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Christianity has existed for more than 2000 years, however, we, the Christians, are still obliged to continuously enlighten, research and even prove the reality of our religion. In addition, throughout the centuries Christianity faced various interpretations of origin, demands and reality of the tradition, based on the earthly path of the Saviour Jesus Christ. There were (and still are) continuous deviations of basic doctrine, in particular in connection to origin of the Church, which was supposedly established directly with the work and teaching of Jesus Christ. Hence, continual research, explanation and proof of the reality of His doctrine are of great importance. Throughout his life France Perko strove to speak in a clearer, unambiguous manner about the emergence, origin and the purpose of Christ’s Church. He emphasized the importance to speak objectively about this topic, with arguments based on historical facts and supported by patristic sources and the Holy Bible in the light of reason. (1971). Furthermore, this was his ecumenism leitmotiv while searching for a way to join paths of different Christian Churches. Perko did not stand for complete equality of all Christian Churches as he knew that was impossible. He chose to search for common grounds in diversity. Moreover, he believed that diversity can be additionally enriching.

Crisis and resilience are two seemingly difficult realities to reconcile, which are often distinguished in different ways in some socio-cultural contexts. However, while these realities are inevitable for every human community, they are also to some extent, inseparable. The crisis, as a truly inevitable reality, can and should serve as a source of building new forms of resilience of individuals and communities. The Church, as a very specific form of interpersonal organization, in the contemporary context, needs to deal more with this way of relating to crisis situations. In order for this to be possible, it is necessary to formulate approaches imbued with the dynamism of appropriate resilience in crisis situations in concrete pastoral action. This article is dedicated to the theological-pastoral discernment of the elements of pastoral approaches that serve this goal, and presents the indicated elements in some newer approaches. The article specifically addresses the following approaches to crisis situations: the approach in the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis Amoris laetitia, the Catechumenal pathways for married life, and the approach of the association Rondine Cittadella della Pace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article delves into the issue of religious crises, both in the past and present. The author explores the causes of these crises and how Christianity historically provided solutions. The author points out that crises of faith can disrupt the lives of individuals and communities, and there are both internal and external factors that can contribute to them. Throughout history, heresies and persecutions have been the most significant threats to faith. The article highlights the persecution of believers and the Church in the first centuries, particularly in mid-3rd century, as an example of external attacks on Christianity. The author also discusses the example of St Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, and the impact of the persecutions on the believers' faith. Cyprian emphasizes that, while external attacks can cause crises of faith, disunity and schism within the Church can be even more damaging. It seems that when the faith was challenged by heresy and schism, it also faced an internal threat from sin and the sinful behaviour of believers. This caused a crisis for those who were vulnerable to the temptation of sin or scandalized by sinners. The author asserts this crisis was rooted either in a deviation from God or a complete rejection of Him, which allowed for an ungodly lifestyle. The author also suggests that these crises always originate from within, where the soul abandons its foundation in God, even if the initial impulse comes from external sources. When individuals or groups of believers lose their connection to God, they inevitably experience a crisis that can lead to spiritual death. This serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of staying connected to God and living a life that is pleasing to Him. Interestingly, while the Holy Scriptures may present faith as a path that leads to a crisis, in this case, the crisis is interpreted as a choice, a discernment, a selection, a decision, and not a rupture. Jesus used these crisis moments in his deeds and preaching, and they can also be seen throughout the Old Testament. However, it is important to understand that Jesus never intended for these crises to lead to unbelief or impiety. Rather, he aimed to build believers who had an authentic, personal, and firm faith. The author believes this same approach can be used to transcend the crisis of faith that the Church faces today. This crisis cannot be overcome simply by changing structures or renewing them. Instead, a renewal of our direct and living communion with the living God is required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author examines the rules of warfare in the Statutes of the King, part of the Qumran document 11Q19, known as the Temple Scroll. The Statutes of the King enacts all the basic precepts on the establishment of the institution of the king in Israel, and most of these regulations address the king's obligations in the military sphere. This article is articulated in five chapters of varying length, with an introduction and a conclusion. The organization of the army is outlined in the first part. It is composed of all military-capable men, among whom the king chooses men for his special personal guard. The rules of warfare are analysed in the second chapter. They mostly define how much of his army the king can take with him to a defensive or an offensive war. Subsequently, the rules for the distribution of spoils in case of victory, as well as the reasons and consequences of eventual