Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 74 No. 1, 2004.
Pregledni rad
Imitate of Christ by Marc
Mario Cifrak
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Starting from the title of this article an articulation is imposed, in other words the problem which we will present to the readership. First of all the article is about »imitating« which to us determines as close as possible the christological title — Christ and so places us in the time after the resurrection, and with this the imitation itself It is in this context that the Gospel of Mark speaks about this. In the light of the resurrection we read in Mk 8,34 about taking up the cross and we find quickly a parallel in Q 14,27 which testifies to the radicalism of those who imitated Jesus in the postresurrection movement of Jesus. That radicalism of taking up the cross leads to the losing of one's own life (cf. Mk 8,34-35), the hating of one's own father and mother because of Jesus (cf. Q 14,26-27; i.e. Lk 14,26-27//Mt 10,37-39) and to the renunciation of wealth in favour of the poor (cf. Mk 10,17-31). Only he who completely exposes his life for Jesus and for the Gospel, will find it again (cf. Q 17,33; Mk 8,35). Jesus proclaimed the Good News, the Kingdom of God which had come with him, the Messiah, and therefore it is legitimate to see imitation in that preaching of salvation which calls for a radical commitment to Jesus Christ who distanced himself from his »family« as a travelling preacher. The Kingdom of God will be finally revealed with the coming of the Son of Man (cf. Mk 8,38; Q17,24f), but until then the Gospel has to be preached. The Son of Man is identical to the »earthly« Jesus, who can be identified through his cross and resurrection. Daniel's Son of Man presents the resurrected Christ in all his glory. After his resurrection the Church's hope is founded upon his second coming just as is the future of the Kingdom of God (cf. Mk 10,23-25).
Ključne riječi
imitation of Christ; Son of Man; Mark; Q; Kingdom of God
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16.3.2004.
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