Spirit-filled Evangelizers

Duhom ispunjeni evangelizatori naslov je petoga poglavlja apostolske pobudnice pape Franje Evangelii gaudium. Članak se bavi promišljanjem tzv. duhovnih pretpostavki evangelizacije koje otkrivamo u tom dijelu Papine pobudnice. Tekst članka podijeljen je u tri dijela. U prvom dijelu na sažet način promatramo pojmove evangelizacije i misijske djelatnosti Crkve kroz povijesni razvoj papinske misli od pape Pavla VI., preko Ivana Pavla II. i Benedikta XVI., do pape Franje. Tim slijedom u drugom dijelu članka promatramo temu evangelizacije u misli pape Franje kroz prizmu kontinuiteta i novosti u odnosu na njegove prethodnike. Treći dio članka dovodi nas do ciljne teme, a to je govor o Duhom ispunjenim evangelizatorima, gdje posebno izdvajamo tri duhovne pretpostavke evangelizacije koje nam sugerira papa Franjo: otvorenost Duhu Svetomu, zajedništvo s Marijom te uvjetno-posljedična tema radosti plodnoga naviještanja evanđelja.
Spirit-filled evangelizers is the title of the fifth chapter of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. The article reflects on the so-called spiritual postulates of evangelization which are found in this part of the Pope’s exhortation. The text of the article is divided in three parts. In the first part, we briefly examine the terms of evangelization and missionary activity of the Church through the historical development of papal thought form Pope Paul VI, through John Paul II and Benedict XVI, to Pope Francis. Along the same lines, in the second part, we examine the idea of evangelization in the thought of Pope Francis through the prism of continuity and novelty regarding his predecessors. The third part of the article brings our main topic, the discourse on the Spirit-filled evangelizers where we select three spiritual postulates of evangelization suggested by Pope Francis: openness to the Holy Spirit, communion with Mary and the conditional-consequential topic of the joy of the fruitful proclamation of the Gospel.