scholarly journals Troens grund

1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-123
Author(s):  
Henning Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Word Of Faith ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Written Word ◽  
God's Image

The Basis of Faithby Henning SørensenIn the period 1811-23 Grundtvig is forced into a continuous process of differentiation in the Bible in an attempt to find the Word of God that is the basis of faith. But in the course of the Church year 1822-23 this process is interrupted by Grundtvig’s discovery of the power of the audible word, a discovery that the audible word is better suited to being the word by which faith is born, fed, strengthened, and therefore, grows. The word of man is not just a sound, but can be “tuned” to have a spiritual content. In other words, faith is born and strengthened by the word being heard, and faith in this audible word implies that it seeks to be professed. The unparalleled discovery in 1825 is therefore already being prepared for in 1823, even though right up to the 9th Sunday in Trinity 1825 Grundtvig may be retaining the written word as the basis of faith, in an attempt to defend himself against unbelievers.In 1832 Grundtvig reaches a new understanding of mankind that goes against his Lutheran origins. Recreation must now start from what is created by the Creation and what has fallen of Man at the Fall. This Man is capable of believing and verbalising this faith. The life of Jesus was a divine life lived under the laws of human nature. This life can be linked to Man’s by Man being baptized with Jesus’ baptism and thereby sharing in the blessing that was heard at His baptism. With regard to this starting-point, that is, baptism, Jesus is born and grows as a child together with Mankind to consummation.Since Man was created by a Creative Word, he should remain true to the purpose of creation through faith. But Man doubted, the Fall occurred, and faith became blind. It shrank until it was no more than a vague memory of the original life in God’s image. Through re-creation the heart hears a Word that corresponds to the original Word of Creation, and the faith created at the Creation is re-created into a Christian faith through the Word of faith that illuminates the truth. This does not mean, however, that the faith given to all people at the Creation has no further purpose. For that is precisely the faith which is the source of the Christian faith, and this faith will still be a prerequisite if men are to believe one another and human life is to be lived at all.The blind and the seeing faith, like the fallen and the raised man, are therefore of the same nature. But the seeing faith knows where truth is to be found and will be able to believe this truth if it can be helped towards it.

scholarly journals Seks Menurut Alkitab Sebagai Kontribusi Bagi Pengajaran Gereja Masa Kini

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Junius Halawa
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Church

ABSTRAKSeks menurut Alkitab sebagai kontribusi bagi pengajaran gereja masa kini. Tujuan tulisan ini untuk menggali dan menjelaskan konsep seks di dalam Alkitab. Alkitab adalah firman Allah tertulis sebagai landasan iman dan sumber pengajaran yang sehat, misalnya pendidikan seks kepada jemaat. Jauh sebelum manusia diciptakan Allah telah merancang seks bagi kehidupan manusia. Sehingga seks harus dipahami sebagai karunia Allah yang baik, mulia dan nikmat. Namun pada faktanya sebagian orang mengangap seks sebagai sesuatu yang kotor atau hanya pemuas hawa nafsu manusia. Konsekwensiya ialah banyak orang melakukan tindakan seks yang salah diantaranya: perzinahan, onani atau mastrubasi, homoseksual, lesbian dan pedofilia. Berdasarkan hasil penggalian Alkitab, maka seks menggunakan istilah: “satu daging” dan “bersetubuh”. Lebih dalam Alkitab menyatakan bahwa seks merupakan inisiatif Allah sendiri kepada laki-laki dan perempuan, sehingga seks baik adanya. Seks hanya diizinkan Allah kepada seorang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan yang telah masuk dalam pernikahan yang diberkati Tuhan. Pada hakekatnya seks memiliki empat dimensi, yakni: Dimensi rekreasi, dimensi prokreasi, dimensi relasi dan dimensi refleksi. Jika diamati secara baik antara konsep seks yang disaksikan oleh  Alkitab dengan perilaku manusia diera ini, maka telah telah banyak terjadi penyimpangan. Oleh karena itu, fenomena ini merupakan bagian dari tanggungjawab gereja dan hamba Tuhan untuk melakukan langkah-langkah pencegahan dan penangan dosa seksual diantaranya: Memberikan pengajaran seks yang Alkitabiah, membuat program yang kreatif dan inofatif dan melaksanakan pelayanan pastoral konseling. Kata kunci: seks atau seksual.   ABSTRACT Sex according to the Bible as a contribution to the teaching of the church today. The purpose of this paper is to explore and explain the concept of sex in the Bible. The Bible is the written word of God as a foundation of faith and a source of healthy teaching, for example sex education to the congregation. Long before humans were created God had designed sex for human life. So sex must be understood as a gift from God that is good, noble and delicious. But in fact some people regard sex as something dirty or just satisfying human desires. The consequence is that many people commit wrong sexual acts including:

