Stachowski, Zbigniew (2008) The Polish Church and John Paul II’s Evangelization Mission in Slavic Countries. Religious Studies and Theology, 27 (1). pp. 115-125.
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Pope John Paul not only used his roots in Slavic culture for the political development of the Church, but gave a theological justification for the role he carved out for Poland. He saw Poland as “the chosen nation” for direct Church mission. In this article, I examine both Wojtyla’s theology of the Slavic “nations” and the specific role of the Polish people in his theory. I will survey the so-called “outstanding historic mission” of the Polish church in the re-Christianizing of Central and Eastern European history for him was read in the light of the Gospel, which he believed provided a “hermeneutic key” to both world and human history. I argue that the Pope wished to extend this vision to all Slavic nations as a way of encouraging a Christian destiny “from the Atlantic to the Urals.” In my final assessment I note that this missionary vision of Pope John Paul II proved to be unsuccessful.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Re-Christianizing, Slavic nations, Chosen Poland, from the Atlantic to the Urals |
| Subjects: | A Church/mission history B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation C Types of Christian Ministry > Missionaries G Christian traditions/Denominations > Roman Catholic |
| Divisions: | Central Europe > Poland |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2020 12:03 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2020 12:03 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1804 |
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