war defeat are examined. The reasons and justifications of defensive and offensive warfare are discussed in the third chapter. It is apparent from the text that a defensive war is always justified, while an offensive war requires the divine approval. After presenting the rules of war in the Statutes of the King, chapter four of the article briefly describes the likely historical context of the composition of the Temple Scroll. In the last chapter the justification of a defensive and an offensive war in the TS is compared with the teachings of the Catholic Church as well as with the attitudes of the conflicting parties in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The comparison of the rules of war in the Temple Scroll with the current teaching of the Catholic Church on the issue of war shows a significant difference both in the case of a defensive and an offensive war. In the Temple Scroll, a defensive war is always justified and obligatory, while according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, strictly defined conditions are required for lawful defence of a military force. As for an offensive war, there is not a word about its justification in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, while in the TS it can be justified with God's approval. Finally, the author notes that with respect to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the teaching of the Catholic Church is consistently expressed in the attitudes and reactions of Pope Francis and other Catholic pastors of the Church. On the other hand, in the context of Russian and Ukrainian ecclesiastical reality, a greater similarity is observed with the attitudes expressed in the Temple Scroll. Namely, the leaders of the offensive side, i.e., Russia, like the king in the Temple Scroll with the assistance of the High Priest, seek a justification for the war in metaphysical spheres, while the defensive Ukrainian side has no need to seek either human or divine justifications for the defence of the people and the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study began during the war in Ukraine. The authors' intention was not to discuss war in the biblical dimension of this term, but rather to show the difference between the peace that the world cannot give and the peace that God gives. Because God himself is peace. Human efforts to achieve peace are merely ostensible. Therefore, this article attempts to approach the concept of peace from John's Gospel perspective and to demonstrate its content. This article should be an encouragement to many who are searching for both peace within and outside of themselves. Jesus is peace and only he can bring this lasting peace. The peace that the Messiah offers to His Church is an inexhaustible remedy for the health of the body and the soul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The wounds on the Body of Christ are a part of God’s identity. Pierced arms, hips, and legs are a sign and testimony of the Paschal Mystery that is Passion, Death, and Resurrection. The Church is a vulnerable and wounded Body, just as any other person is vulnerable and wounded. The Body of the Church and the body of a person can be wounded by processes that take place within the Body/bodies, and other institutions, persons, states, Churches, religions. The article discusses the wounding of the Church due to the consequences of the processes that take place within the body, and above all, due to the abuse of power, body, and conscience. When the body is exposed to the gaze of others due to being wounded, then a reaction is possible through the feeling of shame, through a complex experience that speaks of the inner process of a being that feels ashamed, which is exposed to the gaze of others. Recovery from wounding is a lengthy process that requires openness, honesty, wound detection, and talking about the course of events that led to wounding. At the same time, the wounded Body needs help, hence the article talks about possible recovery from abuse through tenderness, compassion, empathy, spiritual monitoring of people on their path to recovery.

The starting point of the article is Jesus’s revelation of God as the Trinity on which the Church’s determination as the Church of the Trinity – especially emphasised at the Second Vatican Council – is based. This Trinitarian aspect has been recognised by the Council in the founding of the Church, in its mission and in its being icon-like, while it should also be reflected in its inner life. Hence, in reflecting on the logic of the inner life of the Church, especially its communion, the article begins with a contemplation of God’s being and experience of his life. Such an approach necessarily points to the need to re-establish the relation between ecclesiology and the Trinitarian dogma. From the Trinitarian dogma or, more concretely, from constituting the unity of the Divine Trinity, the author reasons to the unity of the Church and reflects on ways in which orderly and soteriological inner-ecclesiastical relations might be realised; more precisely, the specific unity of all members of the Church and the unity of diverse offices and charismas in the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Spanish flu after World War I meant a global threat. It spread from the United States of America and took between 20 and 50 million victims, in some estimations twice that much. The first news of the disease in Slovenia dates to July 1918, that is during the second wave of its spreading. The paper presents the aspect of the Slovenian Church leaders on the disease and its dimensions in some Church educational institutions in Slovenia. Frequent contacts among the institutions were a favourable circumstance for a relatively fast and vast spreading of the disease. The most affected was the Salesian College of Veržej, in that period destined to the formation of the Austrian aspirants for the Salesian life, where from the very beginning a lack of fundamental food and difficult economic situation were met. Mainly young members of the community turned sick, and four of the staff members, the age between 29 and 34 years, died.

