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Populus iudaicus w symbolice przypowieści o bogaczu i Łazarzu według Grzegorza Wielkiego

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Nieścior L.

Vox Patrum

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2008

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vol. 52

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issue 2

721-728

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Das Gleichnis vom reichen Mann und armen Lazarus (Lk 16,19-31) wurde von Gregorius dem Grossen allegorisch interpretiert ais Parabel, das zwei Nationen - populus iudaicus und populus gentilis - darstellt. Die Juden sind dem Reichen ahnlich. Sie besassen das Gesetz und den Glauben an Gott. Obwohl sie im Besitz des grossen Vermógens waren, machten sie davon keinen guten Gebrauch. Die Heiden dagegen óffneten sich dem christlichen Glauben und bekannten ihre Siinden, wie der Arme seine Geschwiire. lin dieser allegorischen Interpretation spielt jede Einzelheit eine Rolle: Purpur, Hunde, fiinf Briider, Ermahnung der Lebenden. Im obigen Artikel haben wir diese Gegenuberstellung von nicht glaubenden Juden und glaubenden Heiden im weiteren Kontext der Gregorios Gedanken an die Heilsókonomie prasentiert. Man muss einige Formulierungen ais rhetorische Ausdriicke verstehen. Dasselbe Gleichnis wird auf ahnliche Weise von Augustinus und Caesarius von Arles interpretiert. Wir finden bei ihnen variierte Details, doch sind sie voneinander nicht nur inhaltlich, aber auch buchstablich abhangig. Die Quellen reichen bis Ambrosius hin- ein. Der liickenhafte Text der Homilien und des Kommentars von Origenes zu Lukas und seine sehr sparsamen Worte iiber diesen Abschnitt erlauben nicht, ihn ais Autor dieser Allegorie zu verstehen. Man kann zumindest dies feststellen, dass Augustinus die Ambrosios Expositio in Lucam las und kannte. Augustinus wurde von Caesarius und Gregorius gelesen. Die Textabhangigkeit der dreien voneinander weist vermutlicht darauf hin, dass Gregorios die Augustinus Interpretation durch Caesarius anzueignete. Dagegen kann man mit Sicherheit feststellen, dass die Gregorios Interpretation von mittelalterlichen Autoren ubenommen wurde, wie Odo von Cluny und Alulfus von Tornaco. Sie bestimmte also die Denkweise der nachsten Generationen.

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Das Gleichnis vom reichen Mann und armen Lazarus (Lk 16,19-31) wurde von Gregorius dem Grossen allegorisch interpretiert ais Parabel, das zwei Nationen - populus iudaicus und populus gentilis - darstellt. Die Juden sind dem Reichen ahnlich. Sie besassen das Gesetz und den Glauben an Gott. Obwohl sie im Besitz des grossen Vermógens waren, machten sie davon keinen guten Gebrauch. Die Heiden dagegen óffneten sich dem christlichen Glauben und bekannten ihre Siinden, wie der Arme seine Geschwiire. lin dieser allegorischen Interpretation spielt jede Einzelheit eine Rolle: Purpur, Hunde, fiinf Briider, Ermahnung der Lebenden. Im obigen Arti- kel haben wir diese Gegenuberstellung von nicht glaubenden Juden und glaubenden Heiden im weiteren Kontext der Gregorios Gedanken an die Heilsókonomie prasentiert. Man muss einige Formulierungen ais rhetorische Ausdriicke verstehen. Dasselbe Gleichnis wird auf ahnliche Weise von Augustinus und Caesarius von Arles interpretiert. Wir finden bei ihnen variierte Details, doch sind sie voneinander nicht nur inhaltlich, aber auch buchstablich abhangig. Die Quellen reichen bis Ambrosius hinein. Der liickenhafte Text der Homilien und des Kommentars von Origenes zu Lukas und seine sehr sparsamen Worte iiber diesen Abschnitt erlauben nicht, ihn ais Autor dieser Allegorie zu verstehen. Man kann zumindest dies feststellen, dass Augustinus die Ambrosios Expositio in Lucam las und kannte. Augustinus wurde von Caesarius und Gregorius gelesen. Die Textabhangigkeit der dreien voneinander weist vermutlicht darauf hin, dass Gregorios die Augustinus Interpretation durch Caesarius anzueignete. Dagegen kann man mit Sicherheit feststellen, dass die Gregorios Interpretation von mittelalterlichen Autoren ubenommen wurde, wie Odo von Cluny und Alulfus von Tornaco. Sie bestimmte also die Denkweise der nachsten Generationen.

