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Clerical abuse in Chatolic Church characteristics of abusers and guidelines for prevention through formation
No full textOvaj diplomski rad govori o seksualnom zlostavljanju maloljetnika od strane klera i crkvenih službenika u Katoličkoj Crkvi. Seksualno zlostavljanje predstavlja ogroman problem s kojim se Crkva zadnjih desetljeća suočava. Ovo djelo usmjereno je prvenstveno na prepoznavanje potencijalnih zlostavljača i prevenciju seksualnog zlostavljanja, ali također pokušava načiniti opći pregled seksualnog zlostavljanja u Katoličkoj Crkvi kao i pojašnjenje samog fenomena seksualnog zlostavljana.
U prvom dijelu rada prikazan je i objašnjen fenomen seksualnog zlostavljanja, objašnjen kao zločin sa strane civilnog kao i crkvenog zakonodavstva ali bez gubitka perspektive kako je seksualno zlostavljanje i grijeh i bolest.
Drugi dio prikazao je povijest seksualnog zlostavljanja u Kršćanskoj pa kasnije i Katoličkoj Crkvi i on nam pokazuje kako to nije nov fenomen nego seže duboko u povijest, dok su u trećem dijelu doneseni podaci o seksualnom zlostavljanju maloljetnika od strane klera u zemljama u kojima su opsežnija istraživanja provedena. Tu možemo zamijetiti određena odstupanja od populacije i specifičnostima koje možemo zamijetiti kod klerika i crkvenih službenika.
Četvrti se dio rada bavi karakteristikama seksualnih zlostavljača prema kojima ih možemo prepoznati i dijagnosticirati njihove sklonosti dok se peti dio bavi prevencijom seksualnog zlostavljanja, što kroz prepoznavanje potencijalnih zlostavljača što kroz odgoj i formaciju za svećeništvo.This paper speaks about clerical abuse of minors in Chatolic Church. Sexual abuse is tremendous problem the Church is facing through last few decades. This work is primarily focused on recognition of potential abusers and prevention of sexual abuse. Also tries to make general overview of clerical abuse phenomenon in Chatolic Church and also explain sexual abuse generally.
First part of this paper shows us sexual abuse phenomenon and explain it as a crime from a standpoint of civil law, and also as a crime from a canon law stanpoint. Important thing in this part is not to lose consciousness sexual abuse is not just a crime, is also sin and illnes of some kind.
Second part is showing history of clerical abuse in Church, from Christian to Chatolic and explain us how clerical abuse is not new phenomenon. Whe can follow clerical abuse to the first centuries of Church. In third part of our paper we can find data about clerical abuse of minors in Chatolic Church in countries which are made extensive researches about it. In this part we can see some declinations of general populations and some specificity of clerical population.
Fourth part of this work is dedicated to characteristics of sexual abuser. By these characteristics we can recognize i diagnose their preferences. Fifth part is about prevention of sexual abuse in Chatolic Church. We can prevent abuse through recognition potential abusers and through upbringing and formation for priesthood in seminary
The understanding of the office of a bishop according to the Secound vatican council
No full textTema kojom se želimo baviti u ovome radu jest kako Drugi vatikanski sabor razumije ulogu i poslanje biskupa u Crkvi. Ova tema dotiče mnoga područja, no mi ćemo joj pristupiti ponajprije iz ekleziološkog kuta povezujući je s ostalim teološkim granama. Kao temeljni izvor našeg rada uzeli smo dva saborska dokumenta koja se na sustavan način bave biskupskom službom: dogmatsku konstituciju o Crkvi Lumen Gentium i dekret o pastirskoj službi biskupa u Crkvi Christus Dominus. Rad je podijeljen u sedam poglavlja, a započeli smo ga s govorom o biblijskim temeljima biskupske službe u Crkvi i njezinom značenju za prve kršćanske zajednice. Drugo poglavlje našega rada donosi razvoj ekleziologije s obzirom na službu biskupa počevši od apostolskih i crkvenih otaca kojoj su joj isti dali čvrste temelje, preko srednjovjekovne teologije i na koncu promišljanja teologa u vrijeme Prvog vatikanskog sabora. Na taj smo način dali potreban uvod u daljnja poglavlja koja se na sustavan način bave biskupskom službom kako ju je razumio Drugi vatikanski sabor. Tako se treće poglavlje osvrće na temeljne novosti Sabora, a četvrto nastoji iznijeti saborski nauk po pitanju biskupskog posvećenja. Peto