From the title of the paper it follows that this is not a classical biblical theme, as it extends to the field of spirituality, liturgy, pastoral care, and so on. Given that there are works in the Croatian language (M. Vidović and A. Popović) that treat the status and role of Scripture in the Church in a comprehensive and systematic way, this article does not strive for a comprehensive approach but seeks to go as deep as possible: from the presentation of the nature of the Word of God embedded in the biblical text and the appropriate attitude of the Church towards it, to the key preconditions for activating its saving power (cf. Rom 1:16). The first part of the paper deals with the Church’s relationship to the Bible. It is first of all presented as the Word of God by which the Creator reveals himself to man in order to open the way to communion. The paper then analyzes the Church’s response to God’s saving initiative achieved through his word. The second part is devoted to the transformative character of the Word of God. The attitude towards God reflects the attitude of the church community to the Holy Scriptures. The consequences of this appreciation of the correct attitude towards the Word of God are then set out. The third part of the paper presents a New Testament example of following the transformative nature of Scripture: the attitude of St. Paul towards slavery, reactions to it and their consequences throughout the history of the Church. The demanding nature of the Word of God and the grace derived from following it comes to the fore here, while hesitation and neglect of the call of Scripture leads to ambiguity and a weakening of the historically redemptive role of church life and action. In the last part of the paper, two practical elements in the use of the Holy Scriptures that are of primary importance are highlighted: the liturgy and the homily. The intertextuality of biblical texts in the liturgy, their actualization and their proclamation require careful atention and careful examination by the preacher. This is why church documents appeal to the preacher’s commitment to a deep prayer life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After the introduction, following DV 24, this article describes in three images the relationship between Scripture and theology, emphasizing some dimensions of theology to keep it relevant. The second section deals with the Word of God in its historical realization, showing how the written Word of God is preceded by the communicated Word of God, which by its internal structure cannot be fixed in a book. It also points out that the Church is a place where the Word of God is mediated and realized. From this we arrive at the key insight that the Scriptures are subject to the Word of God and as such are the norma normata, while the Word of God itself, which we cannot observe outside its historical realization, is a norma non normata. The article also highlights the importance of tradition and church teaching for Catholic theological knowledge. The third and final section, starting from the Trinity reading of Revelation as presented by the Italian theologian Bruno Forte, deals with the importance of Divine silence from which the Word of God derives, referring to the dialectic of silence and the Word. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article attempts to shed light on the role of Apostle Paul as a wise builder of the Corinthian Christian community (see 1 Cor 3:10) and to emphasise the importance of accompanying metaphorical »construction work« discourse that Paul uses (see 1 Cor 3:10-17). This topic is usually dealt with within Paul's wider discourse on the discernment of salvific wisdom of God as opposed to empty human wisdom that leads to ruin (see 1 Cor 1-3). However, it is important to emphasise that this article does not attempt a detailed analysis of the discourse on true wisdom, i.e., wisdom of the cross, on which a lot has been said and written already, but instead aims at encouraging exegetes and biblical theologians in the Croatian-speaking region to deepen and analyse more thoroughly the discourse on Paul as a wise builder. Therefore, the article ought to be considered as an introductory study that should be followed by a more detailed analysis of Paul's »construction work« discourse that ought not avoid the context of discourse on wisdom of the cross within which this topic is situated. In terms of the structure, the article begins with introductory notes, followed by the first part that discusses circumstances of Paul's work: the inner situation of the Christian community, social-economic environment of the city of Corinth, the influence of worldly wisdom, as well as consequences of the worldly manner of behaviour on the life of the community. The second part deals, in broad strokes, with the literary context and thematic background of the discourse on Paul as a wise builder (see 1 Cor 3:10) in the light of the discourse on the wisdom of God and worldly wisdom (see 1 Cor 1-3). Apart from a short comment on the wider and immediate context, this part of the article emphasises Paul's fundamental apostolic criterion of work in accordance with the will and wisdom of God that, at the same time, reveals the true role of a Christian preacher. The third part of the article offers a commentary on 1 Cor 