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Growth in the maturity of faith, as one of the fundamental elements of the Christian life, is directly related to pastoral activity, particularly catechesis. Therefore, pastoralcatechetical dynamics, especially those of a parish nature, should necessarily contribute to permanent progress toward an increasingly mature faith in all dimensions of life. Many current indicators point to a genuine crisis not only of maturing in faith, but also of the beginning of that process in general, and in the actual decision to grow in faith. In this regard, certain areas of pastoral activity and catechesis with adults represent some of the most challenging and complex to actualize nowadays. In addition, the community, as an essential factor, is recognized not only as a reality on the path to progress, but often also as a challenging factor in terms of the representation of the environment of mature religious life. This article aims to distinguish the theologicalpastoral essential prerequisites for pastoral activity and catechesis with adult believers in the context of the community. These prerequisites primarily concern important elements of the structural relationship between a believer and the Christian community with respect to the progress in the maturity of the faith of both the person and the community. This discernment addresses some current aspects of the relevant topic, where more successful realization in today's social and pastoral contexts can aid the maturation process in faith. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the article, we present, comment and analyse some elements of our cultural and evangelical history, which have been marked by numerous philosophers and theologians starting from the ancient Church to the present day. Closing into the present actually means a ban on living. Present life has its roots in the past and offers its promises, expectations and courage to the future. History exists, and man can dwell in history, without which there is no creative culture, only when three dimensions of time are lived organically. In this context, we also observe the contribution of an immense procession of thinkers like St Thomas Aquinas in successive historical periods. In the article, we explore the possible contribution of metaphysics to the questions posed to the modern man. The evangelical influence on culture, which is a complex phenomenon, should certainly be shed light on. Furthermore, it can be more or less deep. It can be hidden, more or less conscious. It is not always strongly present where it is most required, it is not real where it is explicitly ordered. In addition to authentic fruits, one should also be aware of counterfeits and hypocritical activities. In short, its paths are different and manifold. It seems important to point this out so that we could evaluate this influence, which is authenticated and credibly confirmed in the eyes of Christian orthodoxy, and which establishes piety. Certain errors, exaggerations and deviations are not imaginable outside the Christian horizon, which unmask it or wage a battle with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The hypothesis of this paper is based on an examination of the relationship between Christology and eschatology with soteriology, and through the analysis of their selected core concepts, it seeks to contextualize the discourse on salvation within a contemporary framework. Specifically, the study explores the terms of hope, faith, freedom, and bodily resurrection, which provide a framework for a modern approach to soteriological reality. The selected terms, when considered together, demonstrate their suitability in connecting the experiences of the contemporary individual, their existential position, and perspectives on salvation, while also drawing on rich theological traditions and Catholic doctrine. The initial research question that stemmed from the interconnection of the two treatises (Christology and eschatology) with soteriology has provided us with significant insights into various possibilities for contemporary understanding of salvation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autor u ovom članku obrađuje problem kriza vjere nekada i danas te uzroka i mogućih rješenja tih kriza koje je kršćanstvo ponudilo u svom povijesnom hodu. Nakon što je protumačio da se pod krizama vjere podrazumijevaju poremećaji u životu pojedinca ili zajednice, istaknuo je da postoje unutarnji i vanjski uzroci kriza vjere. Potom se je osvrnuo na nekoliko najtipičnijih situacija koje su uzrokovale krize vjere tijekom povijesti Crkve. Krivovjerja su bila najveće ugroze vjere iznutra, a progoni vjernika i Crkve u prvim stoljećima predstavljali su izvanjske napade na vjeru globalnih razmjera, a napose progoni od polovice 3. stoljeća. Kao ilustraciju iznio je osvrt sv. Ciprijana, koji je istaknuo da krize vjere u Crkvi mogu nastati uslijed napada izvana, ali je još gore ako nastanu uslijed nejedinstva i raskola koji zahvaćaju Crkvu iznutra. No, osim krivovjerja i raskola, vjeru je iznutra rastakao i grijeh i grešan život mnogih vjernika, što je dovodilo u krizu druge vjernike na koje je grijeh djelovao sablažnjivo. Autor je mišljenja da se krize vjere događaju uvijek iznutra, odnosno kada duša napušta Boga kao svoj temelj, pa i onda kada im impuls dolazi izvana. S druge pak strane, istaknuo je da Sveto pismo često stavlja pred oči vjeru koja dovodi do krize, ali krize shvaćene kao izbor, razlučivanje, izabiranje i odluka. Takvim se krizama služio Isus u svome djelovanju i navještaju, a vidljive su i u mnogim događajima Starog zavjeta. No Isusu tim krizama nije želio dovesti do nevjere ili bezboštva, već naprotiv, izgraditi vjernike za autentičnu, osobnu i čvrstu vjeru. Autor je mišljenja da bi to trebao biti put nadilaska i krize vjere našeg vremena, koja se ne može nadići samo obnovom ili promjenom struktura nego obnovom izravnog i živog zajedništva sa živim Bogom.