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Application of Catholic Social Teaching in Finance and Management

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Czerwonka M., Pietrzak M.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2024

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vol. 14

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issue 1

295-313

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In dominating narratives, economics has been portrayed as hard science, based on complex mathematical equations and rigid statistical models. It seems to be overlooked that it belongs to the domain of social sciences and that its roots stem from philosophy and ethics. After all, many classical economists were either ethicists (A. Smith) or clergymen (T. Bayes). Today’s managers also seem to be motivated mainly by the desire to increase their company’s profits. However, if managers wish to become both effective and respected leaders for their teams, they should build their power on ethical principles deeply rooted in Catholic Social Teaching. The purpose of the present paper is to attract attention to the relation of economics, management and religion. Behavioral economics and management come to our aid here by emphasizing that, when making decisions related not only to financial markets but also to managerial tasks, what matters is not only factors that are strictly financial, but also those are related to psychology or ethics. Using the example of ethical investing and faith-based funds or stock indexes the Authors show that Christian values and the social teaching of the Catholic Church are still important to some participants in the financial markets.

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Toward the Study of the Tale of the Boastful Scholar

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Пигин А.

Slavia Orientalis

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2021

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vol. LXX

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issue 2

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Natural Theology, Philosophical Theology and Illustrative Argumentation

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Shokhin V. K.

Open Theology

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2016

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vol. 2

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issue 1

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I will attempt to define what we understand as “narrative argumentation” or “narrative arguments” through an appeal to a discussion of intercultural rational theology. In this context I offer a distinction between two concepts, which are considered usually as synonymous. Philosophical theology is regarded from the historical point of view as the whole repertoire of attempts at rational justification of the faith in God along with analysis of His attributes and actions within different religious traditions (both ancient and modern, Western and Eastern), whereas Natural Theology is regarded as a philosophical preparation for the theology of Revelation in traditional Christianity. Varieties of the teleological argument, which have been developed in the history of thought as the argument from analogy, i.e., from vivid examples aiming at persuasion of an opponent and audience in the dialectical controversy, are classified into two species of short-cut illustrative examples and the species of full-fledged theological parables, i.e., narratives in the strict sense. I conclude this discussion with an invitation to investigate other main theological arguments from a similar point of view.

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Świat roślin w życiu i nauczaniu Jezusa

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Najda A.

Studia Gdańskie

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2022

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vol. 51

7-17

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Plants have accompanied man since the beginning of his existence. God commands the earth to bring forth "green plants: seed-bearing grasses, fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds" (Gen 1,11). Plants are to be used as food for humans and animals (Gen 1,29). In his teaching, Jesus often refers to the world of plants, especially in the parables. Jesus refers to the world of plants when he reveals who he is and calls himself "the true vine" (J 15,1). Plants also play an important role in His earthly life.

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Rośliny towarzyszą człowiekowi od początków jego istnienia. Bóg nakazuje ziemi, aby wydała „rośliny zielone: trawy dające nasiona, drzewa owocowe rodzące na ziemi według swego gatunku owoce, w których są nasiona” (Rdz 1,11). Rośliny mają służyć jako pokarm dla ludzi i zwierząt (Rdz 1,29). W nauczaniu Jezus często odwołuje się do świata roślin – przede wszystkim w Jego przypowieściach. Do świata roślin nawiązuje też Jezus, gdy objawia Kim jest i nazywa siebie „prawdziwym krzewem winnym” (J 15,1). Rośliny odgrywają też istotną rolę w Jego ziemskim życiu.

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Ekologia w przypowieściach Jezusa

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Najda A. J.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2007

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vol. 5

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issue 1

355-366

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Jesus during His public ministry concentrated Himself above all on teaching. He often made use of parables, in which He used a variety of motifs and presentations from the field of ecology, in order to be properly understood by His listeners. Making use of ecological images Jesus describes the beginning, development and reality of the Kingdom of God, He speaks about the time already begun of salvation and God’s reign, about God’s goodness and mercy, about the situation of His disciples in the world. He also calls for repentance and for the bearing of good fruit.

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Dobry Pasterz (J 10, 1-21)

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Stachowiak L.

