scholarly journals Sensus Fidei as a Gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 361-378
Author(s):  
Leon Sawicki
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Living Organism ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
God's People ◽  
God's Word ◽  
Sensus Fidelium ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Intellectual Formation ◽  
The Church

In order to understand the meaning of the sense of faith, it is necessary to distinguishbetween sensus fidei (a person’s ability to believe), sensus fidelium(competent to the Church as congregatio fidelium, and is based on sensus fidei)and consensus fidei – fidelium (points to the unity of the Church, which is expressedin a common confession of faith, credo).Sensus fidei is expressed as intuition or understanding of faith. is meansthe potential ability of a person to hear God’s Word addressed to them andto accept it as God’s Word. is makes it possible for members of the Churchto “grasp” the revelations. is charism or ability to discern was given to thewhole Church by the Holy Spirit. It is one of the ways in which the faithfulbear witness to their faith and discover the tradition of the Church. e historyof the development of dogma shows that God’s people also contributeto a deeper understanding of the truths of faith. Consensus fidei has always hadvalue in Catholic theology. e testimony of God’s people helps to recognisethe revealed truth.e Holy Spirit gives believers the ability to understand the supernaturaltruth revealed by Christ. In this way supernatural reality is becoming increasinglybetter known and expressed more precisely through new language formulations.Sensus fidei is born from the Christian experience of participatingin the life of grace, and leads to a clearer understanding of the mystery thanlogical discourse is able to do. e theology of sensus fidei, stressing the activerole not only of Ecclesia docente, but also discente, has enlivened reflectionson the Church as a “living organism” whose global growth, especially in faith,is realised in the vital function of the whole organism.In order to make a reliable judgement on issues that affect the senseof faith, it is necessary to appeal and to base it on the teaching of the Magisteriumof the Church. Only then the understanding of revelation through sensusfidei can be expressed through linguistic expression in a way that is certain andappropriate to the reality being expressed.Between sensus fidei and the teachings of the Magisterium of the Churchthere are mutual relationships. Sensus fidei needs the Magisterium, similarly theteachings of Magisterium should also take into consideration the fruits of sensus fidelium. We can therefore speak of the interpenetration of these two realities.“Mutual reciprocity” – the coordination between laity and Shepherds of theChurch must lead to many benefits, including the proclamation of revealed truth.Sensus fidei seems to point to people who are above all “poor in spirit.”It is true that God o%en gives to simple people, but deeply believing, the abilityof the “eyes of faith” of supernatural reality. A%er all, Jesus Christ Himself says:I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have covered these thingsfrom the wise and prudent, and revealed them to the simple ones. Yes, Father,because that was your liking (Luke 40:/4). Indeed, a true believer has this wisdom,even without profound theological knowledge. e more intensely a person livesa spiritual experience, the more fruitful he or she will participate in the senseof faith. At times, however, too much detachment of sensus fidei from the needfor systematic intellectual formation is sought. It is necessary to be aware thata person open to the grace, instructed by the teaching of the Magisterium, theteaching of theology, is thus in a more advantageous situation in relation to thecharism of sensus fidei. For man “juxtaposes,” analyses facts and words, andunderstands them according to his own experience and his cognitive abilities,according to the principle: ad modum recipientis recipitur. e Holy Spirithelps to evaluate what is understood. However, it does not miraculously replacea proper understanding of facts and words, which are, a%er all, the subjectof this judgementQ|.Post-conciliar theology places sensus fidei above all in the context of theinfallibility of the whole Church. In addition, it sees it as a charism handeddown from the Holy Spirit to the Church. Considering sensus fidei, as “intuition,”“instinct” or “autonomous judgement” we do not mean irrational aspect.However, theologians emphasise that it is not possible to overestimate sensusfidei, too much, because it has its limitations. It is difficult to define a consensusof faith. e faith of much of God’s people is, unfortunately, weak, limited,prone to one-sidedness, and certainly cannot be the foundation for precisedeliberations, although it does inspire them in a way.

Martin Luther on the Church and Its Ministry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl M. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spiritual Community ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
God's People ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Royal Priesthood ◽  
The Church

Any study of Luther’s ecclesiology faces apparent consistencies or contradictions in Luther’s view of the church, which have been variously explained by scholars in terms of a development in Luther’s thought or as reflecting different genres in which he wrote. An understanding that begins with the Word of God, and the church as the creature of the Word, offers a helpful starting point. Luther’s view of the church and its ministry are both grounded in the Word of God, the promise of the gospel. The church exists wherever the Word of God is proclaimed, and the church is a spiritual community oriented to and shaped by this Word in its life by the power of the Holy Spirit. The distinctions in Luther’s ecclesiology, such as visible versus invisible, are hermeneutical rather than ontological. Luther’s later ecclesiological writings also reflect his Spirit and letter hermeneutic, even as he engages new battle fronts, so that the gospel remains at the center of the church’s proclamation and life. For God’s Word to continue to be preached, God has instituted the office of ministry to which specific persons are called, who are entrusted with this great treasure. Luther’s view of the office of ministry should be interpreted in light of, but not as opposed to, his view of the royal priesthood, which he develops as an ecclesiological concept. Bishops are a specific instance of the public office of ministry, at the heart of which is the preaching of the gospel and overseeing its right preaching for the sake of God’s people.

