In questo lavoro intendiamo approfondire le tracce di alcuni modelli della rivelazione in Paul Tillich. Innanzitutto, cercheremo di rispondere a che cosa servono i modelli nella teologia in generale, ...e soprattutto nella rivelazione quale il concetto teologico essenziale. In seguito, metteremo alla luce i segni e i mezzi della rivelazione nel pensiero di teologo tedesco-americano Paul Tillich. Nell’ultimo passo, cercheremo di offrire una lettura dei modelli o almeno delle tracie dei modelli della rivelazione in Tillich. Considerando che Tillich non ha mai parlato dei modelli della rivelazione, partendo da alcuni suoi concetti chiave come il simbolo, il fine supremo (ultimate concern) e la correlazione tra la domanda e la risposta, cercheremo di mettere in luce i modelli della rivelazione: il simbolo, la risposta, e il fine supremo. Il nostro tentativo non è esauriente, tenendo presente che si potrebbe ravvisare forse qualche altro modello della rivelazione nel complesso sistema teologico tillichiano.
U ovom smo članku pokušali ponuditi tragove nekih modela objave kod Paula Tillicha. Prije svega, nastojali smo odgovoriti na pitanje čemu služe modeli objave. Potom smo stavili naglasak na znakove i sredstva objave u promišljanju toga njemačko-američkoga teologa. U posljednjem smo dijelu rada nastojali upozoriti na modele ili barem tragove modela objave kod Paula Tillicha. Budući da Tillich nikada nije eksplicitno govorio o modelima objave, polazeći od nekih njegovih ključnih pojmova kao što su simbol, krajnja zaokupljenost (zbiljnost) i korelacija između pitanja i odgovora, nastojali smo osvijetliti modele objave kao simbol, kao odgovor i kao krajnja zaokupljenost (ultimate concern). Nije nam nakana bila baviti se iscrpno modelima objave u Tillichovoj teologiji, nego samo upozoriti na one koje smatramo važnima, imajući pri tome na umu da je moguće razaznati i neke druge modele objave u njegovu složenom teološkom sustavu.
Čovjekovo nastojanje da si predoči Boga obilježeno je mnoštvom iskrivljenih slika o Bogu. Temeljna teza članka sastoji se u polazištu da je biblijskom, a i modernom čovjeku iskrivljena slika o Bogu ...nametnuta izvana unatoč tomu što je slika o Bogu upisana duboko u ljudsko srce. Nakon uvodnoga dijela članak na tragu promišljanja Paula Tillicha upozorava na autonomni, heteronomni i teonomni zakon. Cilj je članka pokazati da je svaki od njih vlastit čovjeku te da ti zakoni predstavljaju resurse iz kojih izviru slike o Bogu. Spram mnoštva iskrivljenih slika o Bogu nudimo promišljanje o milosrđu koje vodi čišćenju iskrivljenih slika o Bogu dovodeći nas do slike milosrdnoga Boga koja svoj vrhunac ima u utjelovljenju i križu Isusa Krista kao Novoga Bitka, ako imamo u vidu kako si je Bog u Raspetome dao sliku te kako upravo Raspeti predstavlja negaciju svih pogrješnih slika o Bogu.
Man’s effort to imagine God is marked by a multitude of distorted images of God. The thesis of the article is that the biblical man’s and modern man’s distorted image of God is imposed from the outside, even though the image of God is inscribed deep in the human heart. After the introductory part, following the thought of Paul Tillich, the article reminds us of autonomous, heteronomous, and theonomous law. The goal of the article is to show that each of them is unique to man and that these laws represent resources that bring forth the images of God. Against the multitude of distorted images of God, we offer a reflection on mercy that clears them up and brings us to the image of a merciful God that culminates in the incarnation and the cross of Jesus Christ as the New Being; if we keep in mind how God made an image for Himself in the Crucified, and how it is precisely the Crucified who represents the negation of all erroneous images of God.
Thinking about the inspiration and truth of Sacred Scripture is an indispensable topic in almost every period of church teaching and theology. The first part of the article discusses the nature of ...inspiration and how it is interpreted, pointing to its broader understanding in later church documents: the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation of the Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum, and especially the 2014 document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission entitled The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture. The Word That Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World. The article points to the importance of inspiration as a carrying term for understanding the sacred text as truly the word of God in words of people. The truth of Sacred Scripture is inextricably linked to this reality. In the second part, the article clarifies that the truth we should seek in Scripture and for which it exists is the truth written in it for our salvation, thereby expressing a positive view about the topic of the truth of Scripture. The entirety of this truth is summarized and fully uttered in the person of Jesus Christ, the Father’s revelator and Savior of mankind. Inspiration proves to be a convenient avenue for communicating this truth.
