Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 92 No. 1, 2022.
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https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.92.1.3
Homosexuality in the Document Che cosa è l’uomo? Un Itinerario di Antropologia Biblica
Božidar Mrakovčić
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The article deals with the topic of homosexuality in the new document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, titled What is Man? A Journey through Biblical Anthropology (nn. 185 – 195) in the context of contemporary Biblical discussion on that topic. The document analyses eight Biblical texts that problematise homosexual practice: Gen. 19, Judg. 19; Deut. 22:5; Lev. 18:20; 20:13; 1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Tim. 1:10; Rom. 1:26-27. The aim of the article is to detect the manner in which this document evaluates the aforementioned Biblical texts and, through that, the document’s own contribution to the contemporary
discussion on the role of the Bible in the moral evaluation of homosexuality. The article discusses at length the somewhat unexpected interpretation that this document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission offers of the sin of Sodom and analyses it critically. The author reads the numbers on homosexuality in the context of the general structure of Biblical anthropology as it has been presented by the document and comes to the conclusion that the truth about homosexuality is not contained in only a small number of Biblical texts on homosexuality, but primarily within the frame of the whole Biblical anthropology based on the theology of creation (see Gen 1-3). The manner in which the document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, »What is Man?«, interprets the sin of Sodom suggests that homosexuality is not to the Bible the greatest of sins. On the other hand, a clear and absolute condemnation of homosexual practice in Leviticus and by Paul is important also for today’s evaluation of homosexuality.
Ključne riječi
Che cosa è l’uomo?; homosexuality; sin of Sodom; Leviticus; Paul; Bible and morality.
Hrčak ID:
280871
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Datum izdavanja:
22.7.2022.
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