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Na samom početku izlaže se pojam kulture i njezino shvaćanje u misli Josepha Ratzingera nastojeći odgovoriti na pitanje kako se isključivo jedna vjera odnosi prema pluralnosti kultura i kako je moguća stvarna univerzalnost u pluralnosti kultura. U kontekstu ovoga, prvoga dijela cilj će biti osvrnuti se na mogući odnos vjere i kulture te na razvoj kršćanske kulture u kontekstu egzodusa - umiranja za njezino ponovno rađanje. U drugom dijelu rada pogled će biti usmjeren na temu krize kultura, posebice kada je riječ o današnjoj situaciji u Europi. Cilj će nam biti istaknuti pitanje o Bogu i korijenima kršćanstva unutar racionalističkih i prosvjetiteljskih kultura te na kraju, na tragu Ratzingerovih misli, pokušati dati prijedlog oporavka Europe pomoću koncepta interkulturalnosti. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The cultural environment in which an individual lives and grows up undoubtedly shapes the relationship to God, religiosity, and faith, and it has a certain influence on the creation of an image of God. The encounter of another religion, especially from the Western culture, with the domestic cultural environment can cause admiration or an attitude of caution or rejection, but also the possibility of partial acceptance of its values. Such reaction elements can easily be observed in the so-called mission countries that accept the novelty of the Christian message. With the aim of examining the perception of the influence of the cultural environment on understanding and perceiving God, religiosity and faith, a survey was conducted among 1062 young believers in the West African state of Benin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Članak je prošireno te izvorima i literaturom opremljeno predavanje pod naslovom »Je li papa Franjo katolik?«, održano 21. travnja 2021. godine na društvenim mrežama Hrvatskoga nadzemlja, službenog projekta Ureda za mlade Splitsko-makarske nadbiskupije. Autor u članku pokazuje i dokazuje da pitanje »Je li papa Frano katolik?« boluje od medijskog senzacionalizma, s jedne strane, i neutemeljenog i pretjeranog žara za obranom crkvenoga nauka i discipline od, ipak, etički opravdanoga, teološki neupitnoga i ekleziološki prihvatljivoga drukčijeg katoličkog stila i mentaliteta pape Franje, s druge strane. U tom smislu autor u članku predstavlja neke povijesne primjere, upućuje na crkvene učiteljske izvore, posebno na nauk Drugoga vatikanskog koncila, iznosi kritičke teološke analize i nudi prikladne teološke argumente pomoću kojih se razabiru prava narav i motivi zabrinutosti crkvenih kritičara pape Franje. Volja za »osvajanjem prostora Crkve« i čuvanjem statusa quo, ustrajavanje na plitkom uvjerenju »da se tako uvijek radilo«, okamenjeni mentalitet koji odbija poziv na obraćenje i misijsku preobrazbu crkvenih struktura i pastoralnog djelovanja otkrivaju se kao glavne zapreke u prihvaćanju drukčijeg stila, novih gestâ i nekih izjava pape Franje koji ga nedvosmisleno potvrđuju zrelim plodom koncilske obnove Crkve i istinskim darom Duha Svetoga Crkvi koja »u vlastitom krilu obuhvaća grješnike te je u isti mah i sveta i potrebna čišćenja – neprestano kroči putem pokore i obnove« (Lumen gentium, 8).

