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Spirituality, understood as the search for the transcendent, and the personal experience of what constitutes the object of faith, is a fundamental tenet in any religious tradition. In the case of Christianity, in all its main branches (RomanCath[...]![]()
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In the light of the expectations existing in the first century, we present the most relevant features to understand the style of an assumptive messianism, inspired by the figure of the Son of Man, which allows us to interpret the life of Jesus a[...]![]()
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Starting from the acquired conviction in Johannic studies about the existence of different christologies in the Fourth Gospel, the figure of the Beloved Disciple is presented as a thelogical elaboration of the last redactor in order to develop t[...]![]()
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The title of this study suggests treating three terms, at first glance, without any link. Indeed, what might be the link between homosexuality and the Holy Scriptures? Or what might be the link between homosexuality and cognitive sciences? Final[...]![]()
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The year devoted to the Eucharist has aided our reflection on the manner we celebrate Mass. The situation of many faithful who attend Mass but have not had an adequate Christian initiation has brought about a lack of balance in the celebration; [...]![]()
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This paper argues that the evaluation of religious truth claims is one of the conditions for the possibility of interreligious dialogue. This thesis takes distance from the theories that, bracketing the truth of religious claims, suggest that it[...]![]()
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The moralist and theologian David Hollenbach considers moral, cultural and religious pluralism to be the sign of the times and the point of departure to think about moral theology from dialogical universalism. This paradigm comprises a universal[...]![]()
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This article is a phenomenological approach to the mysteryophahy of dark night. The intention is the imperfections of the beginners derived from meditation, in order to show why they need to be introduced into the mystical process’ second phase,[...]![]()
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This article refers to Jesus’ process of discernement in the midst of the diverse traditions of his time, process that was based on his spirituality as poor of Yahveh and as son of the land. The article will show how Jesus’ image of God arose fr[...]![]()
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The doctrine of justification is still a current issue, due to the fact it answers vital and necessary questions asked by men of all times and, particularly, by current men: what makes human being just in front of God? And, what is the salvation[...]![]()
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The pericope of the healing/vocation of the blind “son of Timaeus” by the one he calls “son of David” becomes a climatic point of the narrative plot of Mark’s Golpel. It is clearly a discipular account which develops the literary form of miracle[...]![]()
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The construction of collegiate and synodal structures after the Council has been developed in an unsteady way. The topic reflects basic discussions and it allows us to be aware of the core orientations in the recent ecclesiology. The article sho[...]![]()
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The meaning of our present Eucharistic celebration is based on the faithfulness to a tradition that we inherited from the revelation, a Christian event consigned in the Holy Scripture and handed down and preserved by the Church’s Magisterium. To[...]![]()
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The Eucharist, bread of hope, community on its way. This is a meditation about the pílgrimage of the Church as a community that was born of the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. From the living communion with the crucified, all people un[...]![]()
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Starting from the consideration of the Eucharist as «light and life of the new millennium», this paper points out some present challenges to be illuminated from the Eucharistic Mystery. It has three parts: (1) The urgency of not forgetting the «[...]![]()
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This paper tries to show how the theme of peace is present in the whole liturgical celebration of the Eucharist, from the beginning to the dismissal of the Eucharistic congregation. With this in mind it searches the biblical meaning of peace, an[...]![]()
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This paper studies the subject of the evangelization of politics starting from the reflections of the Conference of Church Movements and New Communities (Bogotá, March 9-12, 2006), convoked by the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the CELAM, [...]![]()
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This article explores the potential of the narrative exegesis applied to the dramatic sequence presented in Jn 1:19-2, 12. It proposes that, on the one hand, the value of such hermeneutical methodology for biblical analysis provides a particular[...]![]()
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In the parable of the Good Samaritan there is a direct relationship between audition (faith), decision (mercy) and recitation (hope). The story narrated by Jesus Christ is dialectically founded upon these three pillars which define, on one side,[...]![]()
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The notification by the Congregation of Faith to the christological works of the Jesuit theologian Jon Sobrino starts with a calling to attention about the methodological principles. Since what seems to be under suspicion is the Latin American m[...]![]()