scholarly journals Guds ord besunget af Grundtvig

1975 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Uffe Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Lord's Prayer ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Theological Foundations ◽  
Father Relationship ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Church

The Word of God, Celebrated by GrundtvigBy Uffe HansenThis essay is a series o f interpretations o f not so well-known poems by Grundtvig on the theological foundations common to all Lutheran churches. Throughout his ministry (1810-72) Grundtvig was aware that the expression, the Word o f God, was an ambiguous one. In his hymns therefore he endeavoured to discover how it is to be understood and how it works. These brief interpretations fall into five chapters: the Word as Subject, the Word o f Life, the Word o f the Church, the Written Word, and the Living Voice.In a hymn which originally appeared in Krønike-Rim (Chronicle Rhymes) in 1829, the Church’s foundation is the Creative Word, which has sanctified baptism and the Eucharist (Sang-Værk 1.1). A further investigation of this thought is to be found in a number o f didactic poems which appeared in manuscript form in Grundtvig’s own handwriting in, amongst others, Dansk Ravnegalder in 1860, for which some verses are borrowed for the hymn Vanæret vor Drot kom i sin Grav (Our King Dishonoured was Laid to Rest), no. 236 in the Danish Hymn Book. At the resurrection it was the Creative Word  of Goc( that lived again. At Whitsun the Word o f God created His Church, in which Jesus is present as one in all, though invisible for the world. Grundtvig’s particular understanding o f the Word as that which characterizes man had a considerable influence on his thoughts about the Word o f God, as in the poem Ordets Kvaede (The Song of the Word) Sang-Værk (Hymn Work) 5-161. Only words that come from the heart and go to the heart can animate us and bring us the true and necessary enlightenment (Grundtvig also strongly opposes the thought that we have words in order to hide our thoughts - Talleyrand - but agrees with Edward Young’s use o f the word in his poem The Love o f Fame). When a person is touched by the Word of God, he may speak the truth about the invisible, but he will lie when he speaks only from his own inner emotional upheaval, which is not created by God. These lies will be annihilated by the Word o f God at the end o f the world. There is a kinship between the Word  of God and the Word o f Man; it is the mother o f thoughts and may be regarded as a picture of the Christ-child. The world cannot know itself unless it recognizes this kinship, according to Grundtvig.The most important task o f the Word is to bring life from God to man, not merely the Christian life, but the word for all things spiritual which are hidden from the eyes o f the world. When Grundtvig says it is only at baptism and the Eucharist that we hear the Word of God speaking to us, it must not be understood to mean a limitation on the scope of the Word of'God, but that in other places it is brought together with the human Word and its participation. In all discussion about God a conversation takes place between people about something that only God knows, but which a person can believe when he meets it and answers yes to His word - as at baptism and the Eucharist. In the poem Livets Ord (The Word o f Life) Sang-Værk 5-229, the Bible is called a letter from heaven, but not the book o f life. All human life is only a loan from the Creator’s breath; but this will first be revealed in eternity.The hymn Op til Guds Huus vi gaae (We are Going up to God’s House) is about the Word o f the Church. Originally this hymn described not only the Word o f God to man at baptism, but also (in a verse omitted in the Danish Hymn Book) the Word o f G od at the Eucharist. The verse in question says that at the Eucharist God kisses man in such a way as to give him a heavenly child mind. In Grundtvig’s hymns the kiss is not the lover’s kiss to his bride, but the Father’s kiss to His child. Grundtvig finds the same paternal love expressed in the Lord’s Prayer: only sons and daughters o f God can say this prayer, in a child-father relationship with God. The Word o f God in church is also the blessing. All speech in church must rest on the Church’s ancient words, which are few, as Jesus wished them to be. And whoever presents them cannot rule over them, but has them only, as it were, on loan; whereas whoever hears them receives them as a gift to be converted into deeds.In 1856 Grundtvig wrote a poem about the Bible and Christianity which expresses what was for him the curious thought that the Spirit o f God is sovereign in the orally transmitted word, because it is not »stolen« from the written word. The Bible is like a tree with many mysterious leaves that can inspire the poet - like birds who build their nests in the tree. It is not from the tree that they receive the very spirit they are singing from.When Grundtvig makes the spoken word sovereign over the written, it is because it was with the spoken word that God created Time - as the poem Havamal puts it - Poetical Works IX - 293. In 1863 Grundtvig wrote the poem Røsten (The Voice) on the same subject; an interpretation by Uffe Hansen is to be found in Grundtvig Studies 1958, pp36-46. In this poem man’s hymn o f thanksgiving is the »Heart’s Echo« o f God’s living voice which created the world.

