Stručni rad
Church's Documents on Evangelising Role of the Family
Luka Tomašević
orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-1754
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu
Sažetak
With the Second Vatican Council a new talk about marriage and
family begins. The Council gives a new sacramental theology of
marriage founded on the concept of marital covenant. Marriage is no
longer regarded as a contract but as "a covenant in which man and
wife mutually exchange gifts and accept each other" or as a
community of life and love.
The second characteristic of recent church theology is
emphasizing that marriage is thefoundation qffamily and that mari
and wife are equal. The third novelty of church theology, speaking about family, is pointing out its evangelising role in today's secular world. In such a world family should become "the heart of new evangelisation". In a Christian family double evangelisation takes place: ali the members evangelise and at the same time are evangelised. John Paul II. points out that the mission of marriage partners and family has a special position "gained by the power of grace they received in the sacrament". This "mission should be put at the service of Church development and God's kingdom in history".
A Christian family should announce the Gospel's joy of life, protect and promote life giving birth unselfishly and bringing up their
children for the values of Church and society. In this way evangelising role of family is realized from within.
Family love spreads and has understanding for ali people in
need, for ali needs of Church and society so that evangelic špirit
would begin to reign and Christ's kingdom of "justice, love and peace" would start realizing on the earth already.
Ključne riječi
evangelisation; Gospel; family; God; Christ; Church; marriage; society; life
Hrčak ID:
39025
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.12.2001.
Posjeta: 2.618 *