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The introductory part of the paper presents a historical account of the origins of Bibliodrama. Bibliodrama is a method of group approach to the biblical text where participants use creative techniques of drama and spontaneity to ensure individual awareness and empowerment, to build better interpersonal relationships and communion with God and with one another. There is no life situation for which a suitable life experience could not be found in the Bible. Participants of Bibliodrama apply their life experience to the biblical text and deepen it by deeply integrating their own lives and awakening their own reality, thus being strengthened. The paper theoretically analyses various approaches to Bibliodrama, particularly European and American. It also elaborates seven types of Bibliodrama and their representatives. In Croatia, Bibliodrama has been applied in pastoral work and assisting professions since 2013. Bibliodrama was introduced in Croatia from Germany, the type derived from psychodrama. Its structure is as follows: Introduction and »warm up«; Working on the »life side«; Working with biblical texts; Working on the »life side« through the roles from the biblical text; Integration. The paper analyses the elements of the above structure through a presentation of one participant’s activities in Bibliodrama and explanation of individual elements. It is very important that the leader of Bibliodrama understands the group psychodynamics which can be of great help in improving the performance of Bibliodrama and can cause resistance and regression of participants. Bibliodrama is used in pastoral work with all age groups, but it is most commonly used in groups with young people and children. Bibliodrama can also be applied in different groups within the parish community in order to achieve the highest quality of group cohesion and companionship. It can also be applied to build up pastoral workers and for self-improvement. The essential dimension of Bibliodrama is that it involves the whole person at all four levels: cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social.
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The Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis undoubtedly contributed to a more intense proclamation of the truth about God’s mercy and the development of various forms of the cult of God’s mercy in the Church. In the context of this event, another question arises: how can this jubilee contribute to the revitalization of the Church’s charitable service in Poland? The present study attempts to answer this question. Its main sources are documents of the contemporary Church, especially the teaching of Pope Francis. The author presents mercy as a principle of pastoral care, because mercy is to permeate all the basic functions of the Church (kerygma-marytria, leiturgia, diakonia). Then, based on the data of the Central Statistical Office in Warsaw, he analyzes the current state of poverty in Poland. In the final part of the article, he indicates the criteria of the ministerial Church. In the author’s conviction, the application of these criteria is a condition for the successful implementation of the Church’s charitable service in Poland.
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This article explores the use of management sciences in the Church and examines the appropriateness of importing modern organizational principles into the ecclesial world. It highlights management principles used by four growing Evangelical Churches. It then it explores the birth and development of modern management. Finally, a principle is proposed from which it is possible for the Church to maintain a healthy dialogue with management sciences that combines openness and prudence.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza przekazu informacyjnego przez wybrane strony internetowe diecezji sandomierskiej. W pierwszej części artykułu autor określa charakter przekazu informacyjnego. Następnie zostają zweryfikowane poszczególne strony internetowe pod względem jakości tekstu, płynności działania witryny, wykorzystania narzędzi social media. Autor ocenia zaangażowanie poszczególnych instytucji diecezjalnych w przekazie informacyjnym i ewangelizowaniu wiernych za pomocą środków internetowych i społecznościowych w sieci. Na koniec podane zostają wnioski i wskazania do dalszego rozwoju przestrzeni internetowej dla wspólnoty diecezjalnej Kościoła sandomierskiego.
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This paper is a response to point seven, sub-points A) and B) of the Cape Town Commitment (CTC), and attempts to answer the question “is love the proper Christian response to the nonhuman creation, and/or to human nations and culture?” Based on a summary of the concepts of “love” and the “world” in the biblical texts, it is shown that the biblical concept of “love” strongly emphasizes heartfelt and caring commitment for another within human relationships and divine-human relationships. The “world” in Scripture can be construed in positive, neutral or negative senses, depending on the term and context, and Christians find themselves both in a fallen creation which awaits liberation and within human nations and cultures in a state of sin and rebellion against God. While the Bible never commands believers to love the nonhuman creation or collective human entities like nations and cultures, Christians may yet appropriate love for God and neighbor through their attentive care of creation and through their contribution to culture in a way that glorifies God. In these ways, Christians may “love” creation and culture, but only in a contingent sense with their foundational love focused on God and neighbor.
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This text is a discussion about prophetic preaching as defined in the boundaries of homiletics. It offers both a theological and practical presentation of this preaching style actively seeking a way to contextualize it in Croatian setting. It offers some answers to the question: What is prophetic preaching and how and why it is done? It also serves as a challenge and the beginning of the discussion on prophetic preaching in Croatian context. As the Church in a growing post-Christian setting seeks ways to communicate the Gospel with the wider society aware that it is slowly losing its privileged footing it seems important to find again the prophetic voice which calls people and institutions of power to get right with God and see human beings as neighbors and not means.
