Review article
The person in the documents of the 2nd Vatican Council
Rudolf Brajičić
; Filozofsko-teološki institut Družbe Isusove, Zagreb
Abstract
The 2nd Vatican Council has no document, no chapters, no comprehensive number on the person. It contains, however, new ecclesiastic concepts and has borne specific fruit pertaining to the individual. There are many mentions of the person within different contexts from which the Council's attitude towards the actuality of the person, as well as the person's essence and specificity can be deduced. According to the way the Council apostrophises certain things and subjects, its opinion on the individual can also be deduced.
1. A mosaic of ecclesiastic conciliar new terms and new conciliar results
from which emanates the person.
Terms: modernization, dialogue, God's people, originality, etc.
Results: attitude towards atheists, towards non-christian religions, hope in salvation for all.
2.What does the Council say to the person and about the person?
The Council states that today the person makes part of the human con-sciousness, that it is the picture of God, that it is a subject of intellectual nature, that it possesses many specificities and undisputed dignity, that it is equal in the model of husband and wife, that it is the foundation of freedom and of many rights, etc.
3. Care of the Council for our individuality in certain of its apostrophising
and appeals.
Apostrophisings of charismata, apostrophising the participation of the entire human being in the act of faith, appeal to young people.
4. Conclusion.
Some remarks.
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Hrčak ID:
51910
URI
Publication date:
20.10.1993.
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