poglavlje želi sagledati biskupa u odnosu na mjesnu Crkvu i s obzirom na to donosi saborsko tumačenje njegova udjela u trostrukoj službi Crkve. Nakon što smo prikazali ulogu biskupa s obzirom na mjesnu Crkvu, šesto i sedmo poglavlje žele pojasniti biskupovo poslanje da vrši brigu i za opću Crkvu. Stoga, ćemo prvo progovoriti o biskupskom zboru te na kraju o sinodi biskupa. Time dolazimo do zaključka našega rada.The main theme we want to adress in this thesis is the way the Second Vatican Council recognizes the role and the mission of a bishop of the Church. This topic is actual in various theological sub-disciplines, but we will adress it mainly form the ecclesiological aspect, while also taking into account other theological aspects. The basis of this thesis are the two of the council documents that sistematically approach the role and the mission of the bishops of the Church. Those documents are the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church – Lumen Gentium, and the Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church – Christus Dominus. The thesis is divided into seven chapters, and it begins with biblical approach and biblical fundamentals of the office of a bishop, so as with the role it had in the first christian communities. The second chapter adresses the development of ecclesiology with regards to the office of a bishop, beginning from the apostolic and the fathers of the church who established it, through medieval theology, all the way to the theological thoughts of the council fathers of the First Vatican Council. This type of approach gave the needed introduction of the following chapters that deal sistematically with the office of a bishop in the way the Second Vatican Council understands it. The third chapter brings the new views of the Second Vatican Council, while the fourth chapter elaborates the Second Vatican Council's teaching on the consecration of a bishop. The fifth chapter analyses the relation of a bishop to his local Church, and in that respect brings the Second Vatican Council's interpretation of his triple role in the Church. After the exposition of the role a bishop has in his local Church, the sixth and seventh chapter explain the bishop's role in the universal Church. Therefore, this thesis also deals with the College of Bishops of the Catholic Church and in the end with the Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church. This concludes the thesis
SAINT JEROME AND HIS CORRESPONDENTS
No full textJeronim je nakon rođenja u Stridonu i primanja osnovne izobrazbe, otišao u Rim na daljnje školovanje. Životni put odvodi ga na razne lokacije gdje je upoznao mnoge ljude s kojima će ostati u korespondenciji.
Osim što se isticao u kršćanskom načinu života, Jeronim se isticao i kao vrsni poznavatelj Svetoga pisma. Kako bi bio što uspješniji u poslu prevođenja i tumačenja tekstova Svetoga pisma, dovodi svoj hebrejski i grčki jezik do savršenstva. Razlozi Jeronimovog pisanja su različiti; neki od motiva koji su nagnali Jeronima na korespondiranje bili su crkveni sporovi oko vodstva partikularne crkve ili pak nedostajanje prijateljskih riječi od dragih mu ljudi koje je ranije upoznao.
Jeronim je bio u korespondenciji s različitim ljudima koji su živjeli u različitim dijelovima tadašnjega Rimskoga Carstva. Neki su bili žitelji Rima, Akvileje, Stridona, Emone, Jeruzalema i još mnogih mjesta do kojih je moglo stići Jeronimovo pismo. Ono što sve te ljude povezuje, osim činjenice da su bili u korespondenciji s Jeronimom, jest kršćanska vjera u Isusa Krista. Poslanice su prožete citatima iz Svetoga pisma te upućuju na vrline koje svi trebamo posjedovati kao braća i sestre u Isusu Kristu.After his birth in Stridon and receiving the basic education, Jerome went to Rome for further education. His life takes him to various locations where he met many people he will keep correspondence with.
Besides setting an example in his Christian way of life, he was also an extraordinary expert for the Holy Scripture. In order to become as successful in translating and reading the texts of the Holy Scripture as possible, he brings his Hebrew and Greek to perfection. The reasons for his writing are various, some of the motives that made him correspond were many disputes regarding the leadership of the presbyterate church or missing kind words from the people he had met before.
