scholarly journals Uma Igreja a partir do pobre. Interpelações teológicas e pastorais

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (304) ◽  
pp. 844-860
Author(s):  
Cesar Kuzma
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church

Síntese: O trabalho de pesquisa que aqui apresentamos busca oferecer interpelações teológicas e pastorais daquilo que se pode definir e compreender de uma Igreja que se configura a partir do pobre. Temos por base que esta argumentação não se dá por um viés sociológico, mas teológico, pois vai ao encontro do princípio maior da fé cristã, que é a encarnação: Deus que se faz humano o faz na totalidade e se revela em magnitude na vulnerabilidade de toda a existência, assumindo e vivendo a nossa pobreza. Ele assume toda a nossa condição e esperança, caminhando aos limites da vida e da história. De frente a este fato é que se pode contemplar a amplitude do mistério que em Cristo se revela e de onde nasce a Igreja, de sua pessoa e de sua missão. Este trabalho está dividido em quatro partes, sendo que as duas primeiras têm a intenção de fundamentar a nossa intenção, e as duas últimas num caráter mais conclusivo: na primeira traremos algumas perguntas que nos interpelam na fé, é onde aparecerão as inquietações e as fundamentações do tema que estamos apresentando. Na segunda parte, destacaremos os apontamentos que estão sendo realizados pelo Papa Francisco que, em seus discursos e atitudes tem conclamado a Igreja a ser a casa dos pobres. Já na terceira e na última parte, traremos algumas teses que nos conduzem a refletir sobre o tema proposto e uma breve conclusão, declarando bem-aventurados os que têm fome e sede de justiça.Palavras-chave: Igreja. Pobres. Igreja dos Pobres. Papa Francisco.Abstract: The research which we present here intends to provide theological and pastoral interpellations of what may be defined and understood from a Church that configures itself out of the poor. We believe this argumentation does not take place through a sociological bias, but through a theological one. For it corresponds to the major principle of the Christian faith, which is the incarnation: God who became human performs it in its fullness, and reveals himself mightily in the vulnerability of the entire existence. He lives our poverty and assumes our poverty. He assumes our condition and our hope completely, walking until the limits of life and history. It is through this vision that we can contemplate the breadth of the mystery which in Christ reveals itself and from where the Church was born, from his person and mission. This work is divided into four parts: the first two intend to support our goal, and the last two have a more conclusive character. At the first part, we are going to bring some questions that challenge us in faith; it is where the uneasinesses and the groundings of the issue that we present are going to appear. In the second part, we are going to highlight the indications which Pope Francis has been doing. Through his speeches and attitudes, he has been calling the Church to be the house of the poor. In the third and last part, we are going to bring some arguments that lead us to reflect on the proposed theme and a brief conclusion, declaring blessed those who are hunger and thirst for justice.Keywords: Church. Poor. Church of the Poor. Pope Francis.

scholarly journals Cristianos en tiempo de pandemia

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Raúl Pariamachi
Keyword(s):  
World Order ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Present World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Global Solidarity ◽  
The Way ◽  
Religious Imaginary

The Covid-19 pandemic has to be considered as a biopolitic fact to be discerned from the point of view of our Christian faith. This article tackles three questions related to the pandemic. First it will critically analyze the religious imaginary that spontaneously surged with this pandemic. Then the experience in the church will be examined especially the way we now relate to each other. This will be done through the lenses of the reform principle, the pastoral criterium and the priority of the poor. The third part will study the global solidarity that the present world order requires now. Keywords: Covid-19, Religious Imaginery, Church, Solidarity

Mengkaji Bahaya Sinkretisme dalam Konteks Gereja

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Yesri E. Talan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Absolute Truth ◽  
In Christ ◽  
True Knowledge ◽  
The Church

