Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.26.4.1
Jesus Christ – the pioneer and perfecter of the faith
Hrvoje Kalem
orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-8024
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
The question of faith is a core theological and existential question. The faith of believers has its ideal in the faith of Jesus, which was poorly pointed to in the history of theology. The renewed reflection on the fides Christi begins with Hans Urs von Balthasar in his work of the same name. Following his decree, the article reflects on the New Testament faith as a complement to the Old Testament faith. In the second step, we reflect on the faith of Christ to which we arrive in a phenomenological way, by observing Jesus’ relationship with the Father as described in the New Testament. From this it will become apparent that Jesus’ relationship with the Father is a paradigm of every believer’s relationship with God, which is the theme of the third part of the article. In the last step, the question of faith is discussed in the eschaton, showing that faith is also needed in looking God face to face, because the Mystery can never be exhausted. After a résumé, the article briefly points to faith as a way of holiness to which we are called by God’s holiness.
Keywords
New Testament and Old Testament faith; fides Christi; looking at God; archetypal experience; Christian faith; faith in eschaton
Hrčak ID:
214070
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2018.
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