Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 78 No. 3, 2008.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The Figure, Nature and Salvational Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church
Goran Dabić
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The source of the call addressed to all members of the Mystical Body to participate actively in the mission and edification of the People of God is to be found in the mystery of the Church. The People of God participate in this call through the dynamics of an organic communion in accord with their diverse ministries and charismas. The call has been forcefully repeated in the documents of the Magisterium, particularly in Second Vatican Council documents and thereafter. These Assemblies encouraged all the faithful to build up the Church by collaborating in communion for the salvation of the world. This article analyzes above all dogmatic fundamentals in consideration of the figure, nature, dignity, position and in particular of the lay faithful's salvational mission in the Church. The lay faithful's salvational mission in the Church is realized through their participation in the threefold mission of Christ as a Priest, Prophet and King, wich finds its source in the anointing of Baptism which creates the same dignity and the common mission by all Christ's faithful. It is a participation given to each member of the lay faithful individually, in as much as each is one of the many who form the one Body of the Lord. Precisely because it derives from Church communion, the sharing of the lay faithful in the threefold mission of Christ reguires that it be lived and realized in communion and for the growth of that communion itself. In effect, a collaboration of all the faithful exists in both orders of the Church's mission; whether it is in the spiritual order, bringing the message of Christ and his grace to men, or, in the temporal one, permeating and perfecting secular reality with the evangelical spirit.
Ključne riječi
the lay faithful; secular nature; the common priesthood of the faithful; the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood; the participation of the lay faithful in the threefold mission of Christ
Hrčak ID:
30908
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Datum izdavanja:
13.11.2008.
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