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The concept of the “historical Jesus” is the starting point for Latin American Christological reflection; it can be considered the “gateway” to Latin American Christology as seen from the new theological-ecclesiastic perspective proposed by the [...]![]()
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The supremacy of truth was one of the main principles in J.H Newman’s personality. This article highlights this particular feature, but it mainly focuses on the possibility all every human beings needs to either justify their beliefs or reach th[...]![]()
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Within a context characterized by the passage from modernity to post-modernity, the author suggests a reflection upon the issue of the theological method. Such a method has recourse to a threefold, hermeneutically related principle: the auditus [...]![]()
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The study of the characteristics of family celebration in current Judaism, evidences the great wealth, creativity, and dynamism of Jewish families in strengthening their identity and celebrating their faith. Judaism, without its Temple, committe[...]![]()
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The Johannine communities: The original diversity : Las comunidades juánicas: la original diversidad
The Johannine communities represent a distinct hermeneutic movement in the complex world of New Testament books. It is crystal clear that the principle of subsidiarity is present in St. John’s gospel, as I have shown in previous works. “After se[...]![]()
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The Kenosis category is part of the Christian message and it entails the emptying of the self. From a gender perspective, this article wonders about the pertinence of such a category in order to achieve the empowering of women and the recovery o[...]![]()
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The access to the mystery of God by means of revelation, its acceptance, understanding and communication, are an event of language. This article is focused on a kind of language that can offer elements to understand the dynamics by which the fai[...]![]()
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Nef Ulloa, Boris Agustin ; Ribeiro Graciani, Ma. Regina | Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | 2016-11-28The mystery of the Eucharist is the root and source of Christian life, and therefore of the Church. It is the way found by Christ to fulfill his promise to be with us “always to the end of time” (Mt 28:20). By the Eucharistic Supper one enters i[...]![]()
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Reviewing the documents of the II General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate (1968), a lack of specifically missiological reflection emerges. However, Medellin offers essential elements for a proper Latin American missionary debate. The[...]![]()
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The Holy Scripture testifies the genuine and gratuitous experience of God in the life of men and women. Both Testaments speak of an action that, as an irresistible force, embraces all the human being. In fact, this action seduces, takes possessi[...]![]()
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Luke’s Golpel presents two events, and Jesus participates in both. In the first one, a blind unnamed beggar asks for help. In the second one, an ἀρχιτελώνης called Zacchaeus intends to see Jesus. There are literary parallels and differences betw[...]![]()
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Based on the environmental thought of the Patriarch of Constantinople, we study the importance of considering the environmental issues and crisis in the light of a conceptualization that emphasizes the significance of the ontological argument, a[...]![]()
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In the context of the 5th General Conference of CELAM in Aparecida and starting from the document on Participation an analysis is made of a fundamental church option that has been present in the theology, the faith and the praxis of the Latin Am[...]![]()
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Within the wide framework of teaching and in the interest of knowing and sharing an objective knowledge of the first writing prophet, the aim of this article is to provide an exegetic approach to a text that represents the intrinsic importance o[...]![]()
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The purpose of these lines is to try to clarify the origins of the theological positions that Zubiri took on the mature stage of his work. For this reason, we will refer mainly to two of his writings: “Hellenism and Christianism” and “The Supern[...]![]()
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Family tables have an underlying language which needs to be interpreted in order to conceive new forms of community within the Church. This work describes a number of family table models which are compared to what Jesus Christ used to do during [...]![]()
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Based on the experience of a personal God, the intention is to reflect on the idea that the personal character of God does not exhaust the divine reality as expressly stated in the history of mankind and in Christianism. In this way, a dialogue [...]![]()
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This paper critically explores the thesis according to which the main difference between science and religion is that while the former seeks to explain the causal order of the world, the latter deals with giving meaning to the totality of what e[...]![]()
