In the paradox of love: corporeality as an internal condition of God‘s Revelation and the topic of systematic theology Cover Image

V paradoxu lásky: tělesnost jako vnitřní podmínka Božího zjevení a téma systematické teologie
In the paradox of love: corporeality as an internal condition of God‘s Revelation and the topic of systematic theology

Author(s): Jan Hojda
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: systematic theology; body and corporality; the nuptial mystery; homo capax Dei; Trinitarian love;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we reflect on the options of systematic-theological approach to human corporeality. We ask how the corporeality becomes of theological interest. We point to human corporeality as an important part of God‘s revelation. We propose the possibility of understanding it as an internal condition or an internal moment of revelation as a suitable starting point for systematic-theological reflection. First, we show the possibility of how to understand corporeality as based on the analogy of faith. We also discuss the polarity between the particular experience and the general concept of corporeality. Then we emphasize that before a person in a body becomes an “object” of faith, he/she becomes its “subject”. However, this is only possible because from the beginning it is carried by God‘s love in Jesus Christ.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-26
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech