Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 83 No. 1, 2013.
Review article
Contemporary Human Being's Capacity for Faith. Homo capax (fi)dei
Richard Pavlić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-7062
; Theology in Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The article is dedicated to the theme of human being's capacity for the faith. The approach to the theme is of dogmatic nature. The first part of the article provides a short overview of the development of the theological-anthropological thought on the faith, starting from its biblical basis, through the history of the Catholic theology and the Church's Magisterium. The second part of the article is dedicated to some crucial elements of the systematic theology which are contributing to the positive response to the article's thematic question of human being's capacity for the faith: by his/her constitution, creation, and salvation, the human being is predisposed for the faith, which always remains the gift. The article is limited to the dogmatic area, to the biblical-dogmatic postulations of the human being's capacity for the faith, without discussing the external conditions which could strengthen or weaken the human being's capacity for the response of faith.
Keywords
faith; capacity for the faith; Christological perspective in anthropology; desiderium naturale
Hrčak ID:
99332
URI
Publication date:
27.3.2013.
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