The Mother of God's People: The Adoration of the Holy Spirit in the Eighteenth-Century Brüdergemeine

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 886-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Atwood
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Essential Point ◽  
The Past ◽  
Moravian Church ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

“Lord God, now we praise you, you worthy Holy Spirit! The church in unity honors you, the mother of Christendom. All the angels and the host of heaven and whoever serves the honor of the Son; also the cherubim and seraphim, sing with a clear voice: ‘Divine majesty, who proceeds from the Father, who praises the Son as the creator and points to his suffering.’ … Daily O Mother! whoever knows you and the Savior glorifies you because you bring the gospel to all the world.” These lines are from the Te Matrem, a prayer to the Holy Spirit that for nearly thirty years was a regular part of worship for a German Protestant group known as the Brüdergemeine. The Brüdergemeine, commonly called the Moravian Church today, was an international religious community that developed an elaborate and creative liturgical life for its carefully regulated communities. The Brethren's intense devotion to the suffering of Christ is the most famous aspect of their worship, but in the mid-eighteenth century their leader, Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, actively encouraged the Brüdergemeine to worship the Holy Spirit as the mother of the church. Surprisingly, though, this aspect of Zinzendorf's theology has been largely overlooked or downplayed by historians and theologians in the past two hundred years. When it has been discussed, it has been dismissed as a brief aberration or experiment that was discarded after the so-called Sifting Time (Sichtungzeit.) The Sifting Time was a period of liturgical and social excess in the community, the details of which remain quite obscure. The Brethren used the word Sichtungzeit to refer to a time when the community was in danger of becoming a fanatical sect. Dates for the Sifting Time range from a high of 1736–52 to a low of 1746–49, but the most common dating is 1743–50. This article will show that the use of maternal imagery for the Holy Spirit was not a tangential or quixotic aspect of Zinzendorf's theology, but thrived for more than thirty years and was, in Zinzendorf's words, “an extremely important and essential point … and all our Gemeine and praxis hangs on this point.”

scholarly journals Życie i działanie św. Pawła Apostoła w świetle liturgii Kościoła

2009 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Paweł Maciaszek
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Good News ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
God's People ◽  
Liturgical Texts ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Church

In the liturgical calendar St. Paul is mentioned twice – for the first time on the day of his conversion (25 January), and then during the celebration – in common with St. Peter the Apostle – when the congregation contemplates his life and martyr’s death (29 June). In this article, through the analysis of liturgical texts about St. Paul – biblical readings and forms of the Holy Mass, and Liturgy of the Hours – the spiritual richness and depth of mysteries of salvation are transmitted to the Church community by this Apostle of the Nations. The Apostle of Tarsus, through his life and deeds, showed us the power of the Holy Spirit operating in mankind, who makes us God’s children and lets us live not according to worldly but according to spiritual values. By giving His gifts to people, He contributes to the development of the Church. The Apostle is also the example of acceptance of the Gospel, which is revealed through preaching the Good News to all peoples. He shows that one can endure pain and suffering for sake of the Gospel. And sacrificing our life, giving it for the act of salvation leads to friendship with Christ and brotherly love. The liturgical texts which are designed to be prayed on St. Paul’s days deeper the certainty that God’s people have that Jesus was resurrected and is alive, and wishes to lead each man on the way to salvation.

scholarly journals Mengoptimalkan Karunia dalam Jemaat untuk Melakukan Misi Amanat Agung di Era 4.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Eben Munthe
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Great Commission ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

Carrying out the mission of the great commission is a general church task, which must be carried out by all believers. Conducting missions in the 4.0 era is a challenge in itself, and the church must empower God's people with the gift of the Holy Spirit who can answer the needs of mission services in this era. The article is qualitative research literature, applying descriptive and phenomenological methods to show a description of service needs related to mission in the 4.0 era. As a result, a leader, in this case, the pastor, must first be empowered in terms of gifts so as to optimize the gifts that are in the church. AbstrakMelakukan misi amanat agung merupakan tugas gereja secara umum, yang harus dilakukan oleh semua orang percaya. Melakukan misi di era 4.0 merupakan tantangan tersendiri, dan gereja harus memberdayakan jemaat Tuhan dengan karunia Roh Kudus yang dapat menjawab kebutuhan pelayanan misi di era ini. Artikel merupakan penelitian kualitatif literatur, menerapkan metode deskriptif dan fenomenologi untuk menunjukkan gambaran kebutuhan pelayanan terkait misi di era 4.0. Hasilnya, seorng pemimpin, dalam hal ini gembala sidang, harus terlebih dahulu berdaya dalam hal karunia sehingga dapat mengoptimalkan karunia yang ada dalam jemaat

scholarly journals Experiencing Uncommon Faithfulness:

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Stephen Nicholson, SJ
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Black Catholics ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

The challenges confronting the church in the 21st century, especially that of persistent systemic racism, call for a methodological shift in ecclesiology.  This paper explores the meaning and benefits of Natalia’s Imperatori-Lee’s narrative ecclesiology within the context of race in the United States Catholic Church.  By turning to the story of God’s people, especially the silenced and oppressed, ecclesiology is empowered to challenge false histories and overturn theologies which justify oppression.  Furthermore, the work of the Holy Spirit and the responses of the faithful are made evident in lives of “uncommon faithfulness,” such as those of Black Catholics in the US.  To be guided by narrative ecclesiology today, members of the church must engage in an embodied struggle for liberation and so hear the story of God’s people anew.

scholarly journals The Holy Spirit in the Gospels

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
PETER A. LILLBACK
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

Abstract: The Synoptics emphasize the eschatological significance of the Holy Spirit in relation to the earthly Messiah, who speaks God’s word. Johannine theology highlights the sending of the Spirit from a post-Pentecost perspective. As paraklētos, the coming Spirit is promised to bring to mind the teachings of the Lord. The word paraklētos expresses facets of this “helper,” or “comforter,” that are analogous to Christ’s. The paraklētos also comes alongside believers, enabling them to embrace the gospel, to fulfill the multifaceted ministries of the gospel, and to convict the unbelieving world. The abiding significance for the church is not identified in charismatic manifestations but in the believer’s relationship with and witness to Christ.

scholarly journals A Igreja, a homossexualidade e o clero

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (282) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Arlene Denise Bacarji
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Sociological Knowledge ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

A autora faz observações sobre o último documento da CNBB, Diretrizes para a formação dos presbíteros da Igreja no Brasil, relacionando-ocom a ordenação de homossexuais, acrescentando conhecimentos sociológicos e psicanalíticos sobre o tema. Alerta a Igreja sobre a perversão, mostra uma visão de quem está de fora do clero e faz parte do povo de Deuse questiona qual seria o significado dos fatos à luz do Espírito Santo.Abstract: The author comments on the last document of the Brazilian Bishops Diretrizes para a formação dos presbíteros da Igreja no Brasil, relating it with the ordination of homosexuals, adding psychoanalytic and sociological knowledge about the subject. Alert the Church on perversion, shows a view of who is out of the clergy and is part of God’s people and asks what is the meaning of the facts in light of the Holy Spirit.

scholarly journals Church Models for the 21st Century

Kairos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-91
Author(s):  
Stanko Jambrek
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
God's Will ◽  
The Bible ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

In order to have a fruitful understanding of the nature of the Church, the Bible uses a variety of pictures, which when taken together form Church models by which believers live and act by. We have reviewed Church models in three categories: the first category is taken by Church models which are formed today by our everyday life; the second one are Church models which have been created by man throughout history; and third, the Church models which have a foundation in the Word of God. Church models formed by everyday life and man-made Church models can be used as negative examples of models to be changed and avoided, especially models of the Church as an institution and as a denomination. The Bible shows a particular reality and nature of the Church by using numerous different pictures from everyday life. These include pictures from the ownership system; the picture of the way the human body works; pictures from premarital, marital, and family life; pictures from architecture, agriculture, cattle breeding, fishery, and citizenship and patriotism. Each of the used pictures communicates one or more God’s truths in a way that is experientially very close and familiar to the listeners and readers. These pictures reflect life and point towards life. The 21st century Christianity needs to adopt and apply Biblical pictures of Church which, when taken together, form the Biblical Church model. As we establish this model, we need to focus on God and His purposes and plans for a specific time, place, and culture. Our communication with God needs to be completely open, and the Church needs to be prepared to follow God’s plans and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Biblical Church model contains God’s (immutable) and human (mutable) elements. God is immutable, which is why anything that is permanent and immutable in Church comes from God, and what can and needs to be changed is anything that came from people. The human elements need to be aligned with God’s Word and the Holy Spirit’s guidance, so that the Church would be able to obey God’s will fruitfully.

scholarly journals Tinjauan Teologis Tentang Gereja Sejati dan Aplikasinya Bagi Pelayanan Gereja Kontemporer

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Paulus Purwoto
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
People Of God ◽  
God's People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