Starting from the experiential meaning of the term “scandal” and its Old Testament concept, the author explores Paul’s original texts in which the verb σκανδαλίζω and the noun σκάνδαλον and their synonyms λίϑος προσκόμματος and πέτρα σκανδάλου appear. The paper is divided into two parts based on the uses of verb or noun. The first part examines the texts of 1 Cor 8:13, 2 Cor 11:29 and Rom 14:21; and the second part examines the texts 1 Cor 1:23, Gal 5:11 and Rom 9:33; 11:9; 14:13; 16:17. Verbal use refers to scandal as a free (un)intentional human activity that results in doubts, entanglements, and deviations from the right path, and blocks the process of salvation. If it is a peripheral reality for salvation (rituals, food), it should be given up, and any scandalous action that occurs due to the correct immersion in God’s saving plans is not scandalous simply because it results in false and hypocritical scandal. For the scandal of God’s saving plans in their historical realization, culminating in the cross of Jesus Christ, Paul uses the noun. This scandal is inevitable because of wrong human standards applied to God and his saving activity. In the conclusion, the author summarizes the results of the research, emphasizing that Paul approaches the phenomenon of scandal in a very nuanced way and that he very skillfully integrates scandal in God’s historical but mysterious actions, in the scandal of God himself, who always remains for men semper maior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Islam is primarily the religion of peace, it promotes love and obedience to the Supreme Lord, and then love and respect towards His creatures, and particularly humans as the most eminent creatures. Allah, the Exalted, vehemently condemns unlawful taking of other being's life. Moreover, the Qur'an rejects the excessive use of force in retaliating against violence: If you want to retaliate against injustice, then let it be equivalent to what you have suffered. But if you patiently endure, it is certainly better for you (An Nahl, 26). The Qur'anic principle of reciprocal force and defense will be applied in international humanitarian and war law as the principle of the proportionate use of force in defense. The defense of the attacked can be only proportional to the attack, but never such that it presents a new attack. Fighting and hostility towards non-believers at the Ka'ba are strictly forbidden except in the case of necessary defense. This paper deals with well-known Islamic scholars' legal comments on war law regulations, but only from the Qira'at perspective, how and to what extent Islamic scholars relied on Qira'at while establishing, performing and presenting Shariah norms, starting from the fact that legal discrepancies partly arise from different Qira'at as well as from various morphological, grammatical and stylistic analyses. The paper comprises the following subchapters: Introduction, Islam is the religion of peace, Permission to fight in Islam, Prohibition of fighting at the Masjid'lHaram, and the Prohibition of access to the Masjid'l-Haram. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U radu se propituje navodna komplementarnost znanosti i vjere u tumačenju stvarnosti. Temeljem relacija neodređenosti za dvije veličine koje karakteriziraju istinitost znanstvene odnosno, vjerske spoznaje, pokazuje se kako sve manja neodređenost znanstvenih, uzrokuje sve veću disperziju i maglovitost vjerskih spoznaja.

Young people are often the object of reflection of the adults. They are often subject to their analysis, reflection, and teaching. We believe that any constructive criticism aimed at teaching young people based on analysis and reflection should necessarily be preceded by what Pope Francis calls us to in his pontificate - listening. Thus, this article went in the same direction - to listen and observe the voice and the word of young people, all with the aim of serving them in a correct and holistic way, i.e., so that their faith, as St. Paul says in the Epistle to the Ephesians, may grow to the knowledge of the Son of God, and that they grow to the measure of the full stature of Christ (cf. Eph 4: 13-14). Through these words, the Church seeks her way to meet young people and serve the Good News as the main task entrusted to her by the Risen Christ. The article presents a part of the survey results, using the Google Forms platform, conducted on a self - selected sample of students and working youth (aged 18-35) in Croatia. The research was conducted on a sample of 727 members of the reference population, and it is a convenience type of non-probabilistic sampling. The aim was to observe, based on the research results, which attitudes and faith emerge from the image of God that young people have. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Polazeći od sintagme »za slobodu nas Krist oslobodi« (Gal 5,1) i stavivši je u kontekst nekih suvremenih poimanja slobode, autor u ovomu radu istražuje Pavlovo poimanje slobode na temelju Poslanice Galaćanima koja je označena kao Magna charta libertatis christianae. U prvoj cjelini rada smješta tu sintagmu u povijesni kontekst nastanka poslanice, iz čega je vidljivo da je njegov govor o slobodi posve određen konkretnim stanjem vjernika u galatskim crkvama, njihovom dilemom vraćanja pod Mojsijev Zakon pod utjecajem nekih vjerovjesnika koji su se ušuljali u crkve Galacije nakon Pavla. I to vrlo konkretno poimanje slobode izrasta ponajprije iz kristološke vjere o Božjem ostvarenju spasenja u Kristu. U tomu smislu može se reći da Pavao spasenjski učinak poruke evanđelja izražava pojmom »oslobođenje«, što je jedinstveno u Novomu zavjetu.

