Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.348
이안 바버, 양환 전
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.281
데니스 패트릭 오하라, 은옥 김
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.223
Dominique Lambert, 도형 김
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.90
H. Choi
In this study we try to clarify the theological foundation of dialogue and communication for the continuous realization of synodality and to propose its necessary mechanism. Actually, dialogue and mutual communication are very important and a matrix in the realization of synodality. The Church, the pillar and the support of the Truth, was born of the Truth, proclaims It and also goes forward toward Its fullness. The concept related to the transmission of the Truth is Tradition, according to the teachings of the Vatican Council II, Traditio viva. Understanding of this living Tradition grows through meditation and study of faithfuls, the intelligence on the spiritual experiences and the preaching of the magisterium. Therefore, not only magisterium but also the whole people of God is the active subject in the transmission of the Truth. God's people exercise this role by virtue of Sensus Fidei which is the gift of the Spirit. The magisterium and the Sensus Fidei of the people of God are in a mutual and circular relationship. This relationship, in the exercise of the prophetic office, can also be extended to the entire life of Church. Therefore, it can be said that for the realization of synodality, are required mutual listening, dialogue and communication, whose characteristics must be multidirectional. The synodal process takes place through three phases of listening, discernment and exercise. However, this process is not linear but circular. Transparency is also needed so that this process takes place effectively. When the Church, a bride worthy of Lord, lives in this way, she can be the model of the dialogue and communication in the World today.
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What is the Synodalitas Church that the 16th Synod of World Bishops aims for? In order to understand the Synodalitas Church from a biblical point of view, we must first start with the Messianism of Jesus. Although Jesus distanced himself from the title of Messiah, he practiced the so-called decen-tralized messianism where he shared his identity, mission, and authority with his disciples. Jesus invited his disciples to call God Abba and gave them the authority to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God through miracles (Lk 10,9). From a historical point of view, Jesus' decentralized messianism can be seen as a combination of Israel's decentralized political form, which was implemented until the age of the judges in the Old Testament, and royal messianism after the Davidic dynasty. The sharing of dominion between the king and the people appears as an eschatological vision in Daniel 7 where both the son of man and the people are given dominion, glory, and kingdom (Dn 7:14.27). Expressing himself as the Son of the Man, Jesus invited people to his eschatological authority and mission. Already in the early church, Jesus' disciples were called those who followed the way(Acts 9,2). The way is no different but the way of Jesus, the Lord(Mk 1,3; Mt 3,3; Lk 3,4; Acts 18,25). Synodalitas is often interpreted as a journey together, but from a bib-lical point of view, synodalitas is not just a journey together, but a journey together on the way of Jesus. The early church practiced various models of walking together on the way of Jesus. This thesis examines various aspects of the church of the brothers, the synodal church, the church of patriarchal love, the kingdom of priests, the church as a temple, the church of the prophets, and the church of the Holy Spirit and authority. Based on the various church models of the New Testament, those in the Synodalitas Church should listen to each other, discuss, and practice how to proclaim and practice the Gospel and the role of a prophet of this age.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.53
Junyang Park
Synodality is the most important keyword for the Catholic Church of Today. It gives us the task of the integration between charismatic communion and hierarchial communion in the ecclesiological dimension. For this, it is important to understand the concept of sensus fidei (sense of the faith) as a charismatic gift for the faithful. Especially, the discernment of the ex-pressions of sensus fidei of the faithful in the application and practice of synodality is importantly needed. According to the recent documents of the International Theological Commission, the criteria for discerning the right ex-pressions of sensus fiei are faith, active participation in the life of the Church, listening to the word of God, openness to reason, adherence to the Magisterium, holiness such as humility, seeking the edification of the Church, loci theologici (the proper places for theology), and etc. After all, sensus fi-dei is a concept in a hermeneutical circle, since it is by itself one of the most important criteria for synodality, and at the same time, it should be continuously discerned by other criteria.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.134
Young Man Han