AbstractThe church is a chosen group or congregation, namely those who are called by God to come out of the world, go away from sin and enter into the realm of grace. The church has a relationship with God's people in the Old Testament, where in the Old Testament God chose Abraham as the embryo of the birth of the nation of Israel, which was God's chosen nation. Theologically, the idea of God's people being called out clearly existed in Old Testament times, as well as in New Testament times. Linguistically the Greek word ekklesia appears repeatedly in connection with Israel in the Septuagint translation. The elements in the Old Testament exist in the New Testament church, however, they cannot be correctly equated between the Old Testament congregation and the church, because the church is a new product, founded on the Lord Jesus, made by the Holy Spirit and contains people from all the races of all nations become one new people of God. The true church has the signs as described in the Word of God. The purpose of this research is to conduct a theological review of the true church and its application to the contemporary church. The method used in this research is literature study method. The true church has signs, joy, holiness, truth, mission, unity, love, proclaims the Word of God properly, uses the sacraments properly, and exercises church discipline. The conclusion of this study is that the true church has signs that can be applied in contemporary church ministry.Key words: Chruch, Contemporer, True, Ministry AbstrakGereja adalah kumpulan atau jemaat pilihan, yaitu mereka yang dipanggil Allah keluar dari dunia, pergi dari dosa dan masuk ke dalam wilayah anugerah. Gereja memiliki relasi dengan umat Allah dalam Perjanjian Lama, dimana dalam Perjanjian Lama Tuhan memilih Abraham sebagai embrio lahirnya Bangsa Israel yang merupakan bangsa pilihan Allah. Secara teologis gagasan tentang umat Allah yang dipanggil keluar jelas telah eksis pada masa Perjanjian Lama, sebagaimana pada masa Perjanjian Baru.  Secara linguistik kata Yunani ekklesia muncul berulang kali dalam kaitannya dengan Israel dalam terjemahan Septuaginta. Unsur-unsur dalam Perjanjian Lama tersebut ada dalam gereja Perjanjian Baru, namun demikian tidak dapat disamakan dengan tepat antara Jemaah Perjanjian Lama dengan gereja, oleh karena gereja adalah sesuatu produk baru, didirikan diatas Tuhan Yesus, dijadikan oleh Roh Kudus dan berisi orang-orang dari segala ras dari seluruh bangsa menjadi satu umat Allah yang baru. Gereja sejati memiliki tanda-tanda sebagaimana dijelaskan dalam Firman Tuhan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk melakukan tinjauan teologis tentang gereja sejati dan aplikasinya bagi gereja kontemporer. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode studi literatur. Gereja sejati memiliki tanda-tanda, sukacita, kekudusan, kebenaran, misi, kesatuan, kasih, memberitakan Firman Tuhan dengan benar, menggunakan sakramen dengan benar, dan menjalankan disiplin gereja. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa gereja sejati memiliki tanda-tanda yang dapat diaplikasikan dalam pelayanan gereja kontemporer.Kata kunci: Gereja, Kontemporer, Sejati, Pelayanan. 

scholarly journals Pneumatologiczny wymiar Kościoła i teologii według Johna D. Zizioulasa

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Marek Jagodziński ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Special Study ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Face ◽  
In Christ ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Church

John D. Zizioulas’ publications do not include a special study of his Pneumatology, but his lectures on dogmatic theology contain a lot of material on the pneumatological vision of the Church. The foundation of the Church’s faith is the revealed and communicated truth of God, the preservation of which is a special task of the Holy Spirit. He is always active in community and creates communion, and all His gifts are for unity. The truth is revealed and secured only in the communion of the Holy Spirit in the Church. Zizioulas writes that it is the Holy Spirit who constitutes the true “essence of the Church”. Hence, Orthodox theologians often conceive of the Church as “an everlasting Pentecost event”. Thanks to the Son, we can get to know God, while the Holy Spirit reveals that God is communion. The great mistake of generations of dogmatists was to separate Christology from the science of God – and therefore from pneumatology. Salvation is realized in the Church, which is after all God’s people united in Christ and in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of communion, and it is no exaggeration to identify the Kingdom of God with Himself. The Eucharist is communion and participation in the Blood of Christ, which is “full of the Holy Spirit” and shares in Christ – and at the same time “in the communion of the Holy Spirit”. In the face of christomonistic or charismatic constraints, Zizioulas reminds us that Christ does not build the Church without the Holy Spirit, and He does not come to the Church only when he is completely formed. The institution of the Church was established at a specifi c point in history, but is constantly constituted and renewed by the Holy Spirit. The Church receives everything from God through Christ in the Holy Spirit, but it is necessary to receive His gifts in the event of communion – and it is in the Holy Spirit that everything what happens is an event of communion.

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