He kept correspondence with many people who lived in different parts of the Roman Empire. Some of them were residents of Rome, Aquileia, Stridon, Emona, Jerusalem and many other places his letters could reach. The link between those people, apart from the fact that they were in correspondence with him, was the Christian faith in Jesus Christ. The epistles are filled with quotes from the Holy Scripture and emphasize the virtues we should all possess as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ
Via pulchritudinis-the power of the image in Christian religious education
No full textSadržaj je rada motiviran željom za dubljim prepoznavanjem važnosti i uloge umjetnosti unutar ljudske stvarnosti, osobito u životu Crkve. Rad će biti strukturiran u tri međusobno povezana dijela. U prvom dijelu kanimo prikazati povijesni pregled i ambijent unutar kojega se kretala misao i stvarnost umjetnosti razlažući različite povijesno kulturološke epohe s naglaskom na kršćansku misao. U nastavku će biti predstavljen teološki put ljepote – via pulchritudinis - s ciljem rasvjetljavanja ispravnog pogleda na umjetnost i njezin temeljni Izvor – Stvoritelja kojega nam je predstavio sveti papa Ivan Pavao II. U trećem, ujedno i završnom dijelu, usmjerit ćemo se na moć slike promatrajući je s različitih teološko kulturoloških upotreba s naglaskom na njezinu aktualnost u današnjem životu Crkve. Prijeđenim putem, dakle, doprinos rada ići će u smjeru prikazivanja i približavanja navještaja, stvaranja i svjedočenja koje bi slika, kao umjetnički izraz lijepoga, mogla i trebala imati unutar odgoja sadašnjih, ali i budućih naraštaja.The content of this master’s thesis is motivated by the desire for deeper recognition of the importance and role of art within human reality, especially in the life of the Church. The thesis will be structured in three interconnected parts. In the first part we intend to show the historical overview and ambience within which the thought and the reality of art existed, following the paths of various historical culturological epochs that are as well marked by Christian ideas. Below, the theological way of beauty - via pulchritudinis - will be presented with the aim of illuminating the correct view of art and its fundamental Source - the Creator whom St. Pope John Paul II introduced to us. In the manner of concluded so far, in the third, and also the final part, we will focus on the power of the image, observing it in the light of various theological and cultural uses, with an emphasis on its existence in the present life of the Church. Through passed way, therefore, focus of the work will shift in the direction of presenting and bringing forward the proclamation, creation and testimony which the image, as an artistic expression of the good, could have had in the education of the present but also the future generation
Theological perspective of beatitudes in the Gospel according to Mathew and in the Gospel according to Luke
No full textDiplomski rad posvećen je proučavanju blaženstava kod Mateja i Luke. Rad se sastoji od tri dijela. Prvi dio se bavi blaženstvima na općenit način, iznoseći temeljne karakteristike njihove pojave u Starom i Novom zavjetu te smještajući ih u kontekst Evanđelja po Mateju odnosno Evanđelja po Luki. Na vidjelo izlazi povezanost između blaženstava u Starom i Novom zavjetu s obzirom da se Isusova blaženstva temelje na knjigama Staroga zavjeta. Ipak, važno je naglasiti kako u Starome zavjetu nemamo tako pažljivo sročen niz blaženstava kao u sklopu novozavjetnog Govora na Gori (usp. Mt 5 – 7) odnosno Govora na ravnu (usp. Lk 6,17-49).
Drugi dio iznosi teološku analizu blaženstava u Evanđelju po Mateju i Evanđelju po Luki. Matejeva verzija blaženstava (usp. Mt 5,1-12) podijeljena je u tri skupine jer je kroz tri naslova izraženo ono najvažnije što se određenim blaženstvom željelo poručiti, koga obvezuje ili kome je upućeno. Blaženstva u Lukinu evanđelju (usp. Lk 6,20-26) podijeljena su u dvije skupine. Luka ih dijeli na četiri blago i četiri jao izraza, a te se podjele držimo u ovom radu. U Matejevoj verziji javljaju se tri blaženstva (usp. Mt 5,7-9) koja čine jednu misaonu cjelinu za koju nemamo paralelu u Lukinu evanđelju, a izdižu se iznad socioloških svojstava te odražavaju produhovljeni kršćanski moral koji je karakterističan za Prvo evanđelje. Dakle, teološka analiza upućuje na to da Matej više stavlja naglasak na duhovno, dok će se Luka kroz četiri blago i četiri jao izraza usredotočiti na konkretnu životnu zajednicu i povijesne slušatelje svoga vremena.