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This paper is the result of a documentary and bibliographic research carried out in the general archive of the Latin American Episcopal Council, Celam. It focuses on its contribution to ecumenical dialogue during its sixty years of history. It p[...]![]()
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The ecumenical movement is a dynamic reality in constant transformation according to the new times, the new contexts and the new subjects that are integrated in the dialogue about oikoumene, such as cultures and religions. The objective of this [...]![]()
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This paper explores the richness of the theological and eschatological conceptions subtending the language of the Parousia in the texts of the literary and theological tradition of the Fourth Gospel. Its originality and novelty are represented b[...]![]()
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Science and technology provide both knowledge and undeniable welfare but, on their own, they do not provide any sense, utopia, guidance, support, vital power or hope when people face adversity, pain or death. This is why religion still has a pro[...]![]()
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In the Jewish tradition, the Sabbath is considered as the sacred seventh day of the week, one which - according to the Torah – must be celebrated abstaining from any kind of labor. It is not a simple break from everyday work, but an opportunity [...]![]()
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The Syrian Churches preserve and guard a rich liturgical and sacramental life based on the seven sacraments that they share with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. However, they do not present or develop all the sacraments as they are practiced[...]![]()
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This paper describes the way in which the jesuit missionaries used to report on the progress of their work in the Marañón region starting in the XVII century. Este artículo describe la manera como los misioneros de la Compañía de Jesús acostumbr[...]![]()
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This article presents theological research findings concerning the identification of contextual motivations of Jn 4. The text is the starting point, analytically stated based on representative signs from tradition, while the conclusions are pres[...]![]()
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This study aims at elucidating the meaning of Edith Stein’s notion of “certainty of being”. As an original phenomenon, the latter has always been critically approached by both Philosophy and Theology. Nonetheless, Stein provides a philosophicall[...]![]()
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“The song of Moses and the Lamb” (Rev 15:3-4) is a good example of the legacy preserved in the biblical texts on the cultural, social, political and religious contexts in which they were composed. The author of the Book of Revelation is particul[...]![]()
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Possession of the land is a major theme of the Bible. In a similar way, conflicts regarding the possession/dispossession of land are at the core of social problems in Colombia and Latin America. This paper offers a study of the story about Nabot[...]![]()
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The Latin American Liberation Theology underscored the option for the poor in the direction of the great social change. However, in that urge for liberating action it neglected the attention to the subjectivity of the subjects. This produced ten[...]![]()
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The present article aims to stress on the theological language used by mystics to communicate their experience of God. Mystics agree on the need to use analogies in order to speak about Godeven if words are not able to express what they really h[...]![]()
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This work investigates the relevance of the expression “theological locus” in Jon Sobrino. We begin from a basic assumption of liberation theology, namely, God is present in history and he continues revealing himsel in the present history. The [...]![]()
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During the past years, “Jesus’ faith” has been a matter of interest to Sistematic Theology. This article analyzes the thought of two of the most recognized Catholic theologians of the twentieth century on this question: the Italian- German R. Gu[...]![]()
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With the interdisciplinary theory of L. Rulla as a starting point, the author describes a psycho-spiritual itinerary in which a special attention is accorded to the symbolic images of the believing person. He concentrates on two extreme modaliti[...]![]()
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Epideixis –Demonstration of the apostolic preaching– is a brief and almost unknown work written by St. Irenaeus of Lyon, of which an Armenian manuscript was found in 1904. This work presents the procedures followed by the apostles when announcin[...]![]()
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En una breve síntesis histórica, a manera de reminiscencia, se pretende presentar las dos etapas del desarrollo de una labor de comunicación teológica de nuestra revista Theologica Xaveriana. La reflexión ahonda un poco en la función decomunicac[...]![]()
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The article intends to examine the articulations between the methods in Theology and the Social Sciences method of Participatory Action Research (PAR), taking into account the importance that the latter has for the development of contextual theo[...]![]()
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This study suggests that art can help in the process of salvation in its historical dimension. To sustain this argument, it starts by defining the field and the importance of theological aesthetics. After that, the author makes a transcendental [...]![]()
