COMMUNIO I SUCCESSIO U TEOLOGIJI PETROVE SLUŽBE
COMMUNIO AND SUCCESSIO IN THE THEOLOGY OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY

Summary/Abstract: What is the real theological-ecclesial and jurisdictional-legal sense of the Petrine ministry? Possible answers to this question depend first on the religion to which you belong, and second, on the time period from which you are looking for an answer. In doing so, one has to be bear in mind that this ministry has historically been burdened with various matters, mostly socio-political influences. In line with the time, as the ministry was evolving, so it was being theologically justified. For example, from Augustine, there is a strong development of the idea of two states, two authorities: priestly sacerdotium and royal imperium, which was in the scholastic period expressed by the idea of two swords (spiritual and secular) where it was known which one was more important. The authority and power of this ministry throughout history was not easy to witness in the framework of the New Testament and it was even more difficult to theologically explain it in that spirit.

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