“It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” (Address of His Holiness Pope Francis Ceremony Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Institution of the Synod of Bishops, October 17, 2015) (https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/speeches/2015/october/documents/papa-francesco_20151017_50-anniversario-sinodo.html)(September 26, 2022) This declaration was made by Pope Francis in his address to com-memorate the 50th anniversary of the institution of the Synod of Bishops in 2015. These words seem to point out the way the church should walk on its earthly pilgrimage. Synodalitas is the way of life and activity of the Church, which expresses the Church as the mystery of communion. The time and meeting of the Synod held at the diocesan level is mean-ingful in listening to and discerning the daily problems that people face and illuminating the way the church should take. At the canonical level, the spirit of ‘communion, participation, and mis-sion’ is concretely expressed through such organizations as diocesan synods, presbyteral councils, pastoral councils and financial councils, and financial councils, and parish pastoral councils and financial councils in the process of decision-making and implementation of certain issues. The canon law guaran-tees this spirit of synodalitas in the form of consultation and consent based on shared responsibility. First of all, consent binds the superior for whom consent is to be obtained by law. Insofar as it is obligatory to obtain consent, any juristic act is invalid if it is not followed. On the other hand, since counsel is not legally binding, the superior may not follow the counsel if necessary. However, if counsel is required, it must be sought for the validity of the act. Without seeking counsel, which is obligatory, the juridic act of a superior is invalid. The diocesan bishop does not respect the right of counsel and consent of qualified persons merely at the level of prudence. Rather, he must listen to the voice of ‘sense of the faith’ (sensus fidei) among the baptized faithful through counsel and consent according to the spirit of the synodalitas, which is the way of life and activity of the Church. In other words, the diocesan bishop must fulfill his responsibilities before the invisible God, who speaks in the form of counsel and consent to be obtained by the canonical bodies. Even though such counsels and consents sound like voice of people phenom-enally, they can be considered a form of patrimony which the Church has accumulated and inherited throughout the world. It is in this respect that the participation, expression and acceptance of all on the basis of common re-sponsibility never exempts the diocesan Bishop from the individual responsi-bility of the divine authority he has received from Christ the Lord. On the other hand, it is precisely for this reason that the faithful must accept and follow, in the spirit of obedience, the decisions of
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.252
D. Lambert
We clarify the philosophical notions implicitly present in Georges Lemaître’s cosmology. We first show that he carefully distinguished the theo-logical notion of creation and the physical concept of physical (natural) be-ginning of the universe. We study his first cosmological work which did not involve any question of beginning and end of the universe. Afterwards, we explain how such a question arose in his work concerning the “Primeval Atom Hypothesis”. Reflecting on the ontological and epistemological status of the “Primeval Atom” we are lead to the concept of ontological beginning, which cannot be confused neither with creation nor with natural beginning (now the Big Bang, the initial singularity if any). We then consider the crea-tion representation in the thought of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. We ana-lyze the comparison made by Teilhard, in 1948, between his “Omega Point” and the “Primeval Atom”. This suggests us the need for a philosophical in-vestigation of the “Archê” of the universe which appears to be absent, but for different reasons, in Lemaître and Teilhard’s thought and works.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.390
환규 정
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Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.21731/ctat.2022.87.168
Seon Pil Kim
This paper examined the challenges of the Korean Catholic Church and the seeds of hope that the Holy Spirit sowed in the Church. Before the Universal Church summoned Synodalitas, the Korean Church had tried to fol-low the image of the Early Church, which is a model of the Synodal Church. Nevertheless, the emphasis on Synodalitas in the Korean Church to-day reminds us that the Korean Church is still on a journey toward renewal, and that there are many challenges that block the way to the Synod church. In fact, there is a conflict between priests and faithfuls in the Korean Church, and there is an atmosphere of leaving the Church or looking at each other indifferently because they cannot find joy in their religious life. In ad-dition, the rapid aging phenomenon is bringing unexpected problems in the Church, and the male-centered system is causing another conflict of gender inequality. Of course, there are not difficulties only. Priests devoted to believers, and believers who obey the Divine authority of priests, the Church that approach members, and the Church that try to be with the underprivileged in the soci-ety are all seeds of hope sown by the Holy Spirit so that the Korean Church can move toward the Synod church. These seeds may look small now, but they will soon become big trees that support the Korean Church “just as mustard seeds grow into big trees.”
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