3:10, followed by a review of important Greek terms that cast light on Paul's foundational role, and an emphasis on the act of laying out the unique foundations of the Church, i.e., the Gospel and the very person of Jesus Christ Crucified in whom wisdom of God has been manifested from the cross as the only true wisdom that leads to salvation. The conclusion draws attention to the fact that without the unique foundations in Jesus Christ that have been laid out by God in eternity and by Paul in temporality, there cannot be any unitary building of God, nor God's temple in Corinth, i.e., there cannot be Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author sets out to demonstrate that the works of the Croatian charismatic Fr. Zvjezdan Linić were inspired by evangelical logic. In the first section, the article deals with the theological principles of Linić’s literary legacy. These are: an optimistic view on life and man, love for Jesus, the Bible, fidelity to the Church, a regular sacramental life, the immensity of Divine love, and the life and works of St. Francis of Assisi, whose life encompassed all of these things. In the second section, the article deals about the concept of love in Linić’s works. From this concept, which deals with love for God, self, neighbors and enemies, the author also concludes that Linić’s vision of love is drawn exclusively from evangelical teaching. The third section is dedicated to the topic of Linić as a charismatic. Without going into certain charismatic topics that Linić dealt with, but dealing with the concept of suffering in his works, the author argues that as a charismatic Linić advanced principles that are undeniably evangelical but at the same time grounded in reality. In the conclusion, the author notes that service to God, to the Church and to the people on the basis of love is the main message of Linić’s works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article implicitly addresses the Church as an institution and organization, while it directly and more explicitly presents those that make a part of Church hierarchy, bishops and presbyteries. To better present and understand the existence and mission of bishops and presbyters, it was necessary, at least briefly, to highlight the very nature of the Church. The author divides the article in three chapters. In the first chapter, he represents the Church that has had its roots in the Old Testament and found its fullness and foundations in the Person of Jesus Christ. She has been present in God’s plan since the Old Testament times when the prophets announced her in images. In the second chapter, the author discusses the office of bishops in the early Church. This part addresses what the Church Fathers said about bishops, and their role and place within the early Church, and how particular councils and synods have defined them. The author brings the Church Fathers’ personal reflections and understanding of the office of bishop as well as certain canons that have emerged as the fruit of bishop’s collegiality and unity. The third chapter talks about presbyters. The author first presents the role of presbyter in the early Church, and then indicates the developmental path from terminology itself to the area of action at particular times in the life of the Church. The presbyter is put in a co-relationship with the bishop, he is dependent on him, but in time, due to new circumstances, he has gained a certain autonomy within the community. The author also emphasizes the importance of formation and education of church officials in areas of theology and morals.

Clients have a right to a fair trial. Judges and other officials ensure fairness by observing secrecy (cf. can. 1455, CIC 1983). This is necessary in a penal trial and in some cases also in a contentious trial. Judges are also required to maintain confidentiality concerning the discussion among them in a collegiate tribunal when making their judgement. If they breach the law of secrecy, they are punished with appropriate penalties and also with dismissal from office. The judicial examination of the parties is the core of the process. This phase leads the gathering of that important information which can lead the judge to the truth (art. 177, DC). »The best way of obtaining evidence are the statements of the spouses. The spouses are expected to be sincere and honest when describing their failed marriage.« A judge is obliged to remind the parties and the witnesses about their duty to speak the whole truth and only the truth.

This paper analyzes legal regulation of exercising and protection of the freedom of religion in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. These three countries have been selected, because in these countries there is the dominant influence of Orthodox religion and because they are members of the European Union at the same time. In this sense, they represent countries with similar legal traditions regarding the exercising and protection of the freedom of religion, as well as, to a certain extent, the legal position of churches and religious communities. It is precisely why in this area normative solutions and case-law in these countries are presented, while certain cases related to the protection of the freedom of religion are analyzed from the perspective of practice of the European court of human rights.