Life and Death

2016 ◽  
pp. 422-442
Author(s):  
Jana Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Artificial Reproduction ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Salvation History ◽  
The Creation

This chapter places Catholic teaching on questions of life and death against the background of a Catholic vision of salvation history, emphasizing that Catholics see no necessary opposition between Christian faith and progress in scientific understanding of the creation. The chapter then considers questions concerning abortion, contraception, and techniques for artificial reproduction. The second half of the chapter focuses on questions concerning death. Catholic teaching views human life in this world as finite, and thus sees death as intrinsic to the current human condition. After considering Catholic teaching on euthanasia, the chapter considers Catholic discussion of war, the death penalty, and care for the environment.

scholarly journals Breed se bybelse pastorale model Skriftuurlik begrond in 2 Petrus 1:3–11: ’n Eksegetiese toeligting

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douw G. Breed
Keyword(s):  
Word Of God ◽  
Peter 1 ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Research Publications ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Born Again ◽  
2 Peter ◽  
Historical Model

Breed’s biblical pastoral model Scripturally grounded in 2 Peter 1:3–11: An exegetical elucidation: In his recent research, Gert Breed has formulated a biblical pastoral model. From his own publications as well as from publications of other researchers, it is clear that Breed’s model is of great value to pastoral counsellors. Although elements of the model are included in other people’s research publications, Breed has not yet published a complete description of his model. The purpose of this article is to provide Breed’s pastoral model with a biblical foundation from 2 Peter 1:3–11 within the context of the entire letter. The method used in this study was to do exegesis of 2 Peter 1:3–11 according to the grammatical-historical model, and to use the results of the exegesis to biblically ground the different elements of Breed’s pastoral model. The article found that seven important elements of Breed’s model can be Scripturally grounded in 2 Peter 1:3–11, namely: (1) the meta-theoretical starting point regarding the Bible as the Word of God; (2) the need for someone receiving counselling to be born again; (3) the importance of a counselee’s relationship with God; (4) change in the life of a counselee through insight; (5) external and internal motivation of a counselee; (6) perseverance in a new life; and (7) the counselee as diakonos of Jesus Christ. Breed’s pastoral model is already useful for pastoral counsellors. The exegetical grounding presented in this study increases the usefulness of the model.

scholarly journals PEMIKIRAN TEOLOGIS EDUKATIF YOHANES CALVIN SERTA RELEVANSINYA BAGI PENDIDIKAN BERGEREJA MASA KINI

Tumou Tou ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Jeane Marie Tulung ◽  
Yornan Masinamboue
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church

