Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/sb.59.2.3
Leopold Bogdan Mandic, the forerunner of spiritual ecumenism and the importance of spiritual ecumenism today
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Lucija Sinovčić
Abstract
The paper deals with Leopold Bogdan Mandic and spiritual ecumenism both in his time and today. The work, with the introduction and conclusion, has three chapters. In the first chapter, titled “Briefly about His Life”, the authors bring basic data from the life of Leopold Bogdan Mandic. In the second chapter, which is titled “The Forerunner of Spiritual Ecumenism”, the authors discuss the themes of a Catholic view of ecumenism at the time of Leopold Mandić, the desire of Leopold Mandić to unite with the East and spiritual ecumenism, trying to portray the ecumenical "activity" of Bogdan Mandic and his prayer and sacrifice for ecumenism and to emphasize the importance of his personal work in this area. The third chapter discusses the importance of spiritual ecumenism today, starting from the Second Vatican Council, to Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, in order to highlight the importance of spiritual ecumenism in the modern world.
Keywords
Leopold Bogdan Mandic; spiritual ecumenism; ecumenism of return; Pope Francis; confessor;
Hrčak ID:
220185
URI
Publication date:
31.5.2019.
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