Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 86 No. 2, 2016.
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The Atmosphere of sinodality and subsidiarity in the Catholic church
Stjepan Baloban
orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-3222
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
From the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has put a special emphasis on sinodality in the ecclesial life that, according to him, allows activation of all members of the Church in the search for solutions to crucial problems that the official Church is facing in the recent times. However, until now, Pope Francis has not spoken more thoroughly about the meaning of sinodality, its theological interpretation, and, even more importantly, how to apply it concretely on the whole life of the Church. Hence, sinodality is becoming a very important concept that demands more attention from contemporary theology in order to evade superficial and largely wrong interpretations and understandings not only of the teachings of Pope Francis, but also of changes that are happening in the Church, whether we are aware of them or not! In this article entitled The Atmosphere of Sinodality and Subsidiarity in the Catholic Church the author lays emphasis on the creation of atmosphere for the possibility of applying sinodality and subsidiarity in Church activities. The problem one is facing here is the fact that both of these key terms, sinodality and subsidiarity are largely or entirely unknown not only to Croatian civil public, but also to Croatian ecclesial public. And this is not only a specificity of the Croatian Church! Therefore, the first part of this article entitled The Atmosphere of Sinodality in the Pontificate of Pope Francis points out certain factors in the pontificate of Pope Francis that have contributed to the creation of atmosphere of synodality and poses the question: How can one make sinodality. i.e. synodal process, possible or, more precisely, how can one change previous mentality of believers and Church officials? Could subsidiarity or the atmosphere of subsidiary be of help in that? The second part of the article entitled The Atmosphere of Subsidiarity in the Ecclesial Life discusses the issue of application of subsidiarity in the ecclesial life; an issue that has still not been settled in the Church and theology. Within the frame of Croatian theology, the author argues for the continuation of theological discussion on this issue, as well as for a further theological discussion on problems and difficulties related to application of sinodality and subsidiarity in the ecclesial life.
Ključne riječi
sinodality; principle of subsidiarity; pontificate of Pope Francis; synodal principle; synodal journey; subsidiarity in ecclesial life
Hrčak ID:
162690
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Datum izdavanja:
26.7.2016.
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