on faith in light of the exegetical results. Its main conclusion suggests that good reasons exist for viewing Paul’s first writing as a letter of faith.
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TWO RELIGIONS OF MATERIALISM: LUCRETIUS AND LEM

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Okolowski P.
Edukacja Filozoficzna
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2008
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issue 46
123-136
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The author presents in this paper (and in few others) the philosophy of Stanislaw Lem as Neo-Lucretianism and calls Lem as a Lucretius of the 20th century. The article demonstrates pararell strains in their views on death. Lem - the atheist in common parlance - on Christian point of view is the man of 'strange faith'. There is an eschatology in his outlook, though warldly (finitistic?) one, which has clearly Lucretian nature. In opinion of both there are two attributes of the Cosmos: extermination (Lucretius says 'mors inmortalis', Lem - holocaust) and creation. Mortal human finds comfort in an idea that 'other worlds' come into being in dead Cosmos eternally and 'different minds' are born in them. Eschatological hope lies in thought that antonymous values will be always realized because each kind of mind realizes some part of the class of them. Lem's naturalism breaks in this point.
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ESCHATOLOGY, MESSIANISM AND POLITICS (Eschatologia, mesjanizm i polityka)

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Siewierska–Chmaj A.
Sprawy Narodowościowe
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2010
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issue 37
49-59
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The article presents the issues of strong relations between various conceptions of God and their consequences – adopting a concrete vision of political life, nation, and state. The author shows relations between religion and politics in the context of political eschatology and political messianism, pointing to the examples of the French Revolution, nineteenth-century Polish messianism, revolutionary Russia, or Nazi Germany. Quoting various examples, the author poses the thesis that the vision of God and the place of religion in a given society strongly influence the political sphere, the perception of the state's role and the definition of a nation.
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Teologie stvoření člověka a paleoantropologie

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Pospíšil C. V.
Studia theologica
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2009
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vol. 11
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issue 3
1-9
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The author asks himself, how to reconcile the ontological jump, i.e. infusion of the soul into the body prepared by the evolution, with the non-dualistic message of the Scriptures and the corresponding teaching of the Magisterium. The author sees another dilema between the Christian anthropology on one side and the discoveries of paleoanthropology on the other side. This leads to the concern about the criteria for the acknowledgement of the individuals at a certain stage in the evolution of man as human beings. It seems likely that the process of hominisation was gradual and that God created man through evolution both in the corporal as well as in the spiritual area. However, the theologian is aware also of other related burning questions: What about the salvation of hominids and those forms of humankind, which were not fully developed? How will their resurrection probably look like? At the end the author comes to the conclusioni that we are facing here the mystery of protology, which won't be brought to light until the moment of the full knowledge of eschatology, because only the ultimate goal reveals the meaning of the whole process.
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Od alegorii do eschatologii w utworze Jana Karafiata Broučci: Pro male i velke děti

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Chrobak K.
Slavica Wratislaviensia
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2010
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vol. 152
15-26
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The article “From allegory to eschatology in Jan Karafiat’s Broučci: Pro male i velke děti” discusses the subject of the first authorial book for children from the second half of the 19th century, written by a Czech Evangelical pastor. In this literary piece of art we will find strong autobiographical influences and innovative literary trends, references to children’s way of perceiving the world on the psychological, linguistic and literary grounds. The article shows how the author managed to reflect the spiritual sphere of human life in an allegoric world of insects. The miniaturized world of fire flies is an allegoric tale on man’s way to God. Eschatology in Jan Karafiat’s book is understood as unconditional commitment to God in hope of eternal life. A theocentric character of this book is presented from the perspective of the Evangelical Reformed Church, promoting a harsh Calvinist notion of faith. The book, besides its theological implication, raises also transreligious values. For it is a literary Decalogue – a set of basic ethical principles, worth of every human being’s attention, regardless of the religion they practice, if any.
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LANDLADY FROM HELL. THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS IN RIMAVSKÉ BREZOVO AND LIPTOVSKÉ SLIAČE

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Megyeši P.
ARS
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2021
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vol. 54
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issue 2
170 - 177
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The text deals with the iconography of the medieval wall paintings in the churches in Rimavské Brezovo and Liptovské Sliače. Both of these paintings of female figures holding vessels and beset by demons represent the specific motif of a landlady or tavern keeper suffering in Hell. Depictions of the figure of the landlady in combination with demons can be found throughout medieval Europe from the early 14th century until the early modern period, and negative portrayals of the character appear in numerous literary sources of the period. The preserved paintings in Rimavské Brezovo and Liptovské Sliače are valuable evidence of eschatological concepts and the ways in which they were disseminated in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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APOCALYPSE NOT ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (Apokalipsa nie wedlug swietego Jana)

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Gawrysiak S.
Etnografia Polska
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2009
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vol. 53
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issue 1-2
157-174
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The main goal of this paper is presentation and interpretation of contemporary apocalyptic narrations which have been collected in the Polish Catholic community. Those narratives are called apocalyptic scripts in the article. The authoress focuses on the multiple sources of apocalyptic knowledge based on various systems (e.g. religious, scientific) and ways of its interpretation in the constantly changing context. On the one hand, apocalyptic beliefs are being modified and supplemented with current information from media. On the other - such information may obtain new meaning if perceived in the light of apocalyptic prophecies. The article analyzes also the way of thinking about the time as a separate category in the chosen community in terms of both linear and cyclic conceptions of time. It also deals with speculations about the date and sings of forthcoming apocalypse. The authoress presents information about the Doomsday which characterize apocalypse in two different categories: as a miraculous event or a rational consequence of human activity (e.g. nuclear war). Finally, also beliefs concerning resurrection and Final Judgment are presented in this article.
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HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

