Review article
The Sermon on the Mountain or Politics? A Plea tor "Political" Christianity
Luka Marijanović
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Teologija u Đakovu, Đakovo, Hrvatska
Abstract
Heavenly Kingdom does not only stand for eternal blissfulness, it is primarily God's rule on this Earth that began with Jesus Christ. It is required from believers to build this world for the next one. The three chapters of The Sermon on the Mountain, introduced by the beatitudes of Jesus (Mt 5,3 - 12) represent the plan Jesus has for each believer. This is a Christian manifest, the foundation and source of our Christian activities, and because of that it must be reflected in politics. The characteristics that are to be seen in all the new citizens of the messiah's kingdom led by the example of our perfect heavenly Father (Mt 5, 48) present the foundations of corporate life of people in general, which means for each state and each society apart. Jesus did not leave "constitution" to his disciples, although they were new citizens of the Kingdom. He held The Sermon on the Mountoin instead, which was not a requirement, but an offer. Jesus did not leave laws by which we could establish the state. He beatified politicians and all those who live according to the spirit of Sermon on the Mountain and work for the good of the mankind. Heavenly Kingdom belongs to all of them. It is therefore necessary to become familiar with the ideas of The Sermon on the Mountain, for they have both revolutionary and prophetic strength.
Keywords
The Sermon on the Mountain; God's Kingdom; Christian; politics; social virtues; peacefulness; righteousness; humbleness; respect for human dignity; righteous society
Hrčak ID:
40212
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Publication date:
30.9.2004.
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