The Biblical Annals

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1975

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vol. 22

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issue 1

75-84

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Der Hirtenrede des Johannes wird in der Exegese der Gegenwart immerfort Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Der vorliegende Artikel machte sich zur Aufgabe eine eingehende Erforschung des Hauptabschnitts der Rede und zwar nach der literarischen Struktur, nach der Gattung der Rede und nach dem Leitgedanken. Die Struktur der Rede weist auf eine Benutzung der Quellen durch den Redaktor hin ohne dass die Vorgeschichte des jetzigen Textes eindeutig bestimmt werden kann. Dies kompliziert auch äusserst die Bestimmung der literarischen Gattung; diese kann werden als Parabel noch als Allegorie bezeichnet werden. Jedenfalls wurden diese traditionellen Ausdrucksformen in den Dienst der Offenbarungsrede gestellt. Dabei darf die spezifisch johanneische Redewendug „ich bin…“ nicht ausser Acht gelassen werden. Es wäre aber verfehlt lediglich von einem Hirten-Motiv zu sprechen, das von den Evangelisten frei bearbeitet worden ist. Doch ist der alttestamentliche (und darüber hinaus der alt-orientalische) Hintergrund des verwendeten Bildmaterials unerkennbar, ebenso wie die haggadische Tendenz. Der Leitgedanke des Abschnitts ist christlogisch und christozentrisch. Inwieweit die Situation der johanneischen Gemeinden zur Zeit der Abfassung des vierten Evangeliums die Blutige Prägung von Joh 10, 1-21 mitbestimmt hat, kann man nur vermuten. Der Streit mit dem Judentum des ausgehenden I. Jahrhunderts scheint in der Erwähnung der „Räuber und Diebe” mitzuklingen. Auch die Betonung der Unmöglichkeit, einen wahrhaft Glaubenden dem Guten Hirten zu entreissen, muss von Kampfsituation der Gemeinde her verstanden werden. Endlich wird auf den Einfluss von J 10, 1ff auf die frühchristliche Literatur (Hirt des Hermas, Aberkiosinschrift) hingewiesen.

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Przypowieść o szacie godowej (Mt 22,11-13) w świetle Hen 10,4

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Rubinkiewicz R.

The Biblical Annals

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1980

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vol. 27

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issue 1

53-69

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En Mt 22,13a il y a une étonnante citation du texte d’Hénoch 10,4. En étudiant toute la tradition hénochique liée à l’histoire d’Azael/Azazel e t présente dans tel sorte des textes comme 4Q 180 1,8-9, 4QEnGiantsa 7,5-6, ApAbr 13,15, l ’auteur montre qu’en Ier s. apres J.-C., Hén 10,4 a été interprété à lumière du grand Jour des Expiations(Lev. l6) et de la vision de Za 3,3-5. Dans ApAbr 13,15 („Car c’est à lui (Abraham) qu’est destiné le vêtement qui appartenait jadis à toi (Azazel) dans les cieux et le péché qui était sur lui passera sur toi”) le thèm e du Jour des Expiations est intimmement lie à celui du vêtement perdu par Azazel. Celà éclaire la tradition éxègétique qui se cache derrière la citation d’Hén 10,4 et jette également la lumière sur le texte de la parabole en Mt 22,11-13. Dans cette dernière „la robe” signifierait une innocence de l’âme qui aurait pour son fondement une docilité parfaite à la volonte divine. Dans sa version primitive, la parabole a été dirigée contre une personne concrète à Jérusalem , peut-être contre le grand-prétre, mais dans la situation post-pascale de l’Eglise, elle a reçue une dimension nouvelle. L’homme sans la robe nuptiale c’est chaqu’un des Chrétiens qui n’obeisse pas aux éxigencies de la vie nouvelle en Jésus-C hrist.

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GILSON ON THE RATIONALITY OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF

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Hancock C. L.

