Undertaking the theme of justice and charity of God, the author wants to show that these “attributes” of God do not exclude each other mutually. They mutually complete each other and are inseparably and existentially related to each other. Both come from God, in Him have their beginning and the source. Justice and charity are God’s gifts for us. We are their continuous recipients...
Maintenance and storage of books in the bishop's curia constitute an important part of church administration. This article addresses the canonical aspect of such books.First, the provisions of the Code on the need to maintain specific registers in the curia were first introduced. Second, the books necessary for the proper management of the diocese in the curia are presented.Next...
In the article "Celebrations of Saint Hedwig’s Year 2017-2018 in the Wrocław Metropoly" the reasons for declaring Hedwig’s Year and the issues related to its organization were first indicated. Jubilee celebrations took place on several levels: religious, scientific, cultural and social. The indulgence celebrations in the name of Saint Hedwig in 2016 and 2017, connected with the...
Purpose of this elaboration is to show the first development phase of Lutheranism in Silesia, which lasted until the Peace of Augsburg signed in 1555, which sanctioned very intolerant rule: “Whose realm, his religion”. Martin Luther was an Augustine monk, and his agenda found its followers in Silesian cities, ducal castles and manor houses. Lutheranism changed ceremonials...
Passus from Iz 3,16-24 describing splendor of Zion’s daughters is without a doubt a perfect base to perform a comparison between the Hebrew Bible and Septuagint. It is hard to identify many of the Hebrew hapax legomena used by Isaiah, however, this is not this particular difficulty that can be seen as a cause of differences in translation of LXX. Thorough analysis shows, that...
The Byzantine art is based upon the Christological dogma. The artistic representations of Christ and saints is justified by the fact of incarnation. Since God became visible in Christ, it is possible to represent the God’s Son in the venerable images. However, such a strong connection between the legitimacy of the icon and the Christological doctrine raises the question whether...
From the teaching of the Council of Trent four reasons stem for which the presence of Christ under Eucharistic forms is special and exceptional. First the Council speaks that this presence is „true, real and substantial” (vere, realiter, substantialiter). This a way of the presence of Our Lord results of the divine revelation transferred in evangelical stories about the...
The article shows that the noun עֺלׇה in Leviticus 1 usually is translated according to the long-standing tradition of “holocaust” or “burnt offering”. However, this practice does not transmit etymology of the word derivative of the verb עׇלׇה, meaning “to ascend”, “to climb up”, “to go up”. The article gives an overview of major examples of Bible translations of the noun in...
The initial point of this article is a content of the hymnal Das Schlesische Provinzial-Gesangbuch (Breslau, sine datum) by the Silesian Lutherans. The historical and poetological analysis presented here on the one hand try to answer the questions how the Silesian authors expressed their religiosity and how the image of God and Jesus Christ was presented by them; on the other...
The paper is an attempt to present the current expectations of the faithful from priests. John Paul II said that a priest should be an icon of Jesus’ Heart. A priest should be a man who proclaims God, but at the same time is close to people and their issues. A priest may not run away from the modern world and in that very world he should lead people to God. Today’s expectations...
One may distinguish cataphatic and apophatic knowledge within the mystical tradition of the Church. The apophatic knowledge (obscure) is more appreciated than the positive one, because in knowing God, we attempt to know a reality absolutely transcendent. However, the Revelation itself has both elements, and yet the element positive seems to be more stressed. On the other hand...
This article is an attempt to analyze and interpretative of relations between freedom and the religion. Author discuss a main threat to the freedom and the religion, which is an absolutistic power. This article focus on positions of the English Philosopher in person of Lord Acton, and also a representatives of the Austrian School. Author pointed out, that in the sphere of the...
In the years 1962–1965, the Second Vatican Council deliberated in Rome, convened by Pope John XXIII in order to modernize and renovate the Catholic Church. Polish communist government wanted to use the Council for its own use. Church in Poland, especially monastic orders, undertook many joint initiatives aimed to provide spiritual assistance of proceedings of Council’s fathers...
The evangelization of Cyprus, as shown by St Luke in The Acts of the Apostles, can be perceived as a miniature-pattern for the process of expansion and triumph of Christianity in the ancient world, which was initiated on the very island. While focusing on the beginnings of Christianization of Cyprus, the article aims at presenting, first of all, the rich historical and...
The family is the oldest and common natural institution and the community of mankind. The unquestionable role of the family stems from the continuous impact on the human being from an early age. It is the family that offers the possibility of development of the personality of an efficient and disabled human being. For a disabled person, the family becomes the most important...
Everyone who studies the New Testament Bible must take into account its Aramaic background that results from several factors: – the Aramaic language was very popular in Roman Palestine during the first century A.D.; – the Aramaic was Jesus’ mother tongue; – Jesus’ teaching was being recorded in Aramaic and then it circulated among the people; – the oldest Church consisted of...
In the paper, a Jewish perspective of the John’s story about healing the blind is presented. The range of Jewish documents and prayers connected with healing the blinds is discussed. The context of healing on Sabbath is provided, emphasizing that Jesus “had created” new eyes for the man born blind. The passages from Qumran and Talmud were analyzed to compare the forbidden...