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This article looks at the notion of the nation from a biblical perspective by analyzing those emphases highlighted by The Cape Town Commitment, especially in its chapter “Building Christ’s Peace in a Divided and Broken World.” Special attention will be given to the topic of nation in the Croatian context. The first chapter gives an introduction to the three fundamental theories of nationalism, the second analyzes the biblical understanding of nations. In the third chapter attention is drawn to The Cape Town Commitment and theme of peacebuilding and justice among nations. In the last chapter the author brings interpretations of the nation and nationalisms in the Croatian context from a Roman Catholic and Evangelical perspective. The purpose of the article is to analyze the biblical and theological emphases of the document concerning the nation, to interact with other documents and theological voices, and to understand their application within the Croatian context in order to contribute to the evangelical movement in Croatia in its mission of proclaiming the gospel in the Croatian context. The article concludes that there are biblical foundations that positively value the existence of nations. They should be viewed positively from the perspective of God’s work of creation, negatively through the acceptance of the reality of the fall that affected the existence of nations, and again positively from the perspective of God’s eschatological future, where nations have their place.
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Review of: Gisela Borchers - Henriette Piper: Der letzte Pfarrer von Königsberg. Hugo Linck zwischen Ostpreußen und Hamburg. be.bra Verlag. Berlin 2019. 351 S., 54 Ill. ISBN 978-3-89809-171-8. (€ 24,–.)
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Pope Francis’ teaching on preparation for marriage and family life in his Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia reflects his concern for providing engaged couples with a holistic human and Christian formation that will preparing them to responsibly realize their vocation to marriage and family. This task is particularly important because families today are broken and the value of marriage is under attack. The environment in which engaged couples are immersed is very important in the process of preparing them for marriage and family life, since it is the place where the personality of the new family members is formed. For this reason, Pope Francis offers new pastoral initiatives that aim at increasing the effectiveness of marriage preparation by engaging missionary families and the families of the engaged couples as well as “a variety of pastoral resources.” In his exhortation, Pope Francis shows the importance of freedom of choice, fidelity, and the indissolubility of the marriage bond. He also points out the importance of having the proper approach to the marriage celebration and wedding reception. Pope Francis encourages engaged couples to opt for modest and simple celebrations “in which love takes precedence over everything else” (AL 212) because love has the power to unite spouses if it is “strengthened and sanctified by grace [of the sacrament]”.
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This study is necessary for a betterunderstanding of religious and social inclusion of Gypsy people fromRomania, by The Romanian Orthodox Church. The study completes the picture of historical events to which the Gypsies participated. In other words, the study is important because it shows us that the Church is not guilty for the Gypsy slavery in Moldova and Ungro Vlahia, although it does not infirm the research findings of previous historians, but it speaks us about some events which they have not considered important. We know about Saint Antim Ivireanu who took care of Gypsy people. Wefind out about his concern for the Gypsies from the indications that he gave to the monks of the monastery he founded. Also, the Patriarch Miron Cristea showed a lot of interest in bringing the Gypsies to the Church. The Patriarch was the godfather for one or more gypsy children and he delegated more gypsy missionaries. This missionary activity was continued, after the fall of Communism, by Archbishop Varsanufie, which founded in his diocese an office of catechesis the Gypsies and ordained gypsy priests for this mission. The Romanian Orthodox Church ordained gypsy priests immediately after the abolition of slavery, which took place in 1856, and this reality shows us that the Church purposed the religious and social inclusion of gypsies from Romania.
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Wishing to pay homage to Father Gavril Relea, we will try through this study to evoke some important moments in the pastoral-missionary, cultural and philanthropic activity of this worthy servant of God, who suffered a lot during the Horthy period, being expelled. by the Hungarian authorities in Cluj and refugee, temporarily (1940-1945), within the Diocese of Timișoara, during the pastorate of the worthy of mention Bishop Vasile Lăzărescu.
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This chapter presents the new book releases in the field of Theology, each one with a short description. The volumes are edited by the publishing houses of the Romanian Patriarchate (Ed. Basilica, Ed. Trinitas, Editura Institutului Biblic și de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române), the publishing house of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja (Ed. Cuvântul Vieții), and other publishing houses of the suffragan dioceses.
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The pastoral letter presents the message of the bishop of the diocese on the occasion of the celebration of Easter in 2019. Containing short teachings of faith and pastoral exhortations, the letter was read in all the churches in its jurisdiction.
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The pastoral letter presents the message of the bishop of the diocese on the occasion of the celebration of Easter in 2019. Containing short teachings of faith and pastoral exhortations, the letter was read in all the churches in its jurisdiction.
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The pastoral letter presents the message of the bishop of the diocese on the occasion of the celebration of Easter in 2019. Containing short teachings of faith and pastoral exhortations, the letter was read in all the churches in its jurisdiction.
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The pastoral letter presents the message of the bishop of the diocese on the occasion of the celebration of Easter in 2019. Containing short teachings of faith and pastoral exhortations, the letter was read in all the churches in its jurisdiction.
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The pastoral letter presents the message of the bishop of the diocese on the occasion of the celebration of Easter in 2019. Containing short teachings of faith and pastoral exhortations, the letter was read in all the churches in its jurisdiction.
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