Studia Gilsoniana

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2012

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vol. 1

29-44

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The underlying skepticism of ancient Greek culture made it unreceptive of philosophy. It was the Catholic Church that embraced philosophy. Still, Étienne Gilson reminds us in Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages that some early Christians rejected philosophy. Their rejection was based on fideism: the view that faith alone provides knowledge. Philosophy is unnecessary and dangerous, fideists argue, because (1) anything known by reason can be better known by faith, and (2) reason, on account of the sin of pride, seeks to replace faith. To support this twofold claim, fideists, like Tertullian and Tatian, quote St. Paul. However, a judicious interpretation of St. Paul’s remarks show that he does not object to philosophy per se but to erroneous philosophy. This interpretation is reinforced by St. Paul’s own background in philosophy and by his willingness to engage intellectuals critical of Christianity in the public square. The challenge of fideism brings up the interesting question: what would Jesus himself say about the discipline of philosophy? Could it be that Jesus himself was a philosopher (as George Bush once declared)? As the fullness of wisdom and intelligence, Jesus certainly understood philosophy, although not in the conventional sense. But surely, interpreting his life through the lens of fideism is unconvincing. Instead, an appreciation of his innate philosophical skills serves better to understand important elements of his mission. His perfect grasp of how grace perfects nature includes a philosophy of the human person. This philosophy grounded in common-sense analysis of human experience enables Jesus to be a profound moral philosopher. Specifically, he is able to explain the principles of personal actualization. Relying on ordinary experience, where good philosophy must start, he narrates moral lessons—parables—that illumine difficulties regarding moral responsibility and virtue. These parables are accessible but profound, showing how moral understanding must transcend Pharisaical legalism. Additionally, Jesus’ native philosophical power shows in his ability to explain away doctrinal confusions and to expose sophistical traps set by his enemies. If fideism is unconvincing, and if the great examples of the Patristics, the Apostles, and Jesus himself show an affinity for philosophy, then it is necessary to conclude that Christianity is a rational religion. Accordingly, the history of Christian culture is arguably an adventure in faith and reason. Since God is truth and the author of all truths, there is nothing in reality that is incompatible with Christian teaching. As John Paul II explains effectively in the encyclical, Fides et Ratio, Christianity is a religion that is rational and can defend itself. This ability to marshal a defense makes Christianity a religion for all seasons.

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Elementi per un approccio biblico-teologico al tema della comunicazione

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Zamboni S.

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne

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2021

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vol. 34

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issue 2

174-193

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This article aims to provide the basic elements for a theology of communication. To exhaustively deal with a biblical and theological vision of communication is a daunting task, since, in a certain sense, all Scripture and all theological work is an event of communication. In this contribution, the author seeks to derive fundamental elements from particularly significant biblical passages in this regard. In the first place, he highlights characteristics of the Word of God, through which God creates the world and communicates himself to humankind. Next, he clarifies the sense in which Christ, the incarnate Word of God, reveals himself as the “perfect communicator” and he studies the narrative mechanisms and the theological value of parables and Johannine irony and misunderstanding. Then he considers the difficulty of human communication relying on the biblical episode of the Tower of Babel, and connects this to the proclamation of the evangelical kerygma, to which the figure of the Apostle Paul bears particular witness. At the conclusion of the article, the author proposes some general considerations on communication. The author formulates these as “brief theses”, which not only summarize the itinerary undertaken but also intend to open space for further reflection.

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„Idź i pracuj w mojej winnicy” (Mt 21,28). Praca w przypowieściach Ewangelii synoptycznych

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Podeszwa P.

Verbum Vitae

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2014

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vol. 25

105-126

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Parables occupy a significant place in Jesus’ prophesizing and teachings about the Kingdom of God. One of their characteristic traits, as a literary genre, are references to Jesus’ and His listeners’ daily lives. The article presents the analysis of the synoptic parables focused on human work. The material has been divided into two major parts. The first one analyzes the occupations referred to in the parables and the type of work they involve. The second one reflects on the elements of labor law, in particular the employment contracts and related remuneration. The analyzed parables constitute a unique kaleidoscope of occupations existing in the society of the time. Among them, of particular prominence are those connected with land cultivation and farming, such as farmer, sower, harvester, gardener, vineyard keeper and shepherd. Moreover, Jesus’ parables include other occupations such as fisherman, manager, judge, merchant, and banker. Jesus also refers to jobs and tasks such as : guarding and opening the doors (doorkeeper), preparing a feast, waiting tables, taking care of the house, making bread dough, tower building, playing dance music at weddings, wailing and lamenting at funerals. Drawing on Jesus’ parables, one can also notice a wide range of different categories of people who performed particular jobs and tasks. A reference is made to a field owner, vineyard owner, house owner, manager who on behalf of the host administers goods, lease holders, hired and seasonal workers and servants (slaves). The parables also show us the ways of providing reward for work. Servants often performed their duties in exchange for accommodation and food; lease holders in exchange for profit sharing, whereas hired and seasonal workers in exchange for a fixed remuneration. Should the Bible be seen as a specific album presenting photographs of working people, then Jesus’ parables are undoubtedly of particular interest.

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GILSON O RACJONALNOŚCI WIARY CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIEJ

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Hancock C. L., Chodna-Błach I.

