Interpretacja pojęcia munus w Konstytucji dogmatycznej o Kościele Lumen gentium
Interpretation of the Notion of Munus in the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is interpretation of the notion of munus in the Constitution Lumen gentium and enclosed with this document the Preliminary Note of Explanation.The Latin noun munus is an ambiguous word. In the teaching of the Second Vatican Council this word is present up 255 times, whereof 55 times in the Constitution Lumen gentium. The Council Fathers used this term in the meaning of: “office”, “function”, “mission”, “service”, “task”, “obligation”, “ministry”. In many places the translations of constitution from Latin language into Polish language in 1968 and 2002 are different. This can cause not only problems of interpretation, but also doctrinal problems.

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