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https://doi.org/10.34075/sb.59.3.3
Development of worshipping St. Joseph in the Church from Church Fathers to Second Vatican Council – theological starting positions and devotion
Daniel Patafta
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Joseph occupies an important place. This worship began to fade
away after the Second Vatican Council due to the crisis of theology
and folly of devotion; recently it has experienced its slow
renewal. In this paper, presenting the selected texts from the
period of Church Fathers, through the scholastic theological
reflection, to papal documents, we are trying to show the development
of theological reflection and worship of St. Joseph from the
period of early Christianity, to the period of Church Fathers and
to the Second Vatican Council. The work itself follows this development
through two great periods. The first period of theological
reflection is the time of Church Fathers, especially Augustine,
and the Middle Ages, the time when high scholasticism began
with a systematic theological reflection on St. Joseph, when St.
Thomas Aquinas laid foundations and St. Bernardino from Sienna
contributed to the spread of devotion. The second period is
the period from the beginning of the Catholic renewal to the Second
Vatican Council, when theological thought ends up in the background and the center is devoted to the role of St. Joseph
as the patron of the Church before the drastic changes that the
Church faces in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The theological
idea of this period is based on the development of scholastic
principles, often without a critical approach and under the strong
influence of popular devotions. The dominant role in promoting
the worship of St. Joseph in the 19th and early 20th centuries
was taken over by the Popes, who recognized an important and
pious practice in spreading the worship of St. Joseph, the practice
that encourages believers to recourse to St. Joseph with their
prayers to protect the Church. Instead of the conclusion, there
is a reflection that could be an incentive for a new rebuilding of
the worship of St. Joseph in new circumstances in relation to
the needs of modern society and the Church, without losing a
healthy spirit and great value of the saintly figure of St. Joseph
who has inspired the Catholic spirituality and devotion for centuries
with a strong ecclesiastical dimension.
Ključne riječi
St. Joseph; St. Augustine; St. Thomas Aquinas; virgin marriage; virginity; patron of the Church; Popes of 19th and early 20th century; theology; spirituality; piety;
Hrčak ID:
225243
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Datum izdavanja:
16.9.2019.
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