The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand how the thought of John Calvin who was a famous reformer figure from time to time. Calvin paid great attention to Christian education especially in the church. He arranged systematically the way, the content of the teaching, as well as the qualifications, self-image of the teachers both pastors and religious teachers who were all based on the Bible and to glorify God. The method used in this paper is a qualitative research method with a literature study study in which the researcher reviews, compares, formulates and analyzes Calvin's thoughts both in his life context, his thoughts through books, documents, journals and other relevant literature studies. From the findings it can be said that Calvin's educative theological thought is purely based on the Bible. For Calvin, the teaching of the Christian faith is determined by the Bible and interpretations that are right and right and can have a good influence on the church and society. Calvin is always thinking of the right way so that the quality of the faith of the congregation continues to develop well and can be implemented in a variety of social life. In the midst of challenges today the church is required not to be carried away by various kinds of ideas that do not emphasize the Bible as the basis of human life. As it was done, Calvin the priests, teachers of religion today are required with full responsibility to think deeply about ways to continue to nourish the true Christian faith based on the Scriptures so that the quality of their faith is well preserved and lives glorifying God.

scholarly journals Does the Christian worldview provide a place for the law of attraction? (Part 2): An apologetic evaluation of the way the Bible is used in promoting this idea

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani�l J. Maritz ◽  
Henk G. Stoker
Keyword(s):  
Word Of God ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Biblical Law ◽  
Word Of Faith ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Christian Worldview ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Of Attraction ◽  
Positive Confession ◽  
The Church

This article investigates the biblical motivation that is given for the secular idea of the so-called spiritual law of attraction to become part of Christian doctrine. In 2010 Pastor At Boshoff of the Christian Revival Church (CRC) preached two sermons on the law of attraction in which he claimed it as a powerful principle in the Word of God. According to him this biblical �law� provides human beings with physical manifestations of their thoughts and words. The idea to create one�s own favourable future through the law of attraction flows from a New Age worldview and is similar to the positive confession doctrine taught by popular Word of Faith teachers. Boshoff�s claim regarding the law of attraction cannot be deduced from the key Scripture passages he uses, which reflects an unfounded use of Scripture to promote this idea.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article challenges the secular infiltration of the Law of Attraction in the church. This is important since the so-called Law of Attraction was preached by Pastor A. Boshoff of the CRC. Many of his listeners embrace his teaching although it reflects a poor exposition and application of Scripture.

scholarly journals ABORSI DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF ETIKA KRISTEN

JURNAL LUXNOS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Yosia Belo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Church

Abstract: This research is a qualitative study on abortion from the perspective of Christian faith. This research was conducted to provide academic arguments and scientific references for the Church against the rampant abortion practices and practices, especially in big cities including Jakarta. Using a qualitative approach, it is found that from a Christian ethical perspective, the act of abortion cannot be justified and chosen as an ethical decision because it contradicts or is contrary to the teachings of the Bible. Because God so loves human life and is even willing to send His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem humans from sin. So that humans are not justified in ending the life of an innocent and wronged baby just for practical reasons. Abstrak: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif terhadap aborsi ditinjau dari perspektif iman Kristen. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memberikan argumentasi akademis dan referensi ilmiah bagi Gereja terhadap maraknya tindakan dan praktik aborsi terutama di kota-kota besar termasuk Jakarta. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dijumpai bahwa dari perspektif etika Kristen, maka tindakan aborsi tidak dapat dibenarkan dan dipilih sebagai keputusan etis karena bertolakbelakang atau berlawanan dengan ajaran Alkitab. Karena Allah begitu mencintai kehidupan manusia bahkan rela mengutus Anak-Nya yang tunggal, yaitu Yesus Kristus untuk menebus manusia dari dosa. Sehingga manusia tidak dibenarkan mengakhiri kehidupan bayi yang tidak berdosa dan besalah hanya karena alasan-alasan yang praktis.

scholarly journals Ineransi Alkitab sebagai Dasar Kurikulum Pendididikan Kristen

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
Hardi Budiyana
Keyword(s):  
Christian Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Eternal Life ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Individual