In the time when new evangelisation is increasingly discussed, the author of this article directs his gaze towards the beginnings of the Church and the first kerygma, whose meaning and importance he presents in three parts. The first part presents the context in which the Early Christianity found itself and in which it tried to transmit the»memories of apostles«. Inculturation begins with preaching that brings a new turnabout. The first Christian invested, perhaps more than any other after him/her, immense efforts into proclaiming the kerygma: he/she suffered from the lack of freedom, lack of members, lack of strictly theological formation, lack of support by society, lack of means of communication. The kerygmatic effort of the Early Church has suffered from these lacks, but it has abounded in the Spirit and the testimony of faith about realities that can hardly be put into words and defined. The second part follows the proclamation of the»memory of apostles«or the Gospel from dialogue to the Credo. Dialogue with the world is led by courageous Christians, apostolic fathers, apologetes, and church fathers in general. The author focuses especially on apologetes that opened up the dialogue with enemies and those who thought differently. Many of apologetes found themselves on a hard terrain that was cultivated with great efforts, personal inspiration, and courage. They had countless interlocutors among Jews, pagans, Christians, and heretics. The result of tiresome and long-lasting dialogue was the official definition of proclaimed contents of faith, formed in the Credo. The third part points out the ultimate goal of kerygma, that is, the renewal of the Church and society. The renewal is achieved through conversion as a new way of living in relation to God and other people. It permeates the whole person and is followed by God's activity. This final part of the article, therefore, puts an emphasis on the caritative dimension of the Church that finds its foundational point for this dimension in the Eucharistic communion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pope Francis calls us to an unpostponable renewal of faith and a return to the Gospel in order to rise above our own narrowness and to become human beings in the full sense of that term. This article reflects on reasons for this serious demand of the Pope. After the introduction, the first part will mention some aspects of the crisis of the contemporary human being, while pointing out what the author sees as problematic in the Church and in our relations. The second part will discuss the crisis of consciousness in the Church, but also the crisis of consciousness of the Church about itself, while pointing out what was in the proclamation of key importance for forming the first Christian communities. The third part will reflect on some aspects of the crisis in our relations, pointed out in the introduction, and present a few suggestions that might serve as a possible sketch of community-building, social, and moral effects of kerygma (proclamation). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The topic discussed in this article - European integrations and the Catholic Church - is content-wise very broad and could be approached in various ways. The author has opted, therefore, for a slightly original approach by starting with a narration of history of the two renowned institutions that managed, despite various inopportune circumstances they faced, to integrate themselves into contemporary European society with which they are in constant dialogue and which they enrich with new ideas. This refers to institutions that are related to the Catholic University Leuven in Belgium, whose activity is inspired by Christianity. In that sense, one could argue that they are a successful example, albeit a one that has to endure many hardships, of what is expected of contemporary states and their integrations, but also of the Catholic Church and its institutions. In the continuation of this article, the history and the present of contemporary European integrations, especially the European Union and its relation towards other countries on the European continent, as well as the specific relation of institutions and individuals towards religion, faith, and the Church, is concisely discussed. The theses that the author defends are backed up by statistical data and indicators. The author also offers an overview of activities of two European Catholic councils of conferences of bishops that are currently active and the relation of the Holy See towards Europe. All of this contributes to building up a common European home that is united in diversity of various countries, regions, languages, nations, and religions. The issue of one's own identity is, thereby, not denied by any means, because it has to be confirmed and testified by everyday life in community with others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The fundamental thought of the Lausanne congresses and the Cape Town Commitment as the final product of the third congress, could be summarized by these words: "The Church needs to evangelize the world." From that battle cry come the challenges of knowing the Gospel and mastering the skills necessary for implementing that plan. This article points out that both challenges can be overcome only through a consistent educational ministry within local fellowships of believers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Many theologians