U osnovne pastoralne izazove koje nameće sekularizacija ulazi vjerska ravnodušnost, odnosno smanjenje vjerskoga života i nedostatka osjećaja crkvenosti. Ako se uzme da je vjera put kojim se može spasiti, onda se vjera i njezina primjena u životu odnosi na bît Crkve i njezina poslanja. Sukladno tomu pisac, teološko-pastoralnim načinom evanđeoske prosudbe, na temelju znanstvenih istraživanja, povezuje odnos vjere i pastorala u crkvenom životu, u Europi i Hrvat­skoj, a potom govori o uzrocima i razlozima smanjenja vjere i crkvenosti. Raščlanjujući kulturno surječje hrvatskoga društva i pastoralni rad, govori o vjeri kao milosnom daru, za koji treba stvarati plemenito ozračje, da bi se što plodonosnije umnožila u vjernicima. Potom autor predlaže pastoralne smjernice o nužnosti pastoralne metanoje i načinu produbljenja vjere i crkvenosti.

Christian faith does not owe its existence to any human culture, insofar as its foundation are laid by the supernatural source. Nevertheless, it is a well-known fact that in its realisation, it has a need for expressive forms of the cultural order. These forms are always and in various ways conditioned by concrete givens, frameworks, and elements of human co-existence and organisation, among which »city« has a special place. According to clear and multiple socio-demographic indicators, for centuries and decades, city is, in various intensities and forms, a special target of millions of people who were and are trying to realise their desire for meaningful and happy life. In other words, city has been for a long time, and is especially today, in the state of expansion. That expansion influences, in various ways, contemporary forms of living out faith in city. This article, therefore, engages with the topic of theological-pastoral discernment of today's state of practice of faith in city in Croatian and similar, culturally related European urban environments and offers a theological-practical analysis of trends related to this area that will obviously be current also in the future. Since the issue of concrete realisation of Christian faith in this environment is hardly a marginal social issue, it demands a systematic approach, especially in terms of a theological analysis of conditions of living out Christian faith amidst cultural changes of urban environment. Hence, the article puts emphasis on relating elements of faith with certain newer cultural forms while aiming at seeking possible solutions that might be of help in the future when it comes to quality encounters between human cultures and faith in the urban environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Usvajajući općeprihvaćenu složenost pojmova “znanje” i “spoznaja”, autor u ovom radu pokazuje kako se ni znanje ni spoznaja ne mogu i ne smiju redukcionistički poimati u smislu njihova reduciranja samo na umni i racionalni (u)vid stvarnosti. I jedna i druga stvarnost ulaze u područje onoga što označujemo kada govorimo o integralnom ljudskom iskustvu, o uvažavanju, naime, apriorne i aposteriorne interakcije spoznavajućeg subjekta i spoznajnog/spoznatog objekta. U takvom svjetlu vjera se pokazuje kao specifično znanje navezano na pred-odluku, na stajalište koje zbilju ostavlja otvorenu transcendenciji, ustvari, konačnom smislu. Vjeru se može označiti kao specifično znanje o svim drugim znanjima, kao utemeljenje, određenje i kvalificiranje drugih znanja njihovom usmjerenošću cjelini zbilje. Do takvih uvida autor dolazi analizom teorije spoznaje i ograničenja svakoga znanja.

This article addresses the problem of preserving the faith in God while discouraging circumstances, based on the first part of Habakkuk’s prophecy. The message of the book teaches us how to benefit from our faith by presenting the process through which the prophet overcomes the confusion around him, even in God’s acting for his people. In the introduction, it is argued that faith is a basic principle of life, which can be questioned because of difficult circumstances. The first part of the article discusses why Habakkuk’s prophecy can be understood as a „burden,“ and the second part presents the historical context of the book of Habakkuk. The third section discusses the internal and external crisis in Judah and the fourth section analyses the prophet’s reaction against the Babylonian crisis. The fifth section described the faith as a proper response to the crisis (2:1-4) while the final section discusses implications of Habakkuk 2:4 for the teaching of the New Testament. In general, we can see that in the first part of Habakkuk (1:1-2:4) the prophet questions the validity of his faith in God, because of the apparent long divine silence about injustice in Judah (1:2-4). Then, he was unhappy with God’s answer, who decided to send a new crisis to solve the first crisis (1:5-6). After the prophet’s complaint (1:7-2:1), God advises him and his people to trust His solution in overcoming the crisis (2:2-4). The insights from the message of Habakkuk analyzed in this article, may help the reader to preserve authentic faith in a time of crisis. Also, that pattern of living by faith from this Old Testament book is taken over by the New Testament authors so that Habakkuk’s expression “the righteous live by their faith” (2:4), is quoted as a key statement for the Gospel message of salvation (Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). But not only that, this statement defines the proper behavior of people in expecting the divine solution of salvation in the time of crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Following the statement of the Second Vatican Council on homily as a constituent