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The purpose of this article is to show cognitive value of the iconography of the Cross for fundamental theology and process of justification of credibility of this redemptive and salvific Event. Authors of article focuses on main motifs and themes of the staurological iconography and classify them in three groups: representations of the Trinity on the Cross (Throne of Grace), ecclesiological elements...
Social roles of parents and children aren’t something solid, they are undergoing transformations along with the evolution of the family institution. The evolution of the role and the post of the woman implemented disorders of the traditional social layout of the family. At present, when also and the mother is having a career job being a co-breadwinner of the family, roles of men and women are starting...
In four sections, the article deals with four specific issues related to the use of the Book of Zechariah in the Fourth Gospel. First, nine different ways in which the Old Testament is employed in John’s Gospel are presented. In this section the article aims to justify focusing on the use of a single OT book in John’s Gospel, an approach which appeals to many scholars as the most appropriate way of...
In 1836, the Bishop of Culm, Anastazy Sedlag, suggested to the Prussian authorities that the bishop seat be moved from Pelplin to Culm. The translocation was also meant to include diocese institutions in Pelplin. On the basis of his calculations, one can find that the creation of a diocese capital in Culm would cost 14,850 thalers less than the completion of construction and adaptation works in Pelplin...
Materialism is a family of naturalistic ontologies, according to which matter is the only material of all reality. One of the modern proponents of the materialistic doctrine is an philosopher Mario Bunge. According to his version of materialism, called emergentist materialism or, shortly, „systemism”, all material entities are divided into at least five qualitatively different complementary levels:...
What can be said about Jesus while gazing at the Old Testament? The answer is provided by Origen who rereads the figures of the Old Covenant, and in an extremely precise and totally original way discovers in them the promised Messiah. Typological exegesis becomes for this Alexandrian the source of knowledge of Jesus Christ, his humanity, work, themes, missions, as well as ways to recognize him in...
he subject matter of the article „The membership of Jawornik to the civil and ecclesiastical administration and its population from 1860 - 1945” is showing the movement of the population of the country of Jawornik in Niebylec commune from 1860 to 1945, with the division into four periods: from 1860 to 1896, from 1897 to 1917, from 1918 to 1939 and from 1939 to 1945, in the context of contemporary...
A word which can be uttered or written, given orally or in writing, is a basic carrier of the Good News. Particularly during the patristic period the idea of written kerygma was developed, which played a significant role during the presecutions, when a written tradition was also reaching the environments hostile to Christianity, unavailable to proponents of the Word of God. The idea of this kerygma...
The central theme of the teaching of Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko was to serve the truth. Zoliborz preacher was consistent in proclaiming the need for the presence of values in society, but most of all, in the life of every human being. Priest Jerzy noticed that the pursuit of truth is not only inscribed in human nature, but also in his vocation. The basis of social order and internal peace of man is the...
The paper presents the university from the point of view of the social doctrine of the Church as a special institution which contributes to the creation of the common good. The ethical mission of the university serving man in the modern social context is presented. Finding the values rooted in man as a social being, is a prerequisite for creating community. The ethical and social principles of Catholic...
The article presents the test results among young catholic priests (The Diocese of Rzeszow) using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching. A sample of 54 young parish vicars completed a measure of psychological type. Then they read Mark 1, 29-39 and recorded their evaluations of the four reflections on this pasage derived from the SIFT...
In his teaching, apart from many other issues, Cardinal Wyszyński pointed out to the tasks facet by Poland in the new millennium, basing on the entire history of the nation and on its relationship with Triune God, Mary and Church. These facts have an effect that the nation, as a community of free citizens, and a family of the families, may fully realise its existence, vocation and mission. Therefore,...
This article presents question of structural credibility of the Church based on ecclesiological thought of rev. Marian Rusecki, professor of fundamental theology and the founder of Fundamental Theology School of Lublin. Though Rusecki did not work out fully comprehensive fundamental ecclesiology, he in his researches investigate many issues connected with credibility of Church. First of all Rusecki...
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