Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 81 No. 3, 2011.
Pregledni rad
The Priest of the New Evangelization
Salvatore Rino Fisichella
; Papinsko vijeće za promicanje nove evangelizacije, Vatikan
Sažetak
By placing the person of the priest in the context of God's courage and mercy which transfigure him and by which the priest becomes apt to transform the people he is sent to serve in truth and love and, the world around him in which significant cultural changes are occurring, the author describes the role and significance the priest has in the new evangelisation and who acts in persona Christi capitis. It is through the role of the priest that the author points out the need for a new anthropology. Referring to the two thousand year history of Christianity, the author also points out the need for caution that the Christian community should have towards the cultural environment it lives in and wishes to guide towards the truth of the Gospel. The author points to inevitable love toward the truth as a precondition to realise the goals of the new evangelisation. The main source for our understanding of the truth can be St John the Baptist's words: »I am the way and the truth and the life« (Jn 14:6). The truth is inseparable from love in which the truth finds its final shape. It is up to the priest to point out the meaning and value of every human life which the author believes is in peril. The author concludes that returning to faith in God's courage towards us and our's toward the world can lead us to comprehend how important it is to discover the truth which is hidden in our priesthood: in it we are transfigured. To live from this means to be on the path to holiness.
Ključne riječi
God's courage; priest; new evangelization; truth; freedom; man; sincerity; love; life
Hrčak ID:
72517
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.10.2011.
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