Treći dio koji je ujedno i posljednji, ima za cilj upotpuniti ono što je rečeno u prethodna dva dijela. Stoga, u zadnjem dijelu nakon sučeljavanja na vidjelo izlaze bliskosti i razlike te specifični vidici koje otvaraju blaženstva kod Mateja i Luke. Na kraju rada naziremo kako blaženstva koja Krist donosi u Matejevoj odnosno Lukinoj verziji pokušavaju dati odgovore kršćanima koji žive u vrijeme kada je Evanđelje po Mateju odnosno po Luki napisano. Dakle, Matej i Luka Isusov govor tako formuliraju da povijesna zajednica kojoj pišu dobije poticaje za rješavanje svojih konkretnih problema.The thesis is devoted to studying the beatitudes of Matthew and Luke. It consists out of three parts. The first part deals with beatitudes in a general way, outlining the fundamental characteristics of their appearance in the Old and New Testament and placing them in the context of the Gospel of Matthew apropos the Gospel of Luke. The connection between the beatitudes in the Old and the New Testament is evident as the beatitudes of Jesus is based on the books of the Old Testament. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that in the Old Testament we dont have carefully worded a series of beatitudes, as we do in the New Testament Sermon on the Mount (cf. Mt 5 - 7) or the Sermon on the Plain (cf. Lk 6: 17-49).
The second part contains the theological analysis of the beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. The Matthew's version of the batitudes (cf. Mt 5: 1-12) is divided into three groups, because through the three titles we can see what is the core of a certain beatitude, who is it destined for, and who is commited by it. Beatitudes in Luke's Gospel (cf. Lk 6: 20-26) are divided into two groups. Luke divides them into four “blessed” and four “woe”, that is how we are gonna devide them in this thesis aswell. In the Matthew's version, there are three beatitudes (cf. Mt 5: 7-9) that make up a single thought unit for which we have no parallel in the Gospel of Luke. They rise above the sociological characteristics and reflect the spriritualized Christian morality that is characteristical in the First Gospel. Thus, theological analysis suggests that Matthew puts more emphasis on spirituality, while Luke through four “woe's” and four “blessed” focuses on a concrete life community and historical listeners of his time.
The third part, which is also the last, aims to complete what has been said in the previous two parts. Hence, in the latter part after the confrontation, we will show a glimpse of the similitudes and differences between the specific aspects that can be seen in the beatitudes of Matthew and Luke. At the end of the work we notice that the beatitudes that Christ brings in Matthew's and Luke's version are trying to give answers to Christians living in the time when thoose Gospels were written. Thus, Matthew and Luke formulate their speech so that the historical community to whom they are writtting receives stimulus for dealing with their issues
MORALLY BIOETHICAL REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGICAL ABORTION
No full textU diplomskome radu istražuje se suvremeni doseg farmakološke industrije kojim se omogućuje izvršenje izazvanih pobačaja, nasuprot tradicionalnim kirurško-botaničkim izvedbama. Toj temi pristupa se s bioetičkoga aspekta te se analizira duga tradicija pobačaja koja sadrži različite moralno neprihvatljive načine obavljanja pobačaja. Najnoviji pristup u kontekstu biomedicinskih znanosti predstavljaju kontracepcijske metode. Takve metode, koje zapravo to i nisu, različitim generičkim nazivima, nastoje obuhvatiti interceptive, kontragestative i abortive pod zajednički naziv „hitne kontracepcije“ te „pilule za dan poslije“. Takva sredstva vremenski se mogu koristiti i nekoliko tjedna nakon nezaštićenog odnosa.
Naime, u javnosti se često iznosi mišljenje da su takve tablete „bezopasne“, „povoljnije“, „osiguravaju poštivanje autonomije izbora“, „omogućuju bolju zaštitu privatnosti“ i niz drugih obmanjujućih činjenica, izuzimajući podatke o štetnosti i posljedicama abortivnih sredstava.