and sociologists claim that in order to restore the social and postmodern man's original image and resemblance to God, turning him into a "complete person," with spiritual, religious, or cultural needs, it is needed a complex theological approach. This approach, known as Social Theology, includes both a social dimension and a theological one in a Chalcedonian unity and morally regulates the relationship between man and society, between Church and modern and postmodern secular society. By means of this term, the Orthodox Church and Theology want to recover the social, just as "secularized culture experiences the recovery of religion, which it has transferred to the private sphere of people's life;" it summons the social to dialogue, collaboration and mutual responsibility, in order to recover the "contemporary individual." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this paper is to present the choral pieces composed by Viktor Osváth, who was a pastor and church musician. The compositions had at their basis tunes of psalms and tunes of praise from the official hymn book of the Hungarian Reformed Church. These choral pieces can be found in the three volumes with the title Meghódol lelkem tenéked, nagy Felség (My soul is worshiping You, great Majesty). The volumes contain 105 pieces. Following practical considerations, the three volumes presents the choral pieces at different difficulty levels and in different groups according to genre: choral pieces for single gender choir, choral pieces for mixed choir and choral pieces with instrumental accompaniment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public responsibility means, that an entity (institution, university, as well as the Church) has an obligation, a duty to act for the benefit of its social context, and for the promoting of the society. Church music has a character of public responsibility, and the duty of contributing to the teaching, service, and mission of the Church. The Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary exercises the right of ius reformandi and ius liturgicum. Liturgical books, Hymnals, and the official translation of the Holy Scripture can be exclusively accepted and introduced by the Synod. This is a clear expression of public responsibility. A clear distinction between Church music and religious music has to be made. This study deals with the historical and the theoretical aspects of public responsibility concerning Church music. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main churches in Hajdúböszörmény, both of remarkable size inherit two Angster-organs with 3 manuals. The older and bigger organ in the church of Bocskai Square was built 1902 with three manuals and 46 stops. All divisions are constructed with different windchests by using tubular pneumatic action: the great and pedal with cone chest, the second manual with Witzig-type pneumatic windchest and the third manual using the Angster-type pneumatic windchest. This is indeed a unique solution by Angster, later one he never used the Witzig-systhem again, for pneumatic windchests he used the Angstertype pneumatic construction. The organ in the Kálvin Square church was originally built 1899, with slider chests, tracker action and barker lever, pneumatic action for the stops. Angster rebuilt it in 1914, the organ received new Angster-type pneumatic windchests and a new console with roll-player mechanism with three manuals and 38 stops. After several modifications, the organ was reconstructed to its original state in 2014-2016 as the first pneumaticreconstruction project in Hungary. The Bocskai Square organ is after improper reparations still unplayable, the congregation launched benefit concerts by professionals in November 2018 to gain bigger public attention to this organtreasure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyses ecclesiality in pastoral -theological and sociological perspective in the period of last twenty years, i.e., from 1999 until 2017, which corresponds with the three consequent research waves of the international project European Values Study (EVS), i.e., EVS - 1999, EVS - 2008, and EVS - 2017. As a multidimensional reality, the authors analyse shifts in ecclesiality in the Croatian society in its six dimensions: dimension of confessional membership, dimension of religious truths, ritual dimension, moral -ethical dimension, experiential dimension, and dimension of trust in the Church. After the first point in which they point out Methodological Notes, in the second point they are presenting Ecclesiality as a Multidimensional Reality that is not only manifested in numerous dimensions, but also as a reality that is multifaceted. Hence, one can discuss gradual and distanced ecclesiality within a specific dimension, within a number of dimensions together, or even within all dimensions. That reality has been present in the history of humanity from the very beginning of Christianity and the historical Church of Jesus, but in the last few decades it has been confronted with challenges od (neo)liberalisation, individualisation, and relativization, especially in democratic societies, among which also the Croatian society. The third point, An Analysis and Comparison of Results, uses graphs, tables, and socio -demographic characteristics in order to analyse and compare results of all three research waves, EVS - 1999, EVS - 2008, and EVS - 2017, with an emphasis on EVS - 2017. These results confirm