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The crisis of enlightened modernity and the new configuration modes of culture and society, in part manifested by the rise of new rationalities, demand that theology exposes its contributions and its pertinence. With this in mind, this paper see[...]![]()
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Theology should account for Christianity in terms of a vital religion; it should highlight the urgent need to overcome all sorts of violence and encourage Christian practice at the service of life and non-violence. The article discusses the role[...]![]()
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Is it useful today, or necessary, an interpretation of the Code of Canon Law from Christology? The article examines some opposition which consider as inappropriate to search for foundations or links from “outside” the Code itself and the normal [...]![]()
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This article intends to understand Theology of history from the perspective of Theology of action. Applying the method of textual interpretation to human action allows to establish a parallel between meaningfully oriented action and the interpre[...]![]()
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This work analyzes the meaning of transformations in both the identity and the faith of migrants and asks about the impact of human mobility on theology and the changes undergone by theology when it grasps such phenomenon. This research is inten[...]![]()
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The anonymous servant from the Book of Isaiah 52-53 sends a novel message to the readers from his time and becomes a voice for readers at all times. This article aims at covering novel theologicaltopics addressed in the text from Is 52, 13-53, 1[...]![]()
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The encounter between theology and economics is generally addressed by theologians as a question that falls within the scope of moral theology. This article will take a step aback with respect to this trend and discuss in what sense –from a logi[...]![]()
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What is the point of departure of theology? Is it spiritual experience or the acceptance of a religious language? Postliberal theology in the United States has revisited this debate which began in Europe in the 20th century. By following up the [...]![]()
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It tries to approach Pastoral Psychology from Isidor Baumgartner’s proposal. Based on that discipline, it develops a theoretical framework, and adopts Baumgartner’s main ideas and his method. The text ends with the appropriation of the author’s [...]![]()
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This article strives to synthetically examine the topic of “envying others’ grace”, understood as a sin against the Holy Spirit. To understand the meaning and importance of this topic, some previous theological considerations are presented, foll[...]![]()
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Plata, William Elvis ; Cáceres Mateus, Sergio | Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | 2015-11-09This article rescues the historical memory of a Christian evangelical community that, because of its faith,decides to organize and to resist peacefully the attacks of violence. Considering this experience, the authors think about the role that c[...]![]()
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Any given attitude towards the implications of a pluralist religious education must examine the goal of education in general and of a religious one in particular in a pluralist world – as the Colombian one is becoming into, if the Colombian and [...]![]()
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Existe actualmente una toma de conciencia muy viva sobre los condicionamientos históricos de la fe (1). Los ·"valores cristianos", el "evangelio"; los "sacramentos", etc, no existen en el aire, sino en cristianos e instituciones cristianas histó[...]![]()
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The year devoted to the Eucharistic Mystery was rich in deeper doctrinal reflection. It is necessary to proceed further in the consideration of its practice in order to bring it nearer to its primary experience. From some challenges put forward [...]![]()
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(Comentario a la Carta Apostólica "Ecclesia Dei")![]()
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La Iglesia, a lo largo de los siglos, ha mirado la Biblia como un libro de valor único y especial: como "Palabra de Dios". No porque piense Que haya aparecido en la tierra de manera milagrosa, sin causalidad humana, sino porque cree que· los hom[...]![]()
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En los tiempos posteriores al Concilio Vaticano JI, que introdujo de nuevo la inquiettud por la dimensión pastoral de la Iglesia, se ha empezado a hablar de lateología pastoral como teoría de la praxis de la Iglesia.![]()
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A un especialista en la problemática ministerial le resultaba significativo en 1974 que en una obra de las proporciones y de las calidades de El Ministerio y los Ministerios según el Nuevo Testamento "ninguno de los autores se hubiera atrevido a[...]![]()
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En los últimos quince años (1983-1997) el área de Teologta Pastoral ha idoadquiriendo un peso mayor en la Programaci6n de la Facultad de Teologta de laUniversidad Javeriana. En la historia de este proceso fue muy importante lareflexi6n elaborada[...]![]()
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Las palabras "una aproximación" quieren delimitar el alcance de este artículo. Se trata aquÍ de aproximarse, es decir, de acercarse a la enseñanza del Papa. Pero este acercamiento no se identifica con la enseñanza misma, no se confunde con ella;[...]![]()
