The Church as a Theocratic Community
Topicality of the Postulates of Ecclesial Life’s Renewal in the Light of The Five Wounds of Holy Church by Antonio Rosmini
Tomasz Orzeł
Wydział Lingwistyki Stosowanej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiegohttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3990-6048
Abstract
In the unusually wide spectrum of scientific interests of Bl. Antonio Rosmini – an Italian priest, philosopher, theologian, politician and intellectual, his ecclesiological reflection takes pride of place. Despite criticism, misunderstanding and even persecution by some people of the Church, he remained a faithful son, which he confirmed with his heroic obedience to the Pope and his decisions. He undertook both a sociological reflection on the Bride of Christ, developing the concept of “theocratic community”, and a theological one,
creating an original ecclesiological concept. In one of his most important works, The Five Wounds of Holy Church, he indicated the most important diseases and weaknesses affecting the Mystical Body of Christ. According to the philosopher from Stresa, they include: the separation of the people from the clergy in worship, insufficient education of the clergy, lack of unity between bishops, excessive influence of secular authorities on bishop’s appointments, and excessive attachment of clergy to material goods. In his book, he also indicated adequate methods of treating particular wounds of the Church. Echoes of his concept of ecclesiological renewal can be found both in the documents of the Second Vatican Council and in post-conciliar theology. In the first part of the article, the author presents the genesis of Rosmini’s postulate to reform the Church “in the Church”.
Keywords:
Antonio Rosmini, Church, ecclesiology, The Five Wounds of Holy ChurchReferences
Belti Remo Bessero. 1968. ,,Rosmini pro e contra la liturgia in volgare”. Charitas 42 (4): 208–210.
Google Scholar
Conigliaro Francesco. 2014. La società teocratica e le sue ragioni nel pensiero di Antonio Rosmini. W Diritto e diritti nelle „tre società” di Rosmini. Red. Michele Dossi, Francesco Ghia, 143–177. Brescia: Morcelliana.
Google Scholar
De Giorgi Francesco. 2016. Antonio Rosmini e la riforma della Chiesa. W Profezia e attualità di Antonio Rosmini. Red. Fernando Bellelli, Giovanna Gabbi, 9–24. Stresa: Edizioni Rosminiane.
Google Scholar
Dossi Michele. 2017. Il santo proibito. Trento: Il Margine.
Google Scholar
Genovesi Giovanni. 1999. Storia della scuola in Italia dal Settecento a oggi. Bari: Laterza.
Google Scholar
Kubiś Adam. 2002. „Główne etapy kształtowania się doktryny eklezjalnej”. Folia Historica Cracoviensia 8: 73–96.
Google Scholar
Marangon Paolo. 1999. Le fonti delle „Cinque piaghe”. W Il ,,gran disegno” di Rosmini. Origine, fortuna e profezia delle „Cinque piaghe della Santa Chiesa”. Red. Massimo Marcocchi, Fulvio de Giorgi, 23–54. Milano: Vita e Pensiero.
Google Scholar
Marcocchi Massimo. 1999. Istanze di riforme della Chiesa e le ,,Cinque piaghe”. W Il ,,gran disegno” di Rosmini. Origine, fortuna e profezia delle „Cinque piaghe della Santa Chiesa”. Red. Massimo Marocchi, Fulvio de Giorgi, 3–22. Milano: Vita e Pensiero.
Google Scholar
Moioli Giovanni. 1990. Scritti sul prete. Milano: Glossa.
Google Scholar
Muratore Umberto. 2002. Conoscere Rosmini. Vita, pensiero, spiritualità. Stresa: Edizioni Rosminiane.
Google Scholar
Pistoia Alessandro. 1973. ,,In margine a una recente pubblicazione sulla lezione liturgica di A. Rosmini”. Ephemerides Liturgicae 87: 163–175.
Google Scholar
Przedpełski Borys. 2010. „Kontrowersje wokół jansenizmu”. Rocznik Teologiczny ChAT 52 (1–2): 233–256.
Google Scholar
Pusineri Giovanni. 1964. ,,Dalle «innovazioni» del Tommasseo alle «novità» del Rosmini, preludio al libro delle Cinque Piaghe”. Charitas 38 (7): 21–30.
Google Scholar
Quacquarelli Antonio. 1970. La lezione liturgica di Antonio Rosmini. II sacerdozio dei fedeli. Stresa: Centro Internazionale di Studi Rosminiani.
Google Scholar
Riva Clemente. 1984. ,,L’ecclesiologia di Antonio Rosmini e il Concilio vaticano II”. La Civiltà Cattolica 135 (2): 223–237.
Google Scholar
Rojek Marian. 1996. ,,Ecclesia semper reformanda”. Resovia Sacra 3: 25–37.
Google Scholar
Rosmini Antonio. 1966. Delle cinque piaghe della Santa Chiesa. Brescia: Morcelliana.
Google Scholar
Rosmini Antonio. 2014. Filosofia del diritto. T. 28. Roma: Istituto di Studi Filosofici, Centro Internazionale di Studi Rosminiani, Città Nuova Editrice.
Google Scholar
Skrzypczak Robert. 2013. Filozofia i teologia osoby bł. Antonio Rosminiego, ojca personalizmu chrześcijańskiego. Kraków: AA.
Google Scholar
Sobór Watykański II. 1967. Lumen gentium. Konstytucja dogmatyczna o Kościele. W Sobór Watykański II. Konstytucje, dekrety, deklaracje, 110–115. Poznań: Pallotinum.
Google Scholar
Traniello Francesco. 1997. Società religiosa e società civile in Rosmini. Brescia: Morcelliana.
Google Scholar
Statistics
Downloads
License
Licencja oraz prawa autorskie autorzy przekazują wydawcy, którym jest Redakcji Wydawnictw WT UO.
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Tomasz Orzeł, The Church as a Theocratic Community , Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego: Vol. 42 No. 1 (2022)
