Avsenik Nabergoj, Irena (2018) Od poetizacije poslanstva v Stari zavezi do polnosti misijona v Novi zavezi [From Poetization of the Mission in the Old Testament to Completion of the Mission in the New Testament]. Bogoslovni vestnik, 78 (3). pp. 679-694. ISSN 1581-2987
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Using the methodological principle of a holistic interpretation of biblical texts, the paper reveals the inner connection between the concepts of election and mission in the framework of the revelation of the redemptive plan of the Old and New Testaments, from the creation to the »completion of time«. The paper is based on the recognition that Israel was chosen or elected from among all nations for the special mission of mediating the revelation of the one and only God to all nations. In the New Testament, the theological basis of the mission was fundamentally gained through the revelation of the relationship among the three Divine subjects – that is, through the Father’s sending of the Son, as well as through the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit serving as the most explicit explanation of John’s Gospel. By means of God’s authority, Jesus, after his resurrection, sends his disciples out to proclaim the gospel to all nations, thus making them missionaries with an unconditional divine mandate. Saint Paul was the greatest missionary among all the apostles. When he faced decisive opposition among his Jewish peers, he emphasized, in his missionary appearances in various places, how a part of the elected people opposed the prophets in the Old Testament. On the basis of the Old Testament, he emphasized the greater openness of the Gentiles before their adopting of the Christian faith and, therefore, the greater justification of their missionary fervour among the nations. The focus on proclaiming the principle of God’s grace, which is revealed to all creation, enables Paul to poetize insight into the paradoxical nature of God’s plan of salvation. God even turns the resistance of a part of the Jewish people into the good of everyone, so that a minority of the righteous became all the more fervent in proclaiming the gospel to the majority of the Gentiles. Examples of the conversion of Gentiles to Christianity provides Paul with the basis for his hope that most of the Jews will come to accept the Gospel. The purpose of this paper is to return to the primary sources on which the mission of proclaiming God’s revelation is based among all nations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Divine Revelation, Divine Grace, Conversion |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory B Mission theology/theory > Mission-Biblical teaching B Mission theology/theory > Conversion B Mission theology/theory > Missio Dei B Mission theology/theory > Evangelism/Proclamation of Gospel D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe G Christian traditions/Denominations > Roman Catholic |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries Balkan countries > Slovenia |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2021 14:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2021 14:47 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2293 |
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