Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/cs.56.4.2
Religious teachers on some sources of sacramental spirituality
Kata Amabilis Jurić
; Faculty of philosophy and religious sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
It follows from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the theological literature that the sacraments are the 'focal point' of God's action in the Church and the realization of her saving mission evident in the life and work of the modern religious teacher. The first part of the scientific paper presents the official teaching of the Church and the theological reflections of relevant authors on the sacraments, especially reconciliation, Eucharist and marriage, to which religious teachers paid most attention in qualitative research. Their interpretation relies on some strong points of contemporary Christian sacramentology, which is the subject of the second part of the scientific discourse, which puts at the center of reflection concrete notions and manifestations of the sacramental spirituality obtained by qualitative research, the method of semi-structured or in-depth interview. The interviewed religious teachers confirm the importance of theoretical reflections on the sacraments; however, they still give priority to the concrete witnessing of the adopted contents and transmission to the religious students.
Keywords
sacraments; sacrament of reconciliation; sacrament of the Eucharist; sacrament of marriage; qualitative research; in-depth interview
Hrčak ID:
267250
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Publication date:
22.12.2021.
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