Over the centuries, in many areas of its activity the Church has contributed greatly to the development of humanity. One of the ways in which the Church articulated and realized this contribution is ...evangelization. After the introductory part, which only points to the importance of a new anthropological question as the context from which the need for evangelization towards humanization arises, the aim of this article is to highlight the importance of evangelization as a permanent task of the Church, and to point to the fact that the object of evangelization is everything that is human and that is lived in a particular culture. In this sense, evangelization presents itself also as a way of humanizing our relationships. We then point to the selected specific areas that need to be evangelized, which have appeared as a consequence of newly emerging cultural changes, such as, economics and transhumanist project. The final part of the article highlights certain specific contributions of evangelization to the humanization of our relationships, such as the culture of coexistence, the culture of compassion and solidarity, intercultural dialogue and the culture of hospitality. In the end, the article suggests that the reference point and the horizon of evangelization which focuses on the humanization of our relationships is Jesus Christ, his person and his actions, and especially his lifestyle and the way he behaved with those he encountered.
The question of faith is a core theological and existential question. The faith of believers has its ideal in the faith of Jesus, which was poorly pointed to in the history of theology. The renewed ...reflection on the fides Christi begins with Hans Urs von Balthasar in his work of the same name. Following his decree, the article reflects on the New Testament faith as a complement to the Old Testament faith. In the second step, we reflect on the faith of Christ to which we arrive in a phenomenological way, by observing Jesus’ relationship with the Father as described in the New Testament. From this it will become apparent that Jesus’ relationship with the Father is a paradigm of every believer’s relationship with God, which is the theme of the third part of the article. In the last step, the question of faith is discussed in the eschaton, showing that faith is also needed in looking God face to face, because the Mystery can never be exhausted. After a résumé, the article briefly points to faith as a way of holiness to which we are called by God’s holiness.
The question of faith can be approached under many aspects, but one thing is certain: in all these aspects faith is what touches our existence. Regardless of the path we take towards faith, it is ...crucial not to lose sight of the peak we are trying to reach. The article aims to point to two different approaches to the concept of faith that have their advantages and disadvantages. In the first part, the article discusses the thoughts on faith of the great Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar whose starting point is the belief that the object of revelation we adhere to must have a concrete form (Gestalt). Further analysis brings some basic aspects of understanding faith in the theologian’s thoughts. The second part discusses the understanding of the faith/religion of the German-American Protestant theologian Paul Tillich. His methodological approach to understanding faith is completely contradictory to Balthasar’s, but it also reveals some advantages, like emphasizing the importance of the situation in which the recipients of Christian message adhere to God’s revelation, as well as the very methodological approach to understanding faith which is more receptive for those who lack certain religious and theological knowledge and who are simply in search of God, as indicated by concluding remarks.
In this work we intend to deepen the traces of some models of revelation in Paul Tillich. First of all, we will try to answer what models are for in theology in general, and especially in revelation ...as the essential theological concept. Next, we will bring to light the signs and means of revelation in the thinking of German-American theologian Paul Tillich. In the last step, we will try to offer a reading of the models or at least the traces of the models of revelation in Tillich. Considering that Tillich has never talked about the models of revelation, starting from some of his key concepts such as the symbol, the ultimate concern and the correlation between the question and the answer, we will try to highlight the models of revelation: the symbol, the answer, and the supreme end. Our attempt is not exhaustive, bearing in mind that perhaps some other model of revelation could be seen in the complex Tillichian theological system.
Man’s effort to imagine God is marked by a multitude of distorted images of God. The thesis of the article is that the biblical man’s and modern man’s distorted image of God is imposed from the ...outside, even though the image of God is inscribed deep in the human heart. After the introductory part, following the thought of Paul Tillich, the article reminds us of autonomous, heteronomous, and theonomous law. The goal of the article is to show that each of them is unique to man and that these laws represent resources that bring forth the images of God. Against the multitude of distorted images of God, we offer a reflection on mercy that clears them up and brings us to the image of a merciful God that culminates in the incarnation and the cross of Jesus Christ as the New Being; if we keep in mind how God made an image for Himself in the Crucified, and how it is precisely the Crucified who represents the negation of all erroneous images of God.
PDF