Prodor na Istok, u vreme Svetog Save, i u naše dane

Author(s): Milutin Jakšić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 02/1931

Prodor na Istok (Drang nach Osten) zapadno-evropskih Hrišćana preko Balkanskog Poluostrva starog je datuma. Krstaške ratove (1096—1270) pokrenuo je verski interes: pomoći Grcima protiv Muslimana i od njih osloboditi Svetu Zemlju i Grob Gospodnji. No ne potraja dugo pa se ti verski ratovi pretvoriše u osvajačke ratove i ≫krstaši≪ počeše osvajati grčke zemlje. Već o ≫nemačkom pohodu≪ cara Hajnriha VI 1196 utvrdila je Istorija, da je imao smer proširiti vlast Nema≪ čkog Carstva nad Istokom.

Konflikt pomiędzy państwem a Kościołem dotyczący rozporządzeń wykonawczych do konkordatu z 1925 roku w sprawach nauczania religii w szkołach

Author(s): Jan Szczepaniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2006

Ungarn - Amoralisch und unchristlich?

Author(s): Kiszely Károly / Language(s): German Issue: 18/1984

An interview with Kiszely Károly

Odniesienie do Boga i tradycji chrześcijańskich w codziennej komunikacji na przestrzeni wieków

Author(s): Renata Nadobnik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2021

The article deals with commonly used (in typical communicative situations) conventionalized linguistic forms containing in their lexical structure elements, referring to widely understood Christian traditions. The research material includes conversational formulas in Polish extracted from the Polish-German phrasebooks. The study has a diachronic character. On the basis of the analyses carried out, it is possible to trace changes in the area of language use in the abovementioned scope, which have taken place from the 16th century to the present day.

Един новооткрит сборник със смесено съдържание от втората–третата четвърт на XVIII в.

Author(s): Angel Nikolov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 67-68/2023

This article is devoted to a Bulgarian manuscript collection written in the town of Vidin by several hands around the second – third quarter of the eighteenth century; not later than the first quarter of the nineteenth century it was brought to Teteven, where it has been kept ever since. The collection of texts examined here is a typical example of the later miscellanies of mixed content, which are distinguished by the presence of numerous apocryphal and non-canonical works. Moreover, the inclusion of a number of apotropaic texts in the miscellany allows us to assume that its transcribers – most likely members of a relatively wealthy Vidin family of merchants and priests – had access to older amulet collections, which in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were frequently used in teaching children to read and write. The miscellany is also remarkable in that it reflects the personal tastes and pragmatic needs of its owners, who were not only obsessed with keeping evil forces at bay but also took pains to equip themselves with accurate calendar information on church festivals and fasts throughout the year, a Latin abecedary, and even a short Bulgarian-Hungarian dictionary whose presence in the manuscript hints at distant (most likely commercial) travels.

Татяна Славова. Старозаветни книги в славянската ръкописна традиция. София: Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2022. 313 с. ISBN 978-954-07-5363-8

Author(s): Anna-Maria Totomanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 67-68/2023

Радомиров псалтир. Палеографски и текстологичен анализ. Наборно и факсимилно издание. Зографска издателска поредица Библиотека „Към изворите“. Зографски манастир, Света гора. 1–2. София: Фондация „Наследство на Зографската света обител“, 2022. 700 с.

Author(s): Ivona Karachorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 67-68/2023

Women and Christianity in Southwestern Nigeria from 19th to mid-20th Century: Implication for Contemporary Churches in Nigeria

Author(s): Akinnawo Yetunde Abolaji / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

Women have played significant roles in the development of Christianity in Nigeria, but with little attention given to their roles in historical accounts. Therefore, this research focuses on the roles of women found scattered in some documented history of Christianity in Southwest, Nigeria from 19th century till mid- twentieth century when missionaries came from America and Europe to Nigeria to establish Mainline Churches and in addition assesses their activities in the African Indigenous Churches (AICs) in Nigeria. The paper leaned on Dorcas Akintunde’s assertion that the official history of churches and Christian ministries in Nigeria takes a very little account of the role of women. She observed that the history of Christianity till the mid-twentieth century when Aladura churches (Praying Churches) were founded was basically patriarchal. Having explained these endeavours, the research also makes some recommendations for women activities in contemporary Christianity in Nigeria. The research uses qualitative approach with primary and secondary sources from In-depth Interview (IDI), participant observations and bibliographical and archival search. Women were found out to have served as missionaries, acted in men’s absence, and deployed their professional expertise on the mission fields, founded churches and were actively involved in pulpit ministry. Hence, their roles contributed significantly to the growth of Christianity in southwest Nigeria.

CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES IN CONTEMPORARY ROMANIAN PAINTING: CATECHUMEN NEO-EXPRESSIONISM AND CONTEMPLATIVE MAGICAL REALISM

Author(s): Ana-Irina Iorga / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 36/2024

The last century of our history is longer and more complicated than any previous. Frequent wars, excessive consumption, moral norms violated, radical sexuality, the rule of image. Art, generally speaking, reflects the reality in personal forms which describe and confirm stylistic profiles. Romanian plastic art metabolizes these twists and turns in a particular way, on the background of deep and stable cultural-psychological substrates.

Psychologiczne rozważania o roli kobiety w Kościele

Author(s): Dorota Kuncewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2023

The question about the role of a woman in the Church is asked in the context of the world and triggers its problems. And the modern world has difficulty accepting roles, requirements and interdependence, but also in appreciating every day, arduous effort aimed at the common good. The context for answering the question should also be the parallel definition of the roles of other members of the community - men, priests, nuns. And of course, there remains the question of why the question is asked and whether the answer is consistent with the one given in real life.

Îndreptarea unor erori din ediţiile ştiinţifice ale Istoriei ieroglifice (1705) de Dimitrie Cantemir. Ediţia Panaitescu-Verdeş (vol. 1-2, 1965)

Author(s): Ștefan Șuteu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2023

The Hieroglyphic History, written by Dimitrie Cantemir in 1705, is considered the first Romanian (historical) novel. Beyond the veil of allegory, the exotic topos and animal-related fantasy, the historical events between 1685 and 1705 are revealed through characteristic deciphering, representing valuable data for a historian. The work, first published in 1883, then in 1927 and 1957, in a few nonscientific editions, was finally republished in 1965 in a scientific edition elaborated by P.P. Panaitescu and Ion Verdeș. This 1965 edition is of very high historical value, but it also has a number of lacunae, especially in the field of theology. The editors don't reference certain biblical quotes, they hint at certain psychological ideas when mentioning quotes that are clearly derived from the Bible, they ignore the biblical source, which was the very foundation of Cantemir’s maxims, they overlook the study of certain toponyms with biblical origins (Euphrates, Tarshish, Babylon etc.) and don’t realize that some of his ideas have biblical origins. Furthermore, they don’t distinguish certain elements of Christian iconography from their biblical counterparts, leading to confusion (according to the editors, Saint Veronica’s Veil is attributed to Magdalene!). To edit the text correctly, it is necessary to have a thorough knowledge of biblical sources and familiarity with Romanian and European biblical traditions.

Нов поглед към проблема за църковното разделение между Римската църква и Константинополската патриаршия

Author(s): Kristiyan Kovachev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

Antal Molnár, Zagrebačka biskupija i osmanska Slavonija u 17. stoljeću. Uloga Katoličke crkve u teritorijalnoj integraciji kontinentalne Hrvatske

Author(s): Petra Plantosar / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 4/2023

Review of: Antal Molnár, Zagrebačka biskupija i osmanska Slavonija u 17. stoljeću. Uloga Katoličke crkve u teritorijalnoj integraciji kontinentalne Hrvatske, Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, 2022., 225 str.

Compte rendu: Калин Михайлов. Християнство и литература. Фигури на (не)благородното. София, УИ „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2023, ISBN: 978-954-07-5726-1. [Kalin Mikhaïlov. Christianisme et littérature. Figures du noble et de l’ignoble.]

Author(s): Miryana Yanakieva / Language(s): French Issue: 1/2024

Book review: Калин Михайлов. Християнство и литература. Фигури на (не)благородното. София, УИ „Св. Климент Охридски“, 2023, ISBN: 978-954-07-5726-1.[Kalin Mikhaïlov. Christianisme et littérature. Figures du noble et de l’ignoble. Éd. de l’Université de Sofia, 2023, ISBN : 978-954-07-5726-1 ; Christianity and Literature. Figures of the (Ig)Noble.]

Antický životopis, sociální jednání a kanonická evangelia

Author(s): Magdalena Vytlačilová / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2024

The study serves two main purposes. First, it aims to provide a definition of ancient biography that can account for the genre’s diversity without viewing this diversity as problematic. Second, the study seeks to introduce the canonical gospels, describe their shared and distinct features to ancient biography and emphasise the implications of this approach for the interpretation of the gospels, which are frequently overlooked in contemporary research. As I point out, the first goal can be achieved by distinguishing between primary characteristics (an explicit focus on the life of a single protagonist and the intention to provide their life as a model for imitation) and secondary characteristics (historicity, paratexts, structure, length of life, and used material). These secondary characteristics may vary, but they presume the presence of the so­‑called primary characteristics. Furthermore, I argue that the canonical gospels have all of the primary characteristics of ancient biography, a conclusion supported by many contemporary scholars. I point to a fundamental aspect in which the Gospels differ from other Greco­‑Roman biographies, namely the construction of the reliability of the text and the different self­‑understanding of the authors who considered themselves – as I have argued – inspired.