Ovim se diplomskim radom nastoji ukazati na pojedine bioetičke i moralno-teološke naglaske svetosti, nepovredivosti i dostojanstva ljudskog života.Although there is a long history of unethical abortion, through various techniques, the focus of this work is to analyze and discuss modern discoveries of the pharmaceutical industry of medical abortion from an ethical and biological point of view.
Most recent advances in biomedical sciences promote numerous contraceptional methods, which in fact are not truly contra-ceptional. Through various and generic denomination of interceptive, congestive and abortifacient substances, are declared as “plan B”, “morning-after pill” or “emergency contraception”. These can be applied even several weeks after unprotected intercourse.
Those abortifacient substances are often presented to the public as “harmless”, “cheap” and “respectful to the woman’s autonomous right to choose”. It is advertised that they “provide privacy protection” and other misleading information, while leaving out the slightest mention of the consequences caused by abortion.
The main goal of this master thesis is to point out undisputed bioethical, moral and theological accents of holiness, inviolability and dignity of human life
Moral qualification of premarital sexual relations
No full textU današnjem sekulariziranom svijetu svim se silama nastoji odbaciti Boga i osporiti kompetenciju Crkve za određena pitanja, poglavito ona ljubavi i spolnosti.
Seksualnost je predstavljena kao antropološka činjenica bez religiozne dimenzije, povjerena čovjeku na slobodno raspolaganje, a svaki se stav Crkve po tom pitanju nameće kao protivan i povezan s grijehom.
Mladi su, bez uporišnih i orijentacijskih točaka za ispravno nasljedovanje, podložni takvom određenju moralno-vjerske involucije koja vodi ćudorednoj praznini i krizi tradicionalnog morala. Sljedbenici suvremenog društva, posebice mladi deklarirani vjernici, u okviru ostvarenja vlastitog identiteta često pristupaju području spolnosti na način kako pristupaju i drugim područjima života, bez tabua i represivne interpretacije; svodeći je pritom, na čistu tjelesnost.
Banalizirani stav prema spolnosti u permisivnom ozračju suvremene kulture analitički potkrjepljuju i rezultati prethodno provedenih socio-religijskih projekata koji jasno ukazuju da seksualni moral današnje mladeži uvelike odstupa od službenog učenja Crkve. Primjetan je porast stupanja u predbračne spolne odnose, u čemu iznenađujuće prednjače djevojke; porast prešutnog ili otvorenog odobravanja roditelja ovakvih ponašanja uvjetovan ili vlastitom nesigurnošću ili željom uspostavljanja kvalitetnijih odnosa sa djecom; porast odbacivanja tradicionalnih okvira bračnih zajednica u korist otvorenih veza i brakova na probu te udaljavanje mladih od Crkve zbog različitih tumačenja spolnog morala.
Zbog dekadencije spolnog ne/morala, potrebno je promovirati etiku spolnosti provedbom pravodobnog spolnog odgoja moralno-katehetskim i pastoralnim usmjerenjima.In today's secularized world, most tend to reject God and challenge the Church's competence on certain issues, especially those of love and sexuality.
Sexuality is presented as an anthroloquean fact without a religious dimension, entrusted to a man to do with it as he pleases, and every attitude of the Church in that regard is imposed as aversed to and connected with sin.
Youth, without stalemate and narration points for proper inheritance, are subjected to such definitions of moral-religious involution that leads to a wholly void and a crisis of traditional morality.
Contemporary society followers, especially young declared believers, in the pursuit of their own identity often approach the area of sexuality the same way they approach all other areas of life, without taboos and repressive interpretations - thus reducing it to pure corporeality.
Such banalist attitude towards sexuality in the permissive atmosphere of contemporary culture is also analytically underscored by the results of previously implemented socioreligious projects that have clearly shown that the sexual morality of today's youth is greatly distanced from the official teaching of the Church. There is a noticeable increase in pre-emptive sexual relationships, surprisingly predominant with girls, an increase in tacit or open parental approval of such behavior, either due to their own insecurities or the desire to establish better relationships with children, an increase in the dismissal of traditional marriages in favor of open relationships and “trial marriages”, the dissociation of youth from the Church due to different interpretations of sexual morality.
Due to the moral decadence of sexuality, it is necessary to promote the ethics of sexuality through the implementation of adequate sexual education by moral-catechetical and pastoral orientations
Clive Saples Lewis on Love and Pain
No full textU radu predstavljamo poimanje ljubavi i boli sjevernoirskog mislioca Clive Staplesa Lewisa. Prvi dio ima za cilj prikazati razne vrste ljubavi, a to su: ljubav prema onome što je niže od čovjeka, storge, philia, eros i agape. Lewis želi restaurirati ljubav u modernom dobu, slikom ljubavi kakvu ju prikazuje kršćanstvo. Bog koji je čovjeka stvorio i poziva ga u nebesko zajedništvo jest Ljubav. Drugi dio rada prikazuje Lewisovo poimanje boli. Autor promatra bol u kontekstu Božje dobrote, svemoći, pada i ljudske zloće. Bol prema Lewisu ima funkcionalnu zadaću razvlastiti čovjeka njegovog egoizmai vratiti ga Bogu. Misli završavaju optimizmom i nadom u nebesko zajedništvo svih ljudi s Bogom.This work represents the concept of love and pain by the intellectual from the Northern Ireland - Clive Staples Lewis. The first part is dedicated to different aspects of love, which are love for something that is under men, storge, philia, eros and agape. Lewis tends to restore love in modern era, by the image of love as presented in Christianity. God who created the man and invites him into the heavenly fellowship is love. The second part portrays Lewis`s understanding of pain. The author views pain in context of God`s goodness, omnipotence, fall and human evil. According to Lewis, pain has a functional task to dispossess a man of his egoism and return him to God. His thoughts end optimistically with a hope in heavenly fellowship of all men with God
"World angelology" in the light of the Catholic faith about angels. The analysis of selected examples
No full textNaše promišljanje o katoličkoj i svjetovnoj angelologiji podijelili smo u tri zasebna dijela. Prva dva dijela ovoga rada predstavljaju nam temeljne obrise katoličke i svjetovne angelologije, dok je treći dio rada posvećen temeljnim razlikama između dva navedena područja.
U prvom dijelu rada iznijeli smo kratki prikaz katoličke angelologije. Na početku smo pojasnili etimološko značenje pojma anđeo i pokušali ukratko odgovoriti na pitanje tko su anđeli u katoličkoj teologiji. U nastavku smo se dotaknuli tzv. hijerarhije anđela, odnosa anđela s Bogom i čovjekom te briga anđela za ljude i čitavo stvorenje. Na koncu prvog dijela rada ukazali smo na problematiku i pokušaj preustroja angelologije.
Drugi dio rada posvetili smo promišljanju o svjetovnoj angelologiji. Pokušali smo odgovoriti na ključna pitanja poput tjelesnosti anđela, djelovanje anđela u svijetu, postoji li Bog, hijerarhija i Isus Krist u svjetovnoj angelologiji. Naglasili smo i prisutnost antropomorfizma u izabranom djelu (D. Trussoni, Angelologija) za razmatranje o svjetovnoj angelologiji. Pri kraju drugoga dijela obratili smo pozornost na djelo Anđeli u mojoj kosi autorice Lorne Byrne te smo tako proširili vidike u razmatranju svjetovne angelologije.
Na koncu, u trećem dijelu rada odlučili smo ukazati na temeljne razlike između katoličke i svjetovne angelologije. Također, razmatrali smo i o tome zašto vlada oduševljenost svjetovnom angelologijom i što bi to katolička teologija mogla naučiti od nje. Naposljetku, dotaknuli smo se jedne teme koja je pomalo i zanemarena, a to je djelovanje anđela u životu svetaca.We divided our contempleation on Catholic and secular angelology into three separate parts. The first two parts of this diploma paper present the basic outlines of Catholic and secular angelology, while the third part focuses on the fundamental differences between the two mentioned parts.
In the first part, the outline of the Catholic angelology is presented. In the beginning, we clarified the etymological meaning of the term angel and tried to briefly answer the question of who the angels are in Catholic theology. Furthermore, we discuss the so-called hierarchy of angels, the relationship between angels and God and man, and the care of angels for people and the whole creature. At the end of the first part of this diploma paper, we pointed out the problems and attemps to reconstruct angelology.