Syncretism is not just phenomenology in the church but is a real and serious problem. Syncretism is a mixture of Christian faith and culture that results in the congregation losing its identity as a believer, blurred beliefs and do not have absolute truth. Syncretism in the church is a real and serious problem in the life of the church because it negatively impacts spiritual growth.The church cannot grow in true knowledge about Jesus Christ because of the dualism of belief, so Jesus Christ is not the only way of truth and life. The method used in this paper is theological qualitative research. Qualitative is a research method that emphasizes an in-depth understanding of a problem with the process of observation and interview. Conducting literature review and exposition of verses related to the discussion material. This research is descriptive. The results obtained are found the danger of syncretism to the church, namely: the absence of absolute truth in Christ because of the dualism that affects the spiritual growth of the church. Abstrak Sinkretisme bukan hanya fenomenologi di gereja tetapi menjadi masalah nyata dan serius. Sinkretisme adalah percampuran antara iman Kristen dengan budaya yang mengakibatkan jemaat kehilangan identitasnya sebagai orang percaya, kepercayaannya kabur dan tidak memiliki kebenaran absolut. Sinkretisme adalah masalah serius dalam kehidupan gereja karena memiliki dampak negatif pada pertumbuhan rohani. Gereja tidak dapat bertumbuh dalam pengenalan yang benar akan Yesus Kristus karena dualisme kepercayaan, sehingga Yesus Kristus bukanlah satu-satunya jalan kebenaran dan kehidupan. Metode yang dipakai dalam peulisan ini adalah kualitatif teologi. Kualitatif adalah metode penelitian yang menekankan pada suatu pemahaman secara mendalam terhadap suatu masalah dengan proses observasi dan wawancara. Melakukan kajian pustaka dan eksposisi ayat-ayat yang berkaitan dengan materi pembahasan. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif. Hasil yang diperoleh adalah ditemukan adanya bahaya sinkretisme terhadap jemaat, yaitu: tidak adanya kebenaran mutlak di dalam Kritus karena adanya dualisme yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan rohani jemaat.

scholarly journals Pope Francis and Catholic Healthcare Ethics

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-201
Author(s):  
Cathleen Kaveny
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Third ◽  
Catholic Healthcare ◽  
The Church

This article examines the influence of Pope Francis on Catholic healthcare ethics. The first section offers an analytical summary of his ethics. The second section reviews a “Franciscan” approach to Catholic healthcare ethics, which situates that field within the broader context of Catholic social teaching. The third section analyzes the implications of three of Francis’s most powerful metaphors: his injunction to “go to the peripheries”; his contrast between a throwaway culture and a culture of encounter; and his comparison of the church to a field hospital.

scholarly journals An enquiry on poverty discourses in public theology for the calling of the church to respond to poverty: A case for the Africa Inland Church in Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah K. Tenai
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Square ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Africa Inland Church ◽  
Poverty Levels ◽  
The Church

As an emergent and rapidly growing international field of study, public theology has its focus on how Christian faith and practice impact on ordinary life. Its principle concern is thewell-being of society. In Africa, and in Kenya in particular, where poverty levels are still high, there is a need to enquire into the value and efficacy of the poverty discourses in publictheology, for the calling of the church to respond to poverty. One of the main and fast growingchurches in Kenya, the Africa Inland Church (AIC), has vast resources used for, amongst otherthings, various on-going work amidst the poor and the vulnerable in remote and poor areas. Due to the unrelenting nature of poverty in Kenya, the AIC needs a theological perspective, which is sufficiently sensitive to poverty and can enable it to respond to poverty moreeffectively. Public theology’s emphasis on gaining an entrée into the public square andadopting the agenda of communities, including public theology’s calling on churches toactively participate in rational and plausible public discourses, can assist the AIC to respondeffectively to the challenge of poverty in Kenya.

scholarly journals Misericórdia: opção fundamental para o agir cristão na atualidade

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellton Luis Sbardella ◽  
Clélia Peretti
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sacred Scripture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

O presente artigo apresenta reflexões bíblicas e do magistério da Igrejasobre o tema da misericórdia. A misericórdia é o fundamento para os desafios que a fé cristã enfrenta diante das diferentes manifestações de violência na nossa sociedade. O tema da misericórdia está presente na Sagrada Escritura e no Catecismo da Igreja Católica (CIC), o qual nos mostra a concretização da ação misericordiosa de Deus em Jesus para todo ser humano. A Bula Misericordiae Vultus, do Papa Francisco, na  proclamação do Jubileu Extraordinárioda Misericórdia, apresenta com clareza o rosto da misericórdia de Deus, sua presença e ações manifestas no caminhar e na história do povo. O desafio do cristão hoje é uma prática evangélica da misericórdia, que ofereça respostas de libertação àquilo que fere a dignidade do homem e da mulher.Palavras-chave: Misericordiae Vultus. Deus é misericórdia. Violência e misericórdia.Abstract: The present article presents biblical reflections and the magisterium of the Church on the subject of mercy. Mercy is the foundation for the challenges that the Christian faith faces in the face of the different manifestations of violence in our society. The theme of mercy is present in Sacred Scripture and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) which shows us the concreteness of the merciful action of God in Jesus for every human being. The Bull Misericordiae Vultus of Pope Francis in the proclamation of the extraordinary jubilee of mercy clearly presents the face of the mercy of God, his presence and actions manifested in the way of the people and in his history. The challenge of the Christian today is an evangelical practice of mercy offering answers of deliverance to that which hurts the dignity of man and woman.Keywords: Misericordiae Vultus. God is mercy. Violence and mercy.