part of liturgy (see Sacrosanctum concilium, no. 52), the article analyses the issue of homiletic preaching. The aim is to determine the liturgical place and nature of homily so that preaching might be formed by celebration. To prepare and celebrate homily as a liturgical act necessarily involves the question of how to reach life through liturgy. In the wider cultural frame of postmodernity, homiletic preaching and liturgical celebration are not by themselves understandable. When facing homiletic preaching and liturgical celebration, the contemporary human being often does not understand that kind of discourse, because he/she does not experience it. Experience should, therefore, be the starting point of the new integration of homily into liturgy and liturgy into life. In that sense, the article thematises the state and perspectives of homiletic preaching in terms of its liturgical nature and anthropological articulacy within the frame of cultural environment of our contemporaneity. By taking into consideration that preaching is not simply transmission of contents of faith, but an act of faith in the bosom of a sacramental celebration, this article will attempt to offer notes for mistagogical preaching by following Paul's idea of mutuality of faith and word (2 Cor 4:13): to speak in images, homily as a liturgical act, homily as a process of transformation, homily as an act of faith. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term »new birth« in Jn 3:5 is often used in the Biblical theology and is an object of exegetical-hermeneutical research. In the context of Jesus's open anthropology, the »new birth from above« becomes an even more obvious sign of supernatural Divine intervention in the life of not only Nicodemus, but of every human being. In the encounter of Jesus and Nicodemus Jesus explains to Nicodemus - a human being and a pharisee - the way of salvation that demands his faith. Many interpreters of that passage see the sacrament of baptism in the workings of the Holy Spirit and in »being born from water«. Although the Gospel writer makes use of the technic of misunderstanding and interruption of dialogical communication within the composition, Jesus approaches the representative of his religious opponents with love and proclaims to him the way to the Kingdom of God in which one enters in a new way - by grace from above. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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U ovome se radu prati vjernički i pjesnički put Đure Sudete i Antuna Branka Šimića, kao i vjernički put njihovih lirskih subjekata. Obojica pjesnika i oba lirska subjekta suočavaju se s bolešću i s patnjom. Đ. Sudeta i njegov lirski subjekt postojani su u vjeri te bol, muku i smrt prihvaćaju s franjevačkom poniznošću i mirom, iskazujući duboko povjerenje u Božji plan. Ne bježe od svojega straha, nego ga vjerom pobjeđuju. A. B. Šimić i njegov lirski subjekt, nakon djetinje vjere i povjerenja u Božji naum, udaljuju se od Boga, tražeći odgovore na dublja egzistencijalna pitanja. U njima se prepoznaju vjerske sumnje i bifurkacije. Uspoređujući ih s biblijskim likovima, zaključuje se da su Sudeta i njegov lirski subjekt slični starijemu sinu iz prispodobe o izgubljenu sinu iz Lukina evanđelja (Lk 15, 11–32) koji je stalno vjeran ocu, a Šimić i njegov lirski subjekt mlađemu sinu, koji želi istražiti i upoznati život izvan očinskoga doma pa eksperimentira na društvenom, duhovnom, ćudorednom, religijskom i drugim životnim područjima. Usprkos kušnjama Šimić i njegov lirski subjekt na kraju se vraćaju u očevo okrilje snažnom augustinovskom vjerom. Sudeta – pomiren s bolešću i pokoran, Šimić – nepomiren i buntovan, u konačnici se prepuštaju Božjoj volji i Božjemu planu. Smrt im nije strana; prihvaćaju je otkrivajući u njoj sastavni dio života i njegov dublji smisao.

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The article deals with the thesis that dialogue is an essential, although not the only, dimension of Christian faith and a way of its realisation. Dialogue incorporates all its subjects and their interrelations: God - human being - Church - world. The author develops the thesis against the background of the understanding of dialogue as an intentionally established communication among equal interlocutors in which differences are mutually respected and that aims at establishing one common reality or consensus. The second part of the article demonstrates that dialogue has its foundation in God himself, who has revealed himself to the human being dialogically so that the human being could be saved. Within this manifold divine-human communication, which reaches, in both directions, its eschatological and exemplar pinnacle in Jesus Christ, the whole history of salvation narrates and it becomes the paradigmatic example of every other dialogue that is led out of faith with people throughout history. The third part deepens the ecclesiological dimension of the Divine-human dialogue, because in the historical-soteriological dynamics the Church has been sent to continue the dialogue with God and in God's name with people ad intra and ad extra. In the last part the relationship of the Church as the one that continues the dialogue of faith towards (self)-critique and plurality as contemporary values (but also often barriers for realisation of dialogue) is being discussed. These are the challenges that the Church cannot avoid and that ought to be perceived as criteria of its own renewal and growth, so that the Church might remain authentic witness of God's dialogue with human beings in time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]