The second part of the diploma paper is devoted to contemplating on secular angelology. We tried to provide the answer to the crucial questions such as the corporeality of angels, the work of angels in the world, God's existence, hierarchy and Jesus Christ in secular angelology. We also put the emphasis on the presence of the anthropomorphism in the selected work (D. Trussoni, Angelology) for consideration on secular angelology. Towards the end of the second part, we referred to the work Angels in my hair by the author Lorne Byrne, thus widening out perspective on consideration of secular angelology.
Finally, in the third part we decided to point out the basic differences between Catholic and secular angelology. Also, we discuss why eagerness with secular angelology rules, and what Catholic teology can learn from it. Lastly, we discuss one topic which has been somewhat neglected, which is the activity of angels in the lives of the saints
The coming of the Son of Man: Exegesis- theological analysis of acocalyptic speech Mt 24-25
No full textDiplomski rad posvećen je egzegetsko-teološkoj analizi Matejeva apokaliptičkog govora o dolasku Sina Čovječjega i pripravi na osobni susret s Proslavljenim Gospodinom (Mt 24 ‒ 25). Prvi dio rada posvećen je analizi višeznačnog i slojevitog fenomena apokaliptike koji se javlja kao odgovor na stoljetne krize izabranog naroda. Stoga prvi dio rada donosi odgovor na pitanja podrijetla, nastanka, razvoja i temeljnih obilježja apokaliptičke književnosti.
Drugi, središnji dio, donosi egzegetsko-teološku analizu Mt 24 ‒ 25, polazeći od delimitacije teksta, literarnog konteksta i sintaktičke artikulacije izvještaja koji predstavljaju »ulazna vrata« u značenje samoga teksta. U svjetlu rezultata istraživanja prethodnih poglavlja, četvrto i ujedno posljednje poglavlje, posvećeno je detaljnijoj egzegetsko-teološkoj analizi Mt 24 ‒ 25.
Temeljna nakana Mt 24 ‒ 25 je ohrabrenje kršćanske zajednice Matejeva, ali i svakoga vremena, koja se radi nepovoljne povijesne situacije nalazila u vrtlogu previranja i napetosti. U Isusovu apokaliptičkom govoru, Matejeva temeljna poruka ostaje ta da se Isusovi učenici odgovorno i zauzeto posvete ponajprije izgradnji vlastite zajednice te da počevši od sebe samih i svojega okružja, budno iščekuju ponovni Kristov dolazak. Naime, posljednje vrijeme je započelo dolaskom utjelovljenoga Sina Božjega i putuje prema svom dovršenju, a zadaća vjernika svakoga vremena je ta da unatoč neznanju »o onom danu i času« (Mt 24, 36), ostanu vjerni, budni i pripravni za Njegov ponovni dolazak.The thesis is devoted to the exegesis-theological analysis of Matthew's apocalyptic speech about the coming of the Son of Man and to the preparation for a personal encounter with the glorified Lord (Mt 24-25). The first part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of the multifaceted and layered phenomenon of apocalyptic that occurs in response to the centuries-old crisis of the chosen people. Therefore, the first part of the thesis answers the questions of the origin, creation, development and fundamental characteristics of apocalyptic literature.
The second, central part, provides an exegesis-theological analysis of Mt 24-25, starting with the delimitation of the text, the literary context, and the syntactic articulation of the reports that constitute the »entrance door« to the meaning of the text itself. In the light of the results of the research of the previous chapters, the fourth and last chapter is devoted to a more detailed exegetical-theological analysis of Mt 24-25.
The basic intention of Mt 24-25 is to encourage the Christian community of Matthew's time, but also every other time, because it was in a whirlwind of turmoil and tension of the unfavorable historical situation. In Jesus' apocalyptic speech, Matthew's basic message remains that Jesus' disciples are responsible and committed, above all, to building their own community, and that they, starting from themselves and their environment, are vigilantly awaiting the return of Christ. Specifically, the last time began with the coming of the incarnate Son of God and is on its way to completion, and it is the task of the believer at all times to remain faithful, alert, and ready for His coming, despite ignorance »of that day and hour« (Mt 24, 36)