2 Clement

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Pratscher
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Version ◽  
The Church ◽  
Definite Proof

The text of 2 Clement has only survived in three manuscripts. The oldest one, the Codex Alexandrinus (A), ends at 12.5, the complete Greek text can be found in the Codex Hierosolymitanus (H), which dates back to 1056 ce. The third version can be found in a Syrian translation from 1170 ce. In all three documents, 2 Clem has come down to us in connection with 1 Clem, although it is not a letter but a sermon, more precisely: it is a hortatory address. The whole text deals with parenesis. Chapters 1–3 are dominated by Christological argumentation, in chapters 4–18 the eschatological argumentation has priority. Chapters 19f are a secondary supplement, which probably served as an introduction to chapters 1–18, the original sermon. This can be concluded from linguistic and factual aspects. The author is unknown. He is definitely not the author of 1 Clem, which can be concluded from numerous linguistic differences as well as from different theological views. The assumed opponents are most probably to be found in the context of the emergent Gnosticism, but the author does not focus on a direct confrontation with these opponents. Possible places of origin are Rome, Corinth, Antioch, and Alexandria. In the recent research, Alexandria seems to gain more and more acceptance, based especially on the fact that the author is familiar with Egyptian traditions of his time. It is highly probable that the text was written around 150 ce, and 2 Clem shows that the author is acquainted with the traditions of the Old and New Testaments. Concerning Christian traditions, it can be assumed that he was familiar with the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but there is no definite proof of this. In addition to texts, which can later be found in canonical documents, 2 Clem also makes use of apocryphal traditions or texts. The formation of the canon was not yet finished at this time. The basic aim of 2 Clem is parenesis. The focus is on the goal to organize life in Christian faith appropriately. Theological topics are oriented toward this goal. God is a creator and a saviour. In his Christology, the author holds the opinion that Jesus is preexistent. It may strike us as remarkable that the author, who is obviously anti-Gnostic, does not estimate pneumatology as important to his audience. The connection between Christ and the church is expressed with the help of syzygies; and interestingly, in this connection the author pleads for the preexistence of the church. In his eschatology, the future version is predominant. Realized eschatological statements can only be found implicitly.

scholarly journals Francis and the Pastoral Geopolitics of Peoples and Their Cultures: A Structural Option for the Poor

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Luciani
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Latin American Theology ◽  
Structural Option ◽  
The Church

In response to the phenomenon of globalization, which has resulted in the exclusion of entire peoples and their cultures, Pope Francis has proposed a pastoral geopolitics that is in keeping with the spirit of Vatican II and Latin American theology. Today’s poor are not only the individually poor, but also “poor-peoples” ( pueblos-pobres). Francis’s pastoral geopolitics seeks to identify the new historical processes being formed on the peripheries, such as social movements for democratic and inclusive societies, processes that the Church should encourage by valuing and incarnating itself in poor-peoples’ “cultures.” His structural option for the poor brings together ecclesiology, geopolitics, and evangelization.

Die kerk in die Nuwe Testament

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M.M. Pelser
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church

The church in the New Testament The article explores the documents of the New Testament in search of the concept church' and finds that,  in a nutshell, the answers are as follows: the  Spirit-controlled, charismatic togetherness of people 'in Christ' (Paul); cross-bearing followers of Jesus (Mk); the people of God on their way through history (Lk-Ac); the faithful locked in battle with Satanic powers, but with the expectation of occupying the heavenly Jerusalem (Rv); the  community with which Christ became solidary, and which is heading for its heavenly place of rest (Reb); the poor but pious community, putting their faith into practice (Ja); the body of Christ in which his universal reign can be experienced (Col); the sphere in which salvation is  realized (Eph); disciples following Jesus as God-with us, experiencing the  rift between synagogue and church (Mt); friends and confidants of Christ, living at loggerheads with the synagogue (In); the household of God, governed by householders (Pastorals); and the socia-ly ostracized elect of God whose way of life should be a demonstration of their otherness as Christians (1 Pt).

The Church as an Ecological Community: Practising Eco-Ecclesiology in the Ecological Crisis of Indonesia

Ecclesiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Yusak Budi Setyawan
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Ecological Community ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
Triune God ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church

Abstract Given the ecological crisis in Indonesia, the churches must implement an ecclesiological reconstruction based on the church as an ecological community and on the understanding that the churches are an inseparable part of Indonesian society and cultures which emphasise respect for nature, while at the same time reconstructing their identity in the Christian faith tradition rooted in the Triune God, faith in Christ as Saviour, and an eschatological dimension. Ecclesial praxis will promote ecological awareness among church members, involvement in conservation efforts and in making public policies related to ecological issues.

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