“Unity–the Challenge of Your History”: John Paul II and Czech Ecumenism
“Unity–the Challenge of Your History”: John Paul II and Czech Ecumenism
Author(s): Robert SvatoňSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Catholic Church; John Paul II; ecumenism; Czech lands; healing of memory; ecclesiology; New Evangelization; Reformation; Jan Hus; Cyril and Methodius
Summary/Abstract: The present text focuses on the appeals of John Paul II regarding Czech Ecumenism. It does so in three steps: first, it offers general characteristics of Wojtyła’s understanding of ecumenism; then it outlines the social and ecclesiastic context in which the Pope’s calls for Christian unity in the Czech Republic were received during the 1990s; and, finally, it presents three topics of the Pope’s most important ecumenical appeals. The chosen method allows us to see how the universally-applicable principles of John Paul II’s ecumenical efforts were manifested in his specific pastoral concerns about the local Church and Christian unity in Bohemia and Moravia.
Journal: Roczniki Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 66/2019
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 131-149
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English