Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 91 No. 4, 2021.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.91.4.1
Jesus’s Self-understanding and Self-realisation as the Suffering Servant. Some Current Theological Emphases
Odilon-Gbènoukpo Singbo
orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-8935
; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The article is divided into three parts. In the first part, entitled »Biblical Foundations of the Discourse on Jesus as the Servant«, the author analyses Jesus’s understanding of his own mission as the one who, although having power, decides to serve. The special character of that power manifests itself precisely through Diakonia. The second part, entitled »Jesus as the Suffering Servant« analyses synthetically the Old Testament discourse on the suffering servant of Jahve, whose description coincides in many ways with the event of Jesus Christ, the Anointed One in whom every kind of suffering, especially the kind associated with pandemics, although still remaining mysterious, gains a new perspective. The third part, entitled »Co-Suffering and Com-Passion: Some Theological-Ethical Emphases«, attempts to actualize the Christian view on the mystery of evil and the character of Jesus as a co-sufferer, who suffers from a human being through his consoling presence and solidarity. Reflection on this logic of Jesus prompted the author to start developing a theology of compassion in the context of the current pandemics. The emphasis is, therefore, put on the understanding of human suffering in light of the Paschal event, whose logic opposes every form of colorism and helps one understand the value of life beyond earthly-temporal boundaries.
Keywords
servant; suffering; mystery of evil; diakonia; theology of compassion; COVID– 19; co-suffering
Hrčak ID:
275035
URI
Publication date:
15.3.2022.
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