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Marcin Luter – świadek Chrystusa i nauczyciel wiary?

Author(s): Ks. Marcin Składanowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

The article is a contribution to the ecumenical discussion on Martin Luther, from a Catholic perspective. It tries to answer the question whether the Reformer can be considered a witness to Christ and a teacher of faith for all Christians, including Catholics. Firstly, the article presents the significance of Martin Luther for the contemporary Lutheran – Catholic ecumenical dialogue. It also notes some important changes and developments in the Catholic literature on the Reformer in the 20th century. Secondly, it discusses the problem of the significance of Martin Luther’s witness and teaching for today’s Christians. Thirdly, it shows some difficulties related to the ecumenical (non-confessional) relevance of Luther’s witness and teaching.

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Una riflessione (teologica) sulla famiglia in vista del sinodo dei vescovi (Roma 2015)

Author(s): Ks. Stanisław Biały / Language(s): Italian Issue: 1/2015

Pope Francis appealed to the Synod of Bishops for a reflection over the family. An Extraordinary General Meeting was already held in October 2014. The next debate will be during the Ordinary General Meeting (October 2015). Therefore with this fact, all believers have been asked to make a reflection on the Christian family built on the sacramental union. The present article is trying to become an answer to this papal summons. It is an attempt of the response to the need to consider some aspects of the crisis that threatens the contemporary Christian family. The key question, which here was put, is the following: “Do young people still want to start up a family on the basis of Christian values? What do bishops (and other synod fathers) think about the issue?”. An analysis of the literature let the author of the article to put the following conclusions. In spite of many indications of the crisis of the institution of the family one should still look with hope for its future. Likewise, as regards the results of the debate of the synod which will be in October in Rome, one should assume that contrary opinions and positions which are appearing in the discourse about the family, don’t result from the ill will of her participants. It is rather a fruit of different pastoral strategies, wanting to use the unchanging doctrine of the Church about the family to changing circumstances. What’s more, in this context one should remember the dogma concerning the Holy Spirit and his care, which is realized over the Church and the faithful.

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Cała prawda o Planned Parenthood

Author(s): Paulina Aleksandra Grubek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

In mid-July 2015 the media published leaked recordings in which staff at the highest levels of the American organization Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) during lunch establish with their potential customers the selling price of tissues and body parts of aborted children. According to the official PPFA website, it is a trustworthy organization caring for human health, that serves as a trusted educator, committed defender and a global partner of the similar organizations around the world. Such is at least the official version. It contains no clue of concealment of child molestations, abortion connected with the sex of the baby, racism, spreading false medical information, or the promotion of pimping.It is worth noting that the ideas of eugenics were pursued by Margaret Sanger, the American feminist and activist for planned parenthood, who founded the American Birth Control Leauge, making her the “mother” of today’s Planned Parenthood. Sanger became one of the main leaders of a movement working on improving the human species and one of the staunchest advocates of eugenics and race purification from all kinds of “chaff” that threaten its purity.The American non-profit organization Live Action during a span of a few years has began to make its own investigations, leading to the uncovering of unmoral practices, realized everyday by the employees of PPFA.How can we, Poles, fight with the criminal organization of Planned Parenthood? This may seem a bit naive, but it is enough to name the PPFA activities’ sponsors, then simply to stop buying their products. It might not seem much, but it significantly expresses our protest against the mass of abortions taking place before our eyes.

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La justicia, base de la reconciliación: la búsqueda de salidas en el laberinto de la violenica

Author(s): Tulio Alberto Alvarez / Language(s): Italian Issue: 1/2015

Reflection concerning the understanding of justice allows for the development of the assumption concerning the development of the peace process in communities affected by (ie. experiencing) violence. In addition, there is a need to determine the scope of the conflict for the needs of education, legal and institutional framework, which lead to the realization of contracts and the consolidation of the peace process. All these details define the basic parameters of the mechanism of reconciliation, defined here as the restoration of inter-human relations, based on diversity and the recognition of man as a human being, which implies the ethical assessment of the whole process.

