Published: 2021-11-06

PASTORAL ECCLESIOLOGY

Marek Marczewski

Abstract

Franciszek Blachnicki (1921–1987), following Antoni Graf, who as first drew attention to the necessity to derive the deduction of pastoral theology from the essence of the Church, emphasized that the subject of this scientific reflection is more clearly defined as the “Church”, therefore, instead of pastoral theology, if we wish to be more precise, we can speak of “pastoral ecclesiology”. In his opinion, this name not only means, but also adequately designates, the science that is being discussed here. The first part of the term specifies its “material object”, whereas the second part points at the “formal object” of this discipline. Blachnicki believed that the terms “pastoral ecclesiology” and “theology of the living Church” can be used interchangeably. He was of the opinion, however, that it would be better to use the term “theology of the living Church” in an explicative sense in relation to the name “pastoral ecclesiology”. Therefore, if we want to explain what the subject of “pastoral ecclesiology” is, one should say: “Pastoral ecclesiology is the theology of the living Church”. A living Church, i.e. a Church understood as a living and concrete being, would therefore be the proper subject of this discipline.

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Marczewski, M. (2021). PASTORAL ECCLESIOLOGY. The Pastoral Studies, (17), 213–226. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/12596

No. 17 (2021)
Published: 2021-11-06


ISSN: 1734-4433
eISSN: 2956-624X

Publisher
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

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