Mission: A Generative Modelling of the Church—Catholic Understanding of the Holistic Mission

Csiszár, Klára A. (2024) Mission: A Generative Modelling of the Church—Catholic Understanding of the Holistic Mission. In: The Heritage of Mission Today: Historical and Intercultural Perspectives. International Missionary Council Centenary Series . Regnum Books International, pp. 97-104. ISBN 978-1-917059-38-1

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Abstract

What is the Church for? This is a fundamental question of pastoral theology, which concerns me and many other colleagues on an everyday basis. I will try to answer this very complex question with a brief outline of an existential analytical-pastoral-theology. It is my firm belief that the future of the Church lies in understanding the practical implications of God’s self-disclosure, that is, the theory of trinitology about the revelation. “God’s self-revelation – as Max Scheler puts it – is aimed at a comprehensive addressing of the whole person living in a solidary totality […], and this comprehensive demand determines our concept of...

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: A Church/mission history
B Mission theology/theory > Missio Dei
E Evangelical and Ecumenical Networks and Dialogues in Central Eastern Europe > Dialogue initiatives > Ecumenical dialogue
G Christian traditions/Denominations > Roman Catholic
Divisions: Central Europe > Romania
Depositing User: Katharina Penner
Date Deposited: 09 Mar 2026 15:49
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2026 15:49
URI: https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3272

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