Josef Ratzinger problem trwałych fundamentów europejskiego humanizmu uczynił jednym z najważniejszych w swojej pracy naukowej i duszpasterskiej. Powołany na Stolicę Piotrową wybrał imię Benedykta XVI, wskazując świętego Opata z Nursji jako szczególnego patrona swojego pontyfikatu. W opracowaniu omówiono dwie cenne wypowiedzi papieża Ratzingera ukazujące relacje pomiędzy europejskim humanizmem a benedyktyńskim monastycyzmem. Pierwszą z nich jest przemówienie Benedykta XVI wygłoszone w czasie spotkania z ludźmi kultury w Kolegium Bernardynów w Paryżu 12 września 2008 r. Drugą jest tekst Kryzys kultur, w którym papież emeryt przedstawia opata Benedykta i jego sposób życia jako adekwatną odpowiedź na współczesny kryzys humanizmu europejskiego. Poszukiwać na pierwszym miejscu Boga, uwrażliwiać sumienia na wierność prawdzie, wskazywać drogi wolności, która opowiada się za dobrem i pięknem, to powołanie benedyktyńskich mnichów a zarazem konieczny warunek integralnego humanizmu, twórczego rozwoju kultury europejskiej.
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Josef Ratzinger has made the problem of the solid foundations of European humanism one of the most important in his scientific and pastoral work. Called to the Holy See, he chose the name Benedict XVI, indicating the Saint Abbot of Nursia as the special patron of his pontificate. In this study two valuable statements of Pope Ratzinger are discussed, showing the relationship between European humanism and Benedictine monasticism. The first is the speech of Benedict XVI during a meeting with people active in culture at the Bernardine College in Paris on September 12, 2008. The second is the text Crisis of cultures, in which the Pope pensioner presents Abbot Benedict and his way of life as an adequate response to the contemporary crisis of European humanism. To seek God in the first place, to sensitize conscience to trueness, showing the paths of freedom, which advocates good and beauty, is the calling of Benedictine monks and at the same time, a necessary condition for integral humanism, the creative development of European culture.
Following the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church notices the need for the existence in particular dioceses of an institutional way of Christian initiation for adults who wish to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. At the same time, there is a universal recognition of the need to organize in local churches and relatively big parishes special places where it would be possible for adults to gradually experience post-baptismal initiation. Zbigniew Kiernikowski, the Bishop of Legnica, offers us a comprehensive proposition of Christian initiation for adults, which can be experienced both prior to and after the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. He updates the way of initiation in a very specific manner, which the Church recommends in the Rite of Christian initiation of adults adjusted to Polish customs. His proposition is firmly set in the biblical, liturgical, ecclesial and existential contexts. Its great asset is the author’s pastoral practice. The outline of the catechumenate and proposed catecheses were not created by him while sitting at a desk, but rather as a result of his ministry, the long-term programmes implemented personally in the dioceses of Siedlce and Legnica, the catecheses delivered, the scrutinies carried out and the sacraments celebrated. Yet, it needs to be stressed that the presented catecheses do not deal with all the essential dimensions of a Christian’s new life. Neither are they a systematic theological lecture on the sacraments of initiation. His numerous texts contain very interesting intuitions related to the existence of a new man, the Son of God, who is born thanks to being immersed in the waters of baptism. His proposition of experiencing initiation is incredibly valuable and unique against the backdrop of the Polish contemporary thought and sacramental practice.
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