Inerrancy means the Bible is infallible. Because the Bible was revealed by God the Holy Spirit Himself. Even though the researcher is a sinner; however, the initiator is a God who cannot do wrong. The Holy Spirit uses all the individual potentials (shortcomings and strengths) of the Bible writers and is completely under the leadership and control of the Holy Spirit, so that what the authors of the books of the Bible write do not come from the author, but from God concerning the Word of God himself. A Christian can accept this inerrant biblical quality, so he must also accept other biblical qualities. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method regarding the Christian education curriculum that must be based on the inerrancy of the Bible. Biblical inerrancy emphasizes that the Bible is the Word of God, the Bible was written without errors because the idea of writing came from God. The curriculum is structured based on the inerrancy of the Bible with the aim of Christian education so that learners know God's work of salvation in and through the Lord Jesus alone, so that they believe that Jesus is God, so that those who believe have eternal life and their lives are changed by the Holy Spirit through the power of the Bible. The power of the Bible is because the Bible is the Word of God. Nothing can survive under the sovereignty of God's written Word, which is the Bible. Therefore, the Christian religious education curriculum is built based on the Bible in order to achieve its goals.Ineransi berarti Alkitab tidak mungkin salah. Karena Alkitab diwahyukan oleh Allah Roh Kudus sendiri. Walau penelitinya adalah orang berdosa; namun, inisiatornya adalah Allah yang tidak mungkin berbuat salah. Roh Kudus menggunakan semua potensi individual (kekurangan dan kelebihan) penulis Alkitab dan secara utuh berada dalam pimpinan dan kontrol Roh Kudus, sehingga yang ditulis oleh penulis kitab dalam Alkitab bukanlah berasal dari penulis, melainkan dari Allah mengenai Firman Allah sendiri. Orang Kristen dapat menerima sifat Alkitab yang ineransi ini, maka ia pasti juga menerima sifat-sifat Alkitab yang lain. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif mengenai kurikulum pendidikan  Kristen harus didasarkan pada ineransi Alkitab.  Ineransi Alkitab menekankan Alkitab adalah Firman Tuhan, Alkitab ditulis tanpa ada kesalahan karena ide dari tulisan berasal dari Allah. Kurikulum disusun berdasar pada ineransi Alkitab dengan tujuan Pendidikan Kristen agar pembelajar mengenal karya keselamatan Allah di dalam dan melalui Tuhan Yesus saja, supaya percaya bahwa Yesuslah Allah, sehingga yang percaya beroleh hidup yang kekal dan hidupnya diubah oleh Roh Kudus melalui kuasa Alkitab. Kuasa Alkitab adalah karena Alkitab adalah Firman Allah. Tidak ada yang dapat bertahan di bawah kedaulatan Firman Tuhan yang tertulis, yaitu Alkitab. Karena itu kurikulum pendidikan Agama Kristen dibangun berdasarkan Alkitab agar mencapai tujuan.

scholarly journals Twórczość Aliny Szapocznikow w świetle hermeneutyki egzystencjalnej (na wybranych przykładach)

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-128
Author(s):  
Marcel Skierski
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Radical Theory ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
Mother Earth ◽  
The Impact

 The essay is a response to a biographical dominant of the critical discourse on the works of Alina Szapocznikow. It seems to miss an aspect of her sculpture which isthe most important from the point of view of art history – that of the impact of thespecific works on the spectator. Such an objective of art history has been formulated by Michael Brötje, the founder of the existential-hermeneutic study of art. That radical theory, based on the dismissal of the discourses which are external to the artistic object, instead turning the critic’s attention to the medium as the meaningful foundation of the work, is adequate to a perspective adopted in the present essay. It has been modified to fit sculpture since Brötje himself applied it mainly to painting. The essay includes analyses of her three works: “Stopy (Fetysz V),” “Maria Magdalena,” and “Dwuczęściowa.” In each case, the existential-hermeneutic method has been applied; focusing mainly on the impact of the medium, as well as the term “creation-analogy” has been used, also originally introduced by Brötje. That term makes it possible to express nonreflective qualities which constitute the meanings of the works in question. The descriptions present evidence that such qualities are inseparably connected to the substance of sculpture and stem from its structural order.The analysis of “Stopy (Fetysz V)” introduces the term “creation-analogy,” demonstrating that a description which reveals the artifact’s impact does not have tobe related to meanings implemented by external discourses. Autonomous reflectionon the work’s medium points at a visual analogy to the key stages of the history of salvation described in the Bible. A biblical parable, so distant from the usual contexts which have determined the perception of the work, coherently grasps each of the sculpture’s elements. Another analysis proves that the content can be intentionally grafted on the medium. In “Maria Magdalena,” Szapocznikow presented in a concise way the life of the title figure, including the stages of her advancement to sainthood shown in the Scripture. That allowed the critic to show a possible connection of the artist’s intention with a visual analogue. The description offered stresses also the formal complexity of the sculpture, which makes it difficult to follow the perceptual logic of the work. That contributes to a network of meanings, graspable only through non-rational contemplation. The last analysis demonstrates that Szapocznikow’s works can also generate parables which are not related to religion. “Dwuczęściowa” turns out to express the artist’s opinion on the influence of technology on human life. Still, the sculpture reveals also meanings far from those opinions, activating the archetype of “Mother-Earth.” That analogy, unrelated to biblical topics, is quite general, yet intelligible to all spectators who enjoy contemplation. The conclusion is that the results presented must be systematized to become a starting point for a future theory of systematic analysis of sculpture in terms of existential-hermeneutic study of art.