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Ukryta z Chrystusem w Bogu (por Kol 3, 3).

Author(s): Joanna Pakuza / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

In the years 1940-1941 there were four deportations of Polish people from parts of the Second Republic of Poland, namely from areas east of the border line established on the grounds of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union agreement. On 10th of February 1940, sister Urszula Furkałowska (Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception) was among the people first deported. She found herself in unique conditions regarding her religious calling and started noting her reflections in a private journal. The article contains many references to the content of this journal, on the basis of which religious life characteristic to the exile as well as her personal evidence of faith on “inhuman land” can be analyzed.

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Duchowe aspekty pojednania w świetle 2 Kor 5,18-21

Author(s): Ks. Jan Skrzypek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

St. Paul in his Second Letter to the Corinthians, used an expression in relation to one aspect of his apostolate, which NIV translates as ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18). In the wider context of the whole Letter and in an attempt to show the structure of the study pericope we can say that the issue of the whole text is the idea of reconciliation in Christ God with people and with the world, as well as the fact that in the current situation apostles received from God the mandate of the ministry of reconciliation. They are kind of ambassadors of Christ, through whom the work of reconciliation was accomplished. The Church of today refers to this tradition.

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Maryjne oblicze oblackiej miłości braterskiej

Author(s): Adam Wojtczak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

The article concentrates on two major ingredients of the charism of the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate i.e.: Marianity and fraternal love. It aims at demonstrating that the juxtaposition of these two elements contributes to their deeper understanding and living them out better in everyday life. The founder of the Congregation, St. Eugene de Mazenod insisted on practicing fraternal love among the Oblates. What is more, he demanded something particular in the way of living out that love, which distinguishes them from other monks. It seems that this particular nature of the Oblate brotherhood is rooted in Marianity, hence Mary Immaculate is the Patroness of the Congregation. Indeed, this concept runs through the Oblate documents and studies, but in rather general terms (chapter 1). That is why the author, basing on the Oblate sources and the post-conciliar teaching of the Church, presents the specific way in which Mary teaches the Oblates fraternal love (chapter 2). The third chapter portrays her as a witness to apostolic love, who teaches how the way of fraternal love ought to evolve into apostolic love. Fraternal love is not only necessary in order to fulfill mission, but it is mission in itself.

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Kult Bożego miłosierdzia jako wyzwanie współczesności

Author(s): Ks. Józef Zabielski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

In pursuing the redemptive work of Christ, Christians bring out from the deposit of faith the truth of religious life and develop new forms of piety. In modern times a special form of piety is the cult of Divine Mercy – Merciful Jesus. The theological truth of God’s mercy is deeply rooted in Revelation, it was developed by the Fathers of the Church and theologians and practiced in the liturgy. God’s mercy, especially revealed in the person and work of salvation of Christ deserves a special worship, as an expression of faith and love and the hope of eternal life. In the twentieth century, the cult of Divine Mercy became especially known, thanks to private revelations, recognized by the Church, which encourages the development of these forms of piety. This article presents the origins of the cult of Divine Mercy as well as its basis and validity in the present.

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Nauczanie o rodzinie w posłudze kaznodziejskiej biskupa Mikołaja Sasinowskiego

Author(s): Jerzy Niestępski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

In the teaching of bishop M. Sasinowski the issue of the family was of a particular importance. In his teaching we often find his care for the family as a community. Therefore he gave inspiration for frequent family gatherings, because of their importance in the field of education. According to bp. Sasinowski family education is something determining the future of society and the Church. He often asked the faithful of the diocese to resist in their personal, family and social life all evil that destroys the family. He indicates the measures that will help achieve this, especially mentioning maintaining sobriety in the family. Among different values, he saw the chance for the development of the family in the care for the life of the unborn. Bp. Sasinowski indicates that the essence of the durability of the family is its fidelity to the teachings of Christ.

