Edinost Cerkve v sedmih pismih svetega Ignacija Antiohijskega : diplomsko delo

Rogelj, David (author), Špelič, Miran (mentor)

V diplomskem delu smo se srečali s pismi svetega Ignacija Antiohijskega in v njih iskali vsebine, ki zadevajo edinost. Ta se nam je najprej pokazala v edinosti krščanskih skupnosti. Tudi evharistija je lahko za Ignacija samo ena. Znotraj sedmih pisem veliko izvemo tudi o pomenu škofovske službe in njenih dolžnostih, nalogah ter ugodnostih. Ključna je zavezanost škofa do Boga in do svojih vernikov ter izpolnjevanje vseh desetih zapovedi, Svetega pisma ter sledenje Božjemu načinu življenja. Škof namreč zastopa Boga na tuzemeljskem življenju, v človeku pa se prešinja Sveti Duh. Bistvo diplomskega dela pa je pomen sedmih pisem svetega Ignacija Antiohijskega, ki jih posreduje oziroma predstavi vsem prebivalcem šestih krajev, ki mu želijo slediti ter spoznavati njegovo izpričevanje lastnega mučeništva, ki ga je izkusil s strani rimskih vojakov ter nam je na ta način predstavljena Ignacijeva pot k Bogu, iskanje Boga. V sedmih Ignacijevih delih nam je predstavljen nabor elementov edinosti Cerkve in je bistvo v sklenitvi prijateljstva med škofom, ljudstvom in Bogom; takšnim, ki ni zgolj in samo človeško, marveč je predvsem duhovno, ker pomen škofove dolžnosti je zlasti v blagrovanju vernikov, ki so z škofom združeni tako kot je Cerkev združena z Jezusom Kristusom in Jezus Kristus z Očetom, da je le vse soglasno v enosti. Ignacij nam da vedeti, da torej ni za uniformnost, marveč za hierarhično razporeditev med tremi subjekti. Zategadelj je znana prispodoba Ignacija Antiohijskega: »da bom spoznan za čist Kristusov kruh«; od tega nam Ignacij predstavi svojo kristologijo, ki opredeljuje Jezusa Kristusa kot trpečega Boga in v tem je bistvo Ignacijeve celotne prehojene in ustvarjalne poti: predstavljanje dolgotrajne molitve in kontemplacije oziroma zrenja; meso in duh; rojeni in nerojeni; učlovečeni Bog; rojen iz Marije in rojen iz Boga …

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: evharistija, edinost, škofovska služba, pisma, mučeništvo, Ignacij Antiohijski, avtoriteta, hierarhija, meso, duh, Cerkev, Jezus Kristus
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [D. Rogelj]
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: V, 38 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163816
• UDC: 27-9"01/07"(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 212293379
• Publication date in RUL: 11.10.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Unity of the Church in the letters of saint Ignatius of Antioch

Abstract

In the thesis we have examined the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch and have searched for themes of unity in them. This was first revealed to us in the unity of Christian communities. For Ignatius the Eucharist can also be only one. Within the seven letters, we also learn a great deal about the importance of the episcopal ministry and its duties, tasks and benefits. The key is the bishops commitment to God and to his faithful, and the fulfilment of all the ten Commandments, the Holy Scriptures and following Gods way of life. Fort he bishop represents God in the earthly life, and the Holy Spirit is indwelling the person. The essence of the thesis is the meaning of the seven letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, which he transmits or presents to all the inhabitants of the six places who want to follow him and learn about his testimony of his own martyrdom, which he experienced at the hands of the Roman soldiers, and in this way we are presented with Ignatius s path to God, the search for God. In the seven works of Ignatius we are presented with a set of elements of the unity of the Church, and the essence of it is the conclusion of a friendship between the bishop, the people and God; one that is not merely and only human, but is above all spiritual, because the meaning of the bishops duty lies above all in the blessedness of the faithful, who are united to the bishop just as the Church is united to Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ to the Father, so that only all things are unanimously one in unity. Ignatius lets us know that it is not, therefore, a question of uniformity, but of a hierarchical arrangement between the three subjects. Hence Ignatius of Antiochs well known metaphor:«that I way be known as the pure bread of Christ«; from this Ignatius presents us with his Christology, which defines Jesus Christ as the suffering God, and this is the essence of Ignatius s entire walk and creative path: the representation of prolonged prayer and contemplation or gazing; flesh and spirit; born and unborn; God incarnate; born of Mary and born of God …

• Keywords: Eucharist, unity, episcopal ministry, letters, martrydom, Ignatius of Antioch, authority, hierarchy, flesh, spirit, Church, Jesus Christ