scholarly journals Man And Redemption

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Władysław Łydka
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
Concrete Language ◽  
Eternal Salvation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biblical Sources ◽  
Current Experience

What conclusions of the Pope’s doctrine are significant for our way of teachingthe treaty on Redemption?/) e lecture should include an analysis of the concrete existential situationof today’s individual, our nation and all modern humanity. Awarenessof the contemporary existential situation and contemporary conditions shouldbe both a starting point in the considerations on the Redemption, their relevanceand indispensability, as does political theology or liberation theology in theirown way, and the basis which makes it possible that lectures on Redemptionwould demonstrate its significance for today’s man and teach people effectiveconcern for specific matters of existence of Others. When talking about theeffects of Redemption, one should ask what is its significance today for human existence, for example in the burning matter of human dignity and rights, orin the field of the Church’s tasks in the world. us, both the starting point andeffects of the Redemption should be presented in a concrete way, in relationto the current socio-historical situation, based on current experience.() All teaching on the Redemption should be based on biblical sources,obviously interpreted in light of the last Council and entire Christian Tradition.Referring – to a greater extent – to the content and statements presentedin the Bible, may help to overcome the abstractness and the one-sidednessof traditional soteriological treaties, which consider Redemption only in termsof substitute compensation, the most perfect sacrifice and individualistic andethical participation in the atonement and merits of Christ.X) It is necessary to harmoniously combine – as the Pope does in his Encyclical– various aspects of the doctrine of the Redemption, o6en interpreted separatelyin earlier theological treaties. In the spirit of such a harmonious synthesis,it is necessary to demonstrate the relationship between the work of Redemptionand the work of creation, between the Incarnation and the Passover of Christ,between man’s Redemption and the Redemption of the whole world, betweenmoral liberation from sin and social liberation from all forms of oppression,the concern for eternal salvation and for authentic humanism in earthy life.Z) Among many biblical categories that provide a closer view on the mysteryof Redemption, it is especially important to present the category of love, notonly in order to overcome the narrow, legal and social approach to Redemptionin terms of satisfaction and merit, but above all because love is a preeminentcategory in the theory of Christian revelation, the attitude and action mostappropriate for God and for every human being, and the source or bond of trueand full communion between people and God.9) One should teach about the Redemption using a concrete language,and not the abstract one. When analyzing the biblical texts it is necessary to explainthat the revelation of the mystery of the Redemption took place gradually,within the framework of history, in the context of certain cultural categories,that people were redeemed from the situation of sin through concrete events,carried out by God throughout history, especially through life, death and resurrectionof Christ.e Christ who lived in a certain place and in a certain time carried outthe Redemption by restoring the broken covenant of mankind with God, andtoday He allows us to enjoy the effects of the Redemption. rough meetingand uniting with Him in faith and love, confirmed and strengthened in thesacraments, each person regains the highest dignity and the possibility of fulldevelopment. us, the teaching on Redemption using a concrete language will be thus also tantamount to emphasizing the historical, Christocentric andpersonalist character of Redemption.Y) Finally, following the biblical approach, one should refrain from confiningoneself to recognize the mystery of the Redemption in a purely objectiveand essentializing manner – which was common in earlier textbooks – fromcarrying out considerations about its essence in isolation from man and hissituation, but instead one should try to recognize this mystery in terms of itsrole in human life and humanity, its significance for specific human history, itsinfluence on human activity and human culture.

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