Rituální studia a rané křesťanství

Author(s): Jiří Gebelt / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2024

In this paper, I focus on the emergence of ritual studies and subsequently formulate six characteristics that, in my opinion, establish their identity: a) an emphasis on being grounded in ritual theories; b) a plurality of ritual definitions; c) a wide area of application of ritual theories; d) a ritual understood as (performative) action; e) the plurality of methods; f) interdisciplinarity. Based on these characteristics of ritual studies, I deal with some aspects of their application to early Christianity. I demonstrate the benefit and innovation of this perspective on selected approaches: new viewpoints on rites of passage (DeMaris) and on the origin and development of the Eucharist (Taussig) and cognitive approaches (Uro). Finally, I address the problem of the researcher’s imagination (speculativeness) and the relationship between theories and exegesis of texts. I conclude by analysing the theory of ritual failure applied by P.­‑B. Smit.

Обществено – икономически и културни промени в Шотландия след Реформацията през XVI век

Author(s): Marieta Stoykova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

For Scotland 16th century is dramatic and resulted in major changes. The desire of the aristocracy and layman to change the moral of the catholic priests, who continues to ignore their parochial responsibilities, led to the Reformation. In the 1560s nobility, landowners and gentry declined the Papal authority in the name of their faith and converted to the new doctrine which gave them the moral and discipline they needed. Now the laity has the opportunity to own a Bible in their language and the ability to read it. After the religious changes, clergy is not subordinate to the crown, and parochial priests are the leaders of the Scottish society. Political changes coming with the establishment of the new Scottish church cease wars with England and bring a piece for the population in the border areas. The care for the poor becomes a national duty and this unites Scottish people. We may say that this struggle for ecclesiastical changes is not only a religious matter but a matter of nationalism. Creating a Godly society is not the aim only of the reformers but of all the laity in Scotland.

Religion Lessons and Existential Questions of Children at the Early School Stage. Case Study of a Gifted, Asynchronously Developing Child

Author(s): Kinga Lisowska / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

In a dynamically developing world, undergoing continuous cultural, social, economic and political changes, people for centuries now have been looking for answers to basic questions relating to the human lifecycle of birth – existence – death. Children, who are in the identity-shaping phase, experience even more acutely than adults lack of a well-established structure of thinking in terms of the continuity of their being, the meaning and purpose of life, their own death and that of those close to them. They should, therefore, be given an opportunity to find their own way in this respect during school catechesis. This article presents the importance of school catechesis in the search for answers to existential questions posed by primary school children. The presented research was based on a case study of an 8-year-old boy, a second-grade student, whose existential functioning in the period of two years of schooling was determined by school catechesis. It is characterized by continuity in the questions posed by the child as well as a change in experiencing the sense of the lack of meaning and purpose of life, death, searching for and evaluating the elements of good and evil. In the first year of catechesis, the boy “eased” his fear of the end of human life, and in the second year he realized that the source of answers to the questions bothering him were values, principles and examples promoted in the Catholic faith and the community of God.

Presentism vs. Historicism: The Enlightenment in Bohemia and the Dilemma of Modern Intellectual History. A Review Essay

Author(s): Teodora Shek Brnardić / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2013

Review of: Ivo Cerman  – Rita Krueger  – Susan Reynolds (eds.), The Enlightenment in Bohemia: Religion, Morality and Multiculturalism (= SVEC, 07/2011). Oxford: Voltaire Foundation 2011. Pp. xii, 339. ISSN 0435-2866.

Neučiníš sobě rytiny – evangelické umění toleranční doby 1781–1861 Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, 6. října–27. listopadu 2011

Author(s): Sixtus Bolom ­Kotari / Language(s): Czech Issue: 01/2012

The exhibition "You Won’t Make Engravings for Yourself – Evangelical Art of the Tolerance Period 1781–1861" commemorates 230 years since the issuance of the Toleration Patent under Emperor Joseph II in 1781. This document ended the period of Catholic religious dominance and granted tolerance to Protestant denominations, including Lutheran and Calvinist churches. The exhibition, held at the Museum of the Jihlava Highlands, explores the artistic expressions of the Protestant minority, which sought to distance itself from Catholic forms. Evangelical art of this period is characterized by simplicity, moderation, and a focus on biblical texts rather than images. While Lutheran churches allowed some visual decoration, Calvinist influences preferred scriptural texts and minimalistic design. The exhibit includes a variety of artifacts, from painted cradles to cast iron grave markers, representing the cultural life of Protestant communities. It also highlights the gap in research on Lutheran art post-1918 and the interactions between Czech and German-speaking Protestants.