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Lepiej nie wi(e)dzieć, czyli Miasto Bez Imienia José Saramago i jego apokaliptyczna wizja ludzkości

Author(s): Ks. Stefan Radziszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

“Blindness” is a novel by the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, the laureate of the Nobel prize (1998). The book portrays an apocalyptic vision of the world in which people have lost their sight. In Saramago’s novel, the sole author of the history of mankind is Blind Fate. God does not deserve any attention, and even if He exists, He is the One guilty of all evil. Such ideas of the writer can be described as a sad kind of “atheistic humanism”. In case of this kind of pagan literature, one should even more be a witness of faith and Christian love. Reading „Blindness” is not a waste of time; it invites to a true prayer for the world which is blind to God’s presence. Instead of aggression, a Christian should cry out for God’s mercy, because only then, there is hope of conversion for apostates and blasphemers.

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Nicetas of Remesiana and his time

Author(s): Józef Łupiński / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

The year of 2014 was the 1600th anniversary of the death of St. Nicetas of Remesiana. St. Nicetas, despite centuries of „Oblivion” is an important witness of faith and a major theologian of the breakthrough IV / V centuries. In the years 366-414 Remesiana was a bishop in the province of Dacia Mediterranea, south of the Danube. In the Roman Empire different territories often changed their administrative affiliation. Remesiana situated between the eastern and western part of the Roman Empire was subject to these processes. The area was subjected to the influence of both the Roman culture, as well as in later Byzantine influences. Despite the surrender jurisdiction of the Byzantine Empire in the late fourth century, Episcopal Remesiana remained in close union with the bishops of Rome. The first traces of Christianity in the area of Remesiana provide records of the martyrs, as well as numerous archaeological sites. The preserved inscriptions indicate close contact with the local Church in Remesiana with the bishops of Rome. Bishop Nicetas actively participated in the life of the Catholic Church. He went to Italy twice. It is possible that during the trips to Rome, he met with popes of the period. He visited St. Paulinus of Nola. The latter dedicated Nicetas his works which emphasized the pastoral zeal and missionary activity of the bishop among the Dacians and Goths. Through his works, especially Instructio ad competentes in a simple and accessible way of communicating he explained the treasures of faith to the catechumens. In the next work titled De diversis appellationibus, by arguing against the Arians based on biblical terms relating to Christ he showed his deity. He encouraged him to sing psalms and night vigils. There is no certainty as to Nicetas’ authorship of the hymn Te Deum, though there is no doubt the bishop of Remesiana could affect its creation. The bishop of Remesiana cared for the problems of his times. Nicetas’ years of activity coincide with the period of the final struggle against Arianism, which stretched from the early fifth century. He was a defender of the faith in the divinity of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Traces of defense of orthodoxy remain in the works of Nicetas. The bishop of Remesiana was rediscovered in the nineteenth century. Since then, his character and work as a writer again arouse keen interest.

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Głoszenie miłosierdzia Boga według nauczania bł. ks. Michała Sopoćki

Author(s): Ks. Adam Skreczko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

This article attempts to show the mission of proclaiming God’s mercy in three dimensions based on the teachings of Blessed Father Michael Sopocko. The following issues were taken into consideration: to get to know and to worship God of Mercy, to perform works of mercy, and to pray for mercy for the world. The idea of Father Sopocko’s life was to proclaim God’s Mercy and a deep faith in the victory of the mission entrusted by God to the Holy Sister Faustina and to himself. A deep theologian and a zealous pastor, which Father Sopocko was, he has a unique and incomparable contribution to the triumph of the Divine Mercy (mercy which is the subject of Christian hope).

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Miłość treścią i motywem przepowiadania słowa Bożego

Author(s): Ks. Wojciech Turowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article takes on the issue of love as the essence and theme of contemporary preaching. The author draws attention to the contents of the homily which ought to be about love as portrayed in the Bible. Yet, on the other hand, it must be personal love best portrayed by Jesus Christ. God’s love is a binding principle of the community of the Church. It is its sign and imperative. In its further part the article is devoted to love which motivates to preach the word of God by working closely with the Third Person of the Trinity, moreover to the lively and beautiful way of speaking of God’s love. The author pays attention to the aspect of eloquence, the need to preach from memory as opposed to read, as well as to the necessity for correct language. They guarantee that listeners will listen with attention, even if they have heard the topic on many occasions before.

