Keteladanan Kepala Rumah Tangga Sebagai Penatua Jemaat Untuk Pertumbuhan Gereja Berdasarkan 1 Timotius 3:5

This essay aims to find a correlation between the life example of the head of the household who acts also as a leader of the congregation and the growth of the Church. The author uses the statement in 1 Timothy 3:5 as the basic text, as well as the main inspiration for this description. The methodology used by the author in this research is a literature study. The author develops the topic of discussion by reviewing books, scientific articles, and other literature that discussed the same topic. Based on the analysis of the text of 1 Tim 3:5 the author emphasizes the importance of a church leader who is proven to be responsible for household affairs, namely being able to manage his own house and meet the needs of family members. The reputation of the Church in the development of the congregation will depend on the example of the church leader in managing his own household and his congregation.

Pastoral Bagi Keluarga Dalam Situasi Khusus Menurut Paus Fransiskus Dalam Anjuran Apostolik Amoris Laetitia

The article deals with pastoral care for family according to Amoris Laetitia. The author’s concern is to discuss the pastoral steps for the families in the face of crisis situations: What kind of pastoral steps can be organized to assist families in crisis situations? This article is based on the study of ecclesial document Amoris Laetitia, a post-synodal apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis addressing the pastoral care of families. First of all, the article describes the basic thoughts of this document, especially those related to the reality and ideals of family life. Then, it shows some practical pastoral thoughts for assisting families in special situations. The results can be a significant contribution for the Church in terms of its important duties and responsibilities in assisting the families today, but also for family pastoral activists. This description concludes that the crisis situation faced by families is not a fact to be constantly regretted, but an opportunity for the Church to show God's mercy to those who are struggling in difficult situations.

Menelaah Makna Kebebasan Individual Berhadapan dengan Protokol Kesehatan Covid 19

One of the recommended solutions to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak is the implementation of health protocols, such as washing hands, wearing masks, maintaining social distance, staying away from crowds, and reducing mobility. However, the implementation of health protocols has raised philosophical questions on the meaning of personal freedom. Do health protocols limit or even hinder a person's freedom? This paper aims to look at the meaning of personal freedom in dealing with health protocols during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on literature studies, the author tries to redefine individual freedom in the context of dealing with a pandemic. Personal freedom is placed in the context of the spirit and efforts to tackle the problems of this pandemic together.

Konsep Tuhan dan Agama Menurut Alfred North Whitehead

This article discusses the concept of God and religion according to Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy. The main issue is how to describe Whitehead's concept of God and its implications for religious life. Whitehead's critique of scientific materialism is an entry point to understand the characteristics of his thought. This criticism leads to Whitehead's cosmology in which each actual entity is in the process of becoming. God is not excluded from this cosmological scheme. In this way of thinking, God is the source of eternal objects or values. God experiences every actual event that occurs in the temporal world. Thus, God can be understood from two perspectives: the former refers to a cosmological frame, while the latter refers to religious experience. In Whitehead's language, God has two distinct natures, a primordial nature, and a consequent nature. From the perspective of religious life, Whitehead's concept of God seems to put more emphasis on divine immanence.

Gereja Partisipatif-Memasyarakat di Tengah Pandemi Covid-19

The essay discusses the concept of the participatory and socially oriented Church in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This topic departs from the reality that the Covid-19 pandemic has limited the activities of society, including ones of the ecclesial communities. The restrictions have an impact on the participation of parishioners both in their ecclesial activities and in their social involvement. In dealing with this reality, the author explores the idea of a participatory and social-involved Church in which the parishioners can take part both internally in Church life and externally in social activities. The Church must get out of the ritualistic confinement and shift the tendency of pastoral activities that are centered merely on the pastor. The method applied in this study is a qualitative method with data collection techniques using a questionnaire via google form. The author concluded that the participatory Church can be seen in its reputation as a community, communion of community, participatory Church, witnessing Church, and agent of transformation.

