Review article
https://doi.org/10.21857/9e31lh6pom
SOCIO-ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BELIEVERS IN SOCIETY IN THE THOUGHT OF FR. BONO ZVONIMIR ŠAGI
MARIJANA KOLEDNJAK
orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-9123
Abstract
In his reflections, Fr. Bonaventura Zvonimir Šagi problematizes social structures
and relations in the Catholic Church. He detects the Church as the most influential
institution, which is, therefore, in the ethical sense, according to him, the most responsible
in Croatian society. He recognizes that Christian symbolism is often in the
service of the nation and the state, which, in fact, emphasizes a strong attempt to
devalue the evangelical spirit by which Christian believers should act transformatively
in society. He notes that it is extremely important what kind of value system
is nurtured within the family, but also in religious communities, associations and
movements. It is in the church community that it recognizes the institution that
forms the ethical judgments of individuals, thus (in)directly influencing the value
judgments in society and the state. It is therefore important to question, as Capuchin
Bono Šagi does, the religious upbringing of the church community. The social
engagement of the faithful connected with the religious upbringing in the family,
but also in the Church, is not, in fact, inseparable from the church's social doctrine,
to which he attaches great importance. All believers, but especially lay believers,
should become able to make appropriate judgments and act as Christians in practice.
Fr. Bono Šagi also makes a concrete contribution in this area.
Keywords
Bono Zvonimir Šagi; social doctrine of the Church; laity; personal ethics.
Hrčak ID:
289324
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Publication date:
28.12.2022.
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