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Synod Archidiecezji Bahia i jego znaczenie dla ewangelizacji Brazylii w XVIII wieku

Author(s): Bogusław Kieżel / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article presents the organization and constitutions of the first synod in Brazil and his importance for the evangelization of Brazil in 18th century. The synodal constitutions of archbishop Sebastião Monteiro da Vide were an important element in the process of realization of the Tridentine Council teaching in Brazil until the proclamation of the Republic in 1889. In the beginning it has been outlined an organization of the ecclesiastical structures in 18th century in Brazil. Then we portrait the organization and procedures of the synod. Next we focus on the constitutions and that of their decisions which promoted effectively the evangelization during the colonial period in Brazil.

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The Lay Faithful’s Responsibility for the Missions

Author(s): Ks. Zbigniew Sobolewski / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

More and more often, the necessity of engaging the lay faithful in the missionary activity is mentioned in the Polish Church. In this article we show the evolution of the view on the place and role of laypeople in the missionary work which we observe in Magisterium Ecclesiae. The lay faithful are no longer considered as financial and prayer support for the missionaries – clergymen but as missionary disciples, fully fulfilling the Christ’s missionary call: “Go into the whole world and preach”. The article draws attention to the reasons for the laypeople’s missionary involvement and the forms of missionary activity accessible for them. In the last part of the article, we mention the current urgent issues that are considered by the missionary societies in Poland concerning the place of laypeople in the missionary activity, the request for them and the character of their work.

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Odgoj u malim sjemeništima prema smjernicama crkvenog učiteljstva i odgojnih znanosti. Dio 2.

Author(s): Ks. Marino Ninčević / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2016

The author shows that lower seminaries even today are suited for the education of adolescents and points out that if this education with regard to the possible religious vocation of adolescents is to be effective, educators must first help adolescents in the construction of their identity in the identification process, the socialization with a group of peers, that is, in construction of peer friendships and in designing of the entire life plan. The next education step would be detecting and accepting the spiritual call. Educators at the seminary have to take care all positive and negative characteristics of adolescence. Positive are: broad-mindedness, spontaneity, enthusiastic willingness, directness, desire for fairness, truthfulness, ability for a creative approach to the surrounding reality, the ability of self-affirmation (as a function of growth and maturation), the ability of abstract thinking, the ability to answer the developmental assignments. Negative are: low stress capacity, lack of serious continuous efforts, instability, susceptibility to influence and considerable dependence on the conditions of the outside world, the tendency to self-centeredness. Instructions of the Magisterium of the Church since the II Vatican Council up to today, provide clear guidelines for the education of adolescents inLower seminaries. Today, it is possible to educate in accordance with these instructions, taking into account the new social opportunities, as well as a new knowledge of those disciplines that deal with adolescence. The author shows that the guidelines of Church’s teaching on education are not inconsistent with the education demands arising from today’s adolescent situation and the present knowledge of educational sciences.

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The Baptism of Mieszko I. Facts and Hypotheses