Misa Lingkungan yang Berdaya Ubah Bagi Persaudaraan Umat Beriman Menurut Kevin W. Irwin dan Paus Yohanes Paulus II

This article aims at examining the effects of misa lingkungan on the ecclesial life of parishioners. The question is whether misa lingkungan has any transformative power for building a communion of parishioners? As a theoretical concept, the author takes some ideas developed by Kevin W. Irwin in his book Models of the Eucharist, as well as some of the main ideas of Pope John Paul II's encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistica. Based on these theological concepts, the author conducted interviews and questionnaires aimed at the parishioners of St. Aloysius Gozaga Parish, Mlati, Semarang Archdiocese. He tries to find out how far the adage lex orandi – lex credendi – lex vivendi influenced the understanding and the living of the parishioners. The author concludes that the Eucharist that is believed, lived, and celebrated has a positive impact on parishioners. The fruits of the Eucharist celebration were seen in their spirit of brotherhood and solidarity for those in need.

Basic Ideas of Rationalism and Empiricism and Some Epistemological Implications

Artikel ini menganalisis beberapa implikasi epistemologis dari dua aliran epistemologi penting dalam zaman Modern – Rasionalisme dan Empirisme. Studi ini menemukan bahwa keduanya memberikan beberapa kontribusi konseptual terhadap Epistemologi dan menawarkan beberapa kemungkinan habitus atau keutamaan epistemik. Sumbangan-sumbangan tersebut meliputi baik struktur dan proses pembentukan pengetahuan, status kapasitas dari fakultas-fakultas kognitif, dasar metafisik pengetahuan, dan dua tipe penalaran, yakni: penalaran atau pengetahuan logis dan pengetahuan yang bersifat mungkin. Pada akhirnya, kontribusi-kontribusi ini lalu berimplikasi pada beberapa habitus atau keutamaan epistemologis yang bisa dipikirkan dalam rangka hidup sehari-hari, seperti: spirit untuk selalu memelihara keterjalinan dengan segala sesuatu yang dialami sebagai titik berangkat dan jaminan untuk pemahaman dan pengetahuan, memahami kodrat kerja dari kapasitas-kapasitas kognitif sebagai dasar untuk memahami kodrat pengetahuan yang kita bangun, mengoptimalkan peranan epistemik dari daya kerja memori, kepercayaan dan imajinasi, dan tetap berabstraksi dan membangun penalaran demi kebutuhan untuk pemahaman dan pengetahuan.

Makna Kerja Menurut Karl Marx

The essay deals with the essential meaning of work according to Karl Marx. The purpose of the essay is to offer a new perspective on the meaning of work based on the thinking of Marx. Based on the literature review, it presents Marx's concept of work that becomes his critique to the objective conditions of workers who experienced degradation in their work. In Marx’s opinion, the workers were alienated from themselves, from their work milieu and social environment because of the capitalist system that only seeks profit for the owner’s capital. Marx emphasized that work is an existential human act because it contains rational, universal, and autonomous values. Work is also a differentiating activity between humans and animals. It becomes a human means of changing nature, it should be regarded as a process of human self-realization and as a means of socializing with others

Pergeseran Paradigma Tentang Mesias Dalam Markus 1:40-45

The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the way Jesus revealed His messianic identity in Mark 1:40-45. With the narrative analysis method, the author wants to show the shift in the meaning of the text from its historical context to the meaning that can be understood by today's readers. He recognized himself as the Messiah. However, he tried to keep his messianic secret until his resurrection. Jesus had a distinctive way of introducing His messianic identity. He chose not to publish his work or deliver teachings that were often not easy to understand. His resurrection was a turning point for the disciples in understanding His messianic status. When the Jewish Christian community spoke of the incomprehensible work of Jesus, they made their own meaning. They thought that this was Jesus' way of shifting the paradigm of the Messiah in the concept of thought of the Israelites at that time.

“Out of Egypt I Called My Son” (Matt 2:15)

“Out of Egypt I called My Son” is a quotation from Hosea. Matthew’s use of it as a ‘direct prophecy’ is considered problematic by some scholars for Hosea wrote it as a merely historical reflection. How should we resolve this problem? Typological approach might be the best way to understand it by which consideration of the events around Jesus’ birth as the fullest expression of divinely intended fulfillments of Old Testament “prophecies” is possible. The evangelist presents double typologies: on one hand, he retrospectively refers to the exodus of Israel and applies it to “new exodus” through Jesus, but on the other hand, he refers to Moses and presents discontinuity and continuity of the divine work of salvation in the person of Jesus. He highlights the Mosaic aspect of Jesus’ divine sonship which underlines further his presentation of Jesus as David’s son (1:1) and his messianic and royal role in the coming of the Kingdom of God (4:17).