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La Teología Moral post-conciliar ha estado buscando caminos de profunda y radical renovación. Siguiendo el espíritu del Concilio, se ha esforzado por retornar a las fuentes escriturísticas y tradicionales, con lo cual ha entrado en intenso conta[...]![]()
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El "Documento de Consulta a las Conferencias Episcopales", para la III Conferencia General del Episcopado Latinoamericano es el resultado de un trabajo hecho por muchas personas con diferentes enfoques teológicos, sociales, históricos, que fue i[...]![]()
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Los tiempos de crisis de comienzos del primer milenio (siglo I) suscitaron extraordinarios testimonios orales y escritos de fuerte impronta existencial que, de diversas formas, proclamaron a Jesús–Cristo como clave para afrontar, vivir y pasar a[...]![]()
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La IV Conferencia del Episcopado Latinoamericano (Santo Domingo) en sus Conclusiones presenta la Nueva Evangelización como el dinamismo de una Iglesia renovada en su fe cristiana y en su ardor misionero.Estos dinamismos se orientan en dos direcc[...]![]()
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No se debe olvidar que el gran desafío que vivimos en América Latina es la búsqueda de la liberación, la transformación de las estructuras sociales y la búsqueda de un Hombre nuevo, liberado de sus propias esclavitudes. En el continente se gener[...]![]()
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Colombia no es ajena al drama de destrucción y muerte que acongoja a lahumanidad; tampoco puede ignorar los caminos de solución que hoy se sugierenen otras latitudes. Este artículo busca presentar lo que algunos están llamando la nueva oportunid[...]![]()
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Una vez llegado Teilhard hasta Omega, a partir de su Fenomenología y conciente de que este Omega -todavía de naturaleza conjetural- no puede dar garantia absoluta a la Evolución, apela a la Revelación cristiana para tender un puente que una esta[...]![]()
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El día 1 de mayo -fiesta de San José Obrero- del año 1991, décimo tercero de su pontificado, el Papa Juan Pablo 11 promulgó en Roma el documento de la Carta Encíclica Centesimus Annus, CA, en el centenario de la Rerum Novarum.![]()
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El problema de Jesús, es decir, lo que El es, y significa para el nombre, fué planteado en su dimensión exacta por el mismo Cristo: "Quién dicen los hombres que es el hijo del hombre?" CMt. 16-14).![]()
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Los primeros misioneros llegaron a vuestras tierras impulsados por el celo ardiente de hacer que todos los pueblos conocieran y vivieran la redención, alabando a Dios por su bondad.![]()
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Si comprendemos la transición como el paso de un sistema a otro, podemos afirmar que el Concilio Vaticano II es una real transición en la vida de la Iglesia. La transición conlleva procesos de avance, de retorno y de aparente invierno, pero el p[...]![]()
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Jesús de Nazaret aparece muy original en el anuncio del Reinado de Dios, presenta su mensaje a través de comparaciones y frases breves. En pocas palabras, habló enparábolas; en ellas mostró su captación del Reinado; y en su propia persona traslu[...]![]()
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Hace treinta años los laicos no estudiaban Teología. Tampoco hace viente, al menos en nuestro continente y concretamente en Colombia. Hace diez ... Hace ocho años inicié el estudio de la Teología, ante la curiosidad y el escepticismo de muchos q[...]![]()
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The article presents the structure of Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s thought from the synthesis he achieved in his “Theological Trilogy”: “Theological Aesthetics,” “Theo-Drama,” and “Theo-Logic”. Because the Trilogy is based on the three transcendenta[...]![]()
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En el marco de la celebración de los 60 años de la aprobación de la Facultad deTeologta por la Santa Sede, queremos presentar la primera circular que envió elP. Horacio Arango, S.J., nombrado Provincial de la Compañta de Jesús el 31 dejulio pasa[...]![]()
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La Universidad de Sherbrooke, en la hospitalaria región de Québec, en el corazóndel Canadá francés, abrió sus puertas, con generosa acogida, a los diez conferencistas y setenta y seis participantes de las diferentes asociaciones y facultades de [...]![]()
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La teología restrictiva y el lenguaje excluyente utilizados en la declaración Dominus Iesus, nos conduce a un detenido examen sobre el sentido que la Iglesia le ha dado al delicado tema de la universalidad de la salvación. Éste nos lleva a la bú[...]![]()
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Cuando nos planteamos el tema de la dimensión social de la universidad católica no estamos preguntando si tiene o no esa dimensión social; eso lo damos por supuesto, ya que toda universidad, sea católica o laica, cumple una función social. Lo qu[...]![]()
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El 29 de Marzo de 1590 entraban en Santafé los Padres Francisco de Victoria y Antonio Linero, con el Coadjutor Juan Martínez, los primeros Jesuítas que penetraban en el interior del Nuevo Reino. Venían acompañando a don Antonio González, el nuev[...]![]()
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Fue precisamente el clamor apasionado y urgente de los pobres el que empujó a lacompañía al decreto 4 de la Congregación Genera132. Este clamor se hizo oír en elgrito del P. Arrope ante los Antiguos Alumnos de la Compañía reunidos en Valencia,Es[...]