Review article
Family and parenthood in the context of theology and spirituality
Vito Čapeta
; Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, Rome, Italy
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Abstract
A family is a union of a man and a woman and no other way, it is an anthropological fact that finds its foundations in God’s creation itself. The family is an image of the Holy Trinity because every human being is created in the image and likeness of God. “Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.” The basis of a family union is love and openness to new life. The call to parenthood should be in responsibility and with respect for God’s commandments. The Holy Scriptures offer us numerous instructions according to which marriage and parenthood are worth living. We live in a time of great challenges and crises in which we try to serve that the family is a union between a man and a man, between a woman and a woman, between a man and an object, and we want to put all of this on an equal and ontological level. At the end of the article, the factors that form the family crisis in today’s society are described. The family is the fundamental component of society around which a spiritual war is fought - Our Lady of Fatima said that the last battle will be fought between Satan and the family.
Keywords
spirituality; family; parenting; theology
Hrčak ID:
319278
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Publication date:
16.7.2024.
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