that shifts in ecclesiality between 1999 and 2017 are characterised by a certain decrease in various percentages in four dimensions. Furthermore, the largest decrease has been noted in the dimension of trust in the Church, although the nominal membership in the Roman Catholic Church has been stable in the last twenty years. The authors are analysing the shifts in ecclesiality through aforementioned four dimensions in detail in the fourth point, A Critical Review of All Three Waves of Research. Among other things, this point discusses selective Christianity, distanced ecclesiality, selective acceptance of fundamental truths of the Christian creed, growing distancing in moral -ethical dimension of ecclesiality, partial identification with the historical Church of Jesus, etc. The Conclusion shows that one cannot talk about nominal distancing from the Church at the present time, which confirms the first hypothesis. A further distancing in the dimension of religious truths has been noted, which confirms the second hypo thesis. The decrease in ecclesiality has also taken place in the ritual dimension, which largely confirms the fourth hypothesis. Indicative results have also been acquired in the moral -ethical dimension. On the one hand, for instance in the last twenty years there has been an increase in those who would not endorse tax evasion and this attitude is approved by 93% of examinees in EVS - 2017. On the other hand, the number of those who approve of divorce, abortion, and euthanasia is increasing, which confirms the fourth hypothesis. The largest decrease of ecclesiality took place in the dimension of trust in the Church, which has been in continuous decrease since 1999 and this confirms the fifth hypothesis. Conclusively, it can be said that the reality of gradual and distanced ecclesiality is becoming more and more obvious in all dimensions of ecclesiality - from the confessional membership to trust in the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The blessed Augustin Kažotić (Agostino Gazotich, Casotti, Gazzotti), a Dominican monk from Trogir in central Dalmatia, is very probably the most important personality of the musical Middle Ages in northern Croatia. His musical activities covered three areas: as a reformer of church singing, as an organizer of an innovative rite and probably as a composer. Functioning as the Bishop of Zagreb from 1301 until 1322 (after 1318 named Bishop of Lucera in southern Italy) he probably reformed church singing in the Zagreb Cathedral through teaching and performing; the innovative rite he introduced consisted of a new arrangement and way of bringing sung numbers into liturgical 'dramaturgy', as well as introducing some innovations in the repertory; and he might have been the as yet unconfi rmed author of several compositions printed much later in such collections of church compositions as Cithara octochorda (first edition: Vienna 1701; further editions: Vienna 1723 and Zagreb 1757). and/or Cantuale processionum (Zagreb, 1751). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article, with the title Henri de Lubac - A witness of Christ and the Church, concentrates on the theology of Cardinal Henri de Lubac. The reader is invited to consider his attendance on Christ and his mystical body - the Church. De Lubac's is a great testimony of love for the Church, despite the suffering that he quietly lived. The Church is continuously reborn and renewed in the sacrifice of the Eucharist, which is the basis of her communion and the source of holiness. Finis omnium Ecclesia: the Church is as great as the Divine plan of creation; it is the inner basis of that plan. Therefore we realize the meaning of faith in God for an appropriate understanding of the Church and the mission of Christians within it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses and contextualizes the only Calendar ever found from mediaeval Bosnia (the Parma Apocrypha: Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, Ms. Parm. 1993) by means of comparative analyses with liturgical calendars of Eastern and Western Christian provenance, placed in the context of a complex religious situation and a lack of material. Establishing the connections between the calendars was a two-way process: on the basis of common feast days, and of the names of saints that occasionally featured in just a small number of manuscripts. The analysis was also extended to other, somewhat meagre local sources, both written and painted, such as deeds issued by rulers and aristocrats (charters and such); the testament of Radin, which also mentions feast days; marginalia in Hval's Miscellany; selected glosses of the Vrutočko Gospel; and illuminated mediaeval manuscripts of Bosnian origin. The conclusions arising from this study reveal that, despite the prophetic use of the manuscript, the Calendar was transmitted to this part of the world and transcribed from a liturgical calendar that served as a model, and that its links with local sources relating to feast days are more or less evident. The intention was to correlate the celebration of saints and holy days (even without precise dates) with the Bosnian Church and the religious principles of its members, as to which academic consensus has yet to be reached. This approach was also prompted by a note in the chronograph of the Parma Apocrypha manuscript (the 1370 host desecration / "Hula Krstijam"). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]