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Drozdíková J.
Asian and African Studies
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2007
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vol. 16
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issue 1
81 - 101
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The intent of this article is to show how the creation of the state of Israel and the defeat of the Arab forces in 1967 have contributed to the promotion of certain eschatological expectations among Christian fundamentalists in America and how these expectations are reflected in their pro-Israeli activities. At the same time the autoress wants to point to the way in which the same events have affected the concepts of apocalyptic scenarios in contemporary Islam.
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Historia — polityka — eschatologia. Wizja propagandy powstańczej Cypriana Norwida — cz. I

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Wolniewicz M.
Sensus Historiae. Studia interdyscyplinarne
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2012
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issue 2(7)
61-76
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The purpose of the paper is to offer some insight into Cyprian Norvid’s vision of propaganda which emerged out of his criticism of the propagandistic campaign pursued by the authorities of the January uprising of 1863. Reviving the original use of the concept of propaganda which was meant to convey the meaning of “spreading the Christian religion” or “preaching the gospel,” Norvid put forth the idea of propaganda regarded as a vehicle of salvation. The poet relied on this eschatological perspective for his judgment of the January uprising and it is this religious context that accounts for the evolution of his political views during the Uprising. He began with an enthusiasm for the Uprising thought of as the kind of epiphany (to be understood here as the action that remained in accordance with God’s will) and ended disappointed, judging the struggle for independence as bereft of its “originality,” that is to say, its entrenchment in God’s will. One is thus justified in saying that his approach to propaganda reveals a religious core of his thought.
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Éclipse au féminin? Lettre citée dans les romans de Prévost

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Zatorska I.
Romanica Wratislaviensia
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2011
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vol. 58
145-156
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What is the status of letters quoted in Abbé Prévost’s novels? Do they really, as it appears at first glance, reveal a truly feminine weakness of the male or female author of the epistle who writes to avoid confrontation with the protagonist-narrator? An analysis of several letters quoted in novels written in the first stage of the writer’s creative activity — Mémoires et aventures d’un Homme de qualité qui s’est retiré du monde (1728), Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731) — shows that this form, disappearing in the later novels in favour of a summary or quotation in (seemingly) reported speech, may be associated with a specific understanding of heroism as “everyday eschatology”. The situation of the protagonist receiving a letter (from a father entering a monastery or from an unfaithful lover) is defined by the paradoxical rhetoric of the letter. Concealment of the letter content or third-person accounts concern the events in which the intrigue — be it one dealing with family matters or politics — plays a crucial role, obscuring the original heroism, even in the ambiguous case of Manon’s “sacrifice”, which terrifies Des Grieux so much.
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Historia — polityka — eschatologia. Rosja w projekcie propagandy powstańczej Cypriana Norwida — cz. II

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Wolniewicz M.
Sensus Historiae. Studia interdyscyplinarne
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2012
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issue 4(9)
167-186
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The paper presented here is a follow-up to the discussion of Cyprian Norvid’s vision of propaganda. This vision was supplemented with a scenario of propagandistic action. The scenario embraced as one of its key parts an original concept of Russia. The latter also reveals the eschatological framework in which the poet’s thought was embedded. If, as he wanted, propaganda was to serve as a vehicle of salvation, then it was Russia that was to be saved. Unlike the insurrectionist propaganda which was unstinting in its efforts to promulgate a demonic image of Russia accused of posing a threat to Order and Harmony in the world, the poet offered the image of such a Russia that “does not know what she does.” “Does not now” as the tsarist despotism was not the embodiment of Satan’s power, but was simply born in the absence of real power, it was the lack of real power. Norvid’s eschatological vision shows that the way in which Poles thought about Russia betrayed dependence on thought structures usually met with in metaphysical speculations about evil.
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TЕМА СТРАШНОГО СУДА В МИНИАТЮРАХ ЛИЦЕВОГО СПИСКА СОЧИНЕНИЯ ПСЕВДО-ИППОЛИТА

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Anufrieva N.
Slavica Slovaca
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2016
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vol. 51
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issue 2
118 - 130
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The paper is devoted to analysing the reception in imperial Russia of the “Sermon in the Miasopustnaia Week on the End of the World”, an essay by the fifteenth-century Christian writer Pseudo- Hippolytus. This sermon reflects one of the basic points of Christian tradition – eschatology. This essay, along with other eschatological compositions, has enriched and complemented Christian representations of the Last Judgement. Pseudo- Hippolytus’ sermon was extremely popular among literate Russian Old Believer circles, and indeed they created an illustrated variant. This paper studies the miniatures of this manuscript kept in the Laboratory for Archaeographical Studies at the Ural Federal University. After examining the early Christian compositions that were at the basis of Pseudo- Hippolytus’ work, the author subjects the iconography of the manuscript to comparative analysis. Here she considers other Russian depictions of the Last Judgement in icon painting frescos, and other manuscripts. Finally, the author examines iconographic elements imported into Russian book culture from the West.
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Eschatologiczny wymiar ludzkiego cierpienia i śmierci

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Zabielski K. J.
Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej
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2013
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vol. 12
219-229 (część -2)
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Suf ering and death, being inherent elements of an individual’s life, are a challenge for everyone and for the whole mankind. This reality requires appropriate approach, which is to accept these facts and experience suf ering and death wisely. It means appropriate recognition of the sense and advisability of this reality. This imperative is even more relevant today, when the fear of suf ering and death becomes an obsession for the people of the technical civilisation. The recognition of the sense of suf ering and the advisability of life allows an individual experience each stage of his life actively and responsibly. The author weighs the problem taking into account the following dimensions: 1) suf ering and death and the components of the existence, 2) experiencing suf ering as the way of discovering eternity, 3) dying and death ass passing into eternity.
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