Author(s): Józef Łupiński / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

The baptism of Mieszko I (the 1050th anniversary of which occurs this year) was a great event which had important implications for Polish national identity. It constantly arouses much interest among theologians, historians and medievalists.For many years, research regarding the date and place of the baptism of the first historical Polish prince Mieszko I raises a lot of controversy and dispute among historians. The earliest historical sources are inaccurate and incomplete. They do not serve to identify the date and place of the baptism.Knowledge about the events connected with the baptism of Mieszko I is based on chronicles. Earlier historians accepted that the events of Polish history were recorded systematically. The oldest conserved chronicles have: “Mesco (Mysko) dux Polonie baptizatur”. It would be difficult to challenge this historical information. Of course, this event is an undeniable fact. Through the receiving of baptism by Mieszko I, our ancestors entered into the orbit of Roman Catholic Christianity and Western Latin culture. To this there is no doubt, as subsequent events in Polish history confirm this reality.The baptism of Mieszko I took place in the decades after the forming of the early Piast monarchy. What kind of country was this? Did the country of Mieszko I come to existence as the result of a long-term evolution, or was there a short period of formation of statehood, perhaps under the influence of external factors or circumstances? It seems that a large influence on the formation of the Piast monarchy had the situation of the neighbors of the Polans in the first half of the 10th century: Germans, Czechs and Western Slavs.Around the year 950 Mieszko I decided to search for a relationship with the German Empire. Such a relationship was made possible through the receiving of baptism and entering into the sphere of Christianity. Prince Mieszko I first entered into an alliance with the Czech Prince Bolesław in 965. This was confirmed by the marriage with the daughter of Bolesław – Dobrawa. Certainly, in the following year the Polish ruler received baptism. New circumstances constituted a favorable opportunity to develop close relations with the German emperor Otto.The receiving of Christianity by Mieszko not only gave the opportunity to make new alliances but also caused deep political, cultural and moral consequences. The Piast ruler strived for the rapid creation of ecclesiastical structures. Two years after the baptism on his territory bishop Jordan, specially nominated, was fulfilling his pastoral ministry.Preserved sources do not provide a date nor place for the baptism of Mieszko I. This caused and still causes many polemics and controversies about the date and place of the event. It is uncertain when and where the baptism took place.There is no doubt that the acceptance of baptism by Mieszko I had deep consequences for the further history of Poland. Slavs living in areas east of the Odra river entered in area of the Christian world by adopting not only faith in Jesus Christ, but also new manners, morality and culture. Manners and morality began to be formed by the Decalogue, which – on account of high demands – influenced legislation and people’s attitudes. Large was also the importance of Christianity for the sphere of culture.The baptism of Mieszko I was a religious act and equally was also a political act. It was an entering into the group of Western nations and at the same time: coming into existence in the circle of Roman and Christian civilization.The aim of this article is to present the latest hypotheses and interpretations about the reality of the baptism of Mieszko I, on the basis of available historical sources.

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Polski barok i franciszkańskie ubóstwo. Przenikanie się idei artystycznych i teologicznych w wystroju kościoła Reformatów w Węgrowie

Author(s): Rafał Romańczuk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The Church of the Reformed Franciscans in Węgrów is an important part of the cultural heritage of the Węgrów and its region. The article presents the question of the relation between the theological and artistic ideas that determined the decor of the church. The church is a good example of an interpenetration of the baroque splendor and Franciscan humility.

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Alto medioevo acculturazione ed inculturazione: il passaggio linguistico fra “tardo antico” ed “alto medioevo”

Author(s): Massimo Zorzin / Language(s): Italian Issue: 1/2016

Articolo si concentra sul passaggio linguistico dal tardo antico al alto medioevo. L’autore sottolinea (in particolar modo nella sua conclusione), che lingue di quei “barbari” tanto vituperati e considerati inferiori, miste al cadente latino, hanno costituito il nucleo della rinascita monastica, attraverso la quale si è salvata la precedente cultura classica. Questa conclusione è molto importante anche dall’aspetto teologico, perché la verità è che lo scontro epocale fra il cadente, ma pur sempre forte Impero romano e le etnìe venute dal nord, ha avuto dinamiche ancora tutte da indagare. Vale la pena di indagare ed approfondire ancora di più questo tema di vecchio passaggio linguistico, tutto per poter affrontare il problema quotidiano dell’immigrazione, che a sua volta porta allo scontro linguistico moderno. Insomma - al problemma cosi’ attuale e doloroso nella nostra patria ed l’Europa.

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Matka Teresa z Kalkuty jako laureatka nagród w świetle tygodników opinii w Polsce

Author(s): Wojciech Guzewicz,Iwona Frączkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The article focuses on the presentation of the image of Mother Teresa of Calcutta as laureate of awards in view of weeklies reviews in Poland. This publication presents awards and distinctions, which Mother Teresa of Calcutta received and her attitude to this.

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