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https://doi.org/10.31192/np.17.2.8
The Ecclesiology of Jürgen Moltmann as an Application of the Trinitarian Theology of the Cross on the Understanding of the Church
Lidija Matošević
orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-7931
; Sveučilišni centar za protestantsku teologiju »Matija Vlačić Ilirik«, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Andrej Bukovac-Mimica
orcid.org/0000-0003-2562-5333
Sažetak
This paper explores the ecclesiological implications of Jürgen Moltmann’s trinitarian theology of the cross. According to Moltmann, the hierarchical model of the Church was formed on the basis of the Hellenistic philosophical concept of God, which Moltmann calls monarchical monotheism. Instead of monarchical monotheism, Moltmann bases the unity of the Church according to the model of the perichoretic unity of the three Divine Persons, which acknowledges no privileges or subjugation, and which is open to humankind, leading it into communion with the Triune God and with each other. Although he holds that a community of equal individuals is a more appropriate model of the Church than a hierarchical one, the question of the Church’s organization is, for Moltmann, ultimately a question of secondary importance. The focal point of ecclesiology should not be the organization of the Church, but its mission, understood within the wider framework of mission Dei, an eschatological movement that begins with God, and finds its goal in consummation of all creation. If we perceive the Church in this manner, as a community whose purpose is not the expansion of the Church, but the expansion of the Kingdom, and if we also take into account that the eschatological kingdom includes all people, all beings, and the earth itself, then this opens up a vast ecumenical potential and a space for dialogue with other religions, as well as the (secular) society as a whole.
Ključne riječi
ecclesiology; Jürgen Moltmann; missio Dei; perichoresis; trinitarian theology; Triune God
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222491
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Datum izdavanja:
9.7.2019.
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