Studia Gilsoniana

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2013

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vol. 2

131-143

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The underlying skepticism of ancient Greek culture made it unreceptive of philosophy. It was the Catholic Church that embraced philosophy. Still, Étienne Gilson reminds us in Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages that some early Christians rejected philosophy. Their rejection was based on fideism: the view that faith alone provides knowledge. Philosophy is unnecessary and dangerous, fideists argue, because (1) anything known by reason can be better known by faith, and (2) reason, on account of the sin of pride, seeks to replace faith. To support this twofold claim, fideists, like Tertullian and Tatian, quote St. Paul. However, a judicious interpretation of St. Paul’s remarks shows that he does not object to philosophy per se but to erroneous philosophy. This interpretation is reinforced by St. Paul’s own background in philosophy and by his willingness to engage intellectuals critical of Christianity in the public square. The challenge of fideism brings up the interesting question: what would Jesus himself say about the discipline of philosophy? Could it be that Jesus himself was a philosopher (as George Bush once declared)? As the fullness of wisdom and intelligence, Jesus certainly understood philosophy, although not in the conventional sense. But surely, interpreting his life through the lens of fideism is unconvincing. Instead, an appreciation of his innate philosophical skills serves better to understand important elements of his mission. His perfect grasp of how grace perfects nature includes a philosophy of the human person. This philosophy grounded in common-sense analysis of human experience enables Jesus to be a profound moral philosopher. Specifically, he is able to explain the principles of personal actualization. Relying on ordinary experience, where good philosophy must start, he narrates moral lessons—parables—that illumine difficulties regarding moral responsibility and virtue. These parables are accessible but profound, showing how moral understanding must transcend Pharisaical legalism. Additionally, Jesus’ native philosophical power shows in his ability to explain away doctrinal confusions and to expose sophistical traps set by his enemies. If fideism is unconvincing, and if the great examples of the Patristics, the Apostles, and Jesus himself show an affinity for philosophy, then it is necessary to conclude that Christianity is a rational religion. Accordingly, the history of Christian culture is arguably an adventure in faith and reason. Since God is truth and the author of all truths, there is nothing in reality that is incompatible with Christian teaching. As John Paul II explains effectively in the encyclical, Fides et Ratio, Christianity is a religion that is rational and can defend itself. This ability to marshal a defense makes Christianity a religion for all seasons.

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Merciful Like the Father—the Vision of Pastoral Care in the Parish

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Śmigiel W.

Roczniki Teologiczne

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2017

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vol. 64

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issue 6: Teologia pastoralna

53-65

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Sacred Scripture provides indications of how to channel pastoral care in the parish so that pastors and lay evangelizers will be merciful like the Father. The Merciful God is pre¬sented in the Parable of the Lost Sheep, the Parable of the Lost Drachma and the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Pope Francis in Misericordiae Vultus observes that in these parables we discover “the core of the Gospel and of our faith, because mercy is presented as a force that overcomes everything, filling the heart with love and bringing consolation through pardon” (MV, 9). God is portrayed as the Merciful Father searching for those who have left the community of the faithful or got lost in the Church. This image is a foundation for creating a pastoral vision for the parish. From this perspective mercy does not apply only to the charity practices but becomes evangeli¬sation which opens for a personal meeting with Jesus Christ in the Gospel, liturgy, sacraments and the community. From these parables the “imagination of mercy” is born, the imagination which should permeate the parish and indicate the style of pastoral care. The realisation of mercy consists in going to the peripheries of the parish in order to search for those who have left or got lost (cf. NMI, 50). The new “imagination of mercy” encourages us to use the law of gradualness in pastoral care (cf. EG, 34-39; AL, 293-295) and the strategy of facilitation (cf. EG, 44).

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Populus iudaicus w symbolice przypowieści o bogaczu i Łazarzu według Grzegorza Wielkiego

Application of Catholic Social Teaching in Finance and Management

Toward the Study of the Tale of the Boastful Scholar

Natural Theology, Philosophical Theology and Illustrative Argumentation

Świat roślin w życiu i nauczaniu Jezusa

Ekologia w przypowieściach Jezusa

Dobry Pasterz (J 10, 1-21)

Przypowieść o szacie godowej (Mt 22,11-13) w świetle Hen 10,4

GILSON ON THE RATIONALITY OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF

Elementi per un approccio biblico-teologico al tema della comunicazione

„Idź i pracuj w mojej winnicy” (Mt 21,28). Praca w przypowieściach Ewangelii synoptycznych

GILSON O RACJONALNOŚCI WIARY CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIEJ

Merciful Like the Father—the Vision of Pastoral Care in the Parish