Currently under preparation:
“Ecumeny and Law” 2022, Vol. 10/1: “Ut unum sint” (I)
An open forum provided for the legal thought, gives the Church an occasion to engage in dialogue with the world that concerns the way of implementing such universal principles as: respect for life, dignity and rights of the human being, freedom, tolerance and, in a wider social dimension – advocating the value of marriage, family, as well as solidarity with the poor, the weak and socially excluded. The need to perpetuate this dialogue has found its actualization in a canonic periodical Ecumeny and Law. Therein, the meeting of theologians representing various Christian Churches, and more broadly, the encounter of scholars affiliated to ecumenical movement, with the representatives of legal studies – has as its aim the demonstration of full ecumenical potential of the canon law. The kernel of this dialogue is to call for human being’s subjectivity and unalienable rights, to champion justice, which – in practical terms translates into ensuring the “here-and-now” justice within the basic communities: marriages and families, and consequently – within the societies and nations of nowadays Europe.
The next two volumes of the semiannual journal constitute the fruit of an anniversary reflection on an important document by John Paul II – the first ever encyclical on ecumenism. The encyclical Ut Unum Sint carries a great papal memento, articulated 30 years after the end of the Second Vatican Council: “the Catholic Church committed herself irrevocably to following the path of the ecumenical venture” (UUS 3), meaning that the third millennium will face the great task of restoring lost unity (cf. UUS 100; Card. Kurt Koch). Such a broad perspective is drawn by the encyclical’s prophetic passage: “The increase of communion, accompanied by a reform that is continuous and carried out in the light of the Apostolic Tradition is certainly, in the present circumstances of Christians, one of the distinctive and most important aspects of ecumenism. Moreover, it is an essential guarantee for its future” (UUS 17). While, according to the great Pope of the Millennium, this document (along with other ecumenical documents) provides “a sure foundation for further study” (ibid.), it is fair to believe that all the Authors of the submitted texts were guided by this very motto. As it was announced in the opening article of the two-volume collection by Rev. Andrzej Choromański from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity – “[The encyclical Ut Unum Sint] explored anew in the ecumenical dialogue against the background of the current condition of Christianity may be a source of inspiration for the search for a fresh vision for the ecumenical movement in the 21st century”.
Part One
Ecumenical Theological Thought
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- Andrzej Choromański, Quanta est nobis via? Re-reading Ut Unum Sint 25 Years Later
- Paweł Pielka, Yves Congar as a Precursor to Catholic Principles of Ecumenism
- Lucjan Klimsza, From Pilgrim to Local. The Problem of Unity in Postmodern Philosophy
- Przemysław Sawa, Ut Unum Sint: New Areas of Spiritual and Pastoral Ecumenism
- Ondrej Štefaňak, Perception of the Encyclical Ut Unum Sint in the Environment of Slovak Youth
- Józef Budniak Reception of the Encyclical Ut Unum Sint in Cieszyn Silesia
Part Two
Reviews
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- Marek Marczewski: Leiturgia-martyria-diakonia. Koinonia. Lublin 2021, 311 pp. – Bogdan Biela
- Bishara Ebeid: La Tunica di al-Masīḥ. La Cristologia delle grandi confessioni cristiane dell´Oriente nel X e XI secolo. Roma: Valore Italiano, 2019, 741 pp. – Lukáš de la Vega Nosek
- Michał Sadowski: The Trinitarian Analogies in the Christian Arab Apologetic Texts (750-1050). Series Syro-Arabica. Vol. 7. Cordoba: CNERU/ Beyrouth: CEDRAC, 2019, 307 pp. – Lukáš de la Vega Nosek
“Ecumeny and Law” 2022, Vol. 10/2: “Ut unum sint” (II)
An open forum provided for the legal thought, gives the Church an occasion to engage in dialogue with the world that concerns the way of implementing such universal principles as: respect for life, dignity and rights of the human being, freedom, tolerance and, in a wider social dimension – advocating the value of marriage, family, as well as solidarity with the poor, the weak and socially excluded. The need to perpetuate this dialogue has found its actualization in a canonic periodical Ecumeny and Law. Therein, the meeting of theologians representing various Christian Churches, and more broadly, the encounter of scholars affiliated to ecumenical movement, with the representatives of legal studies – has as its aim the demonstration of full ecumenical potential of the canon law. The kernel of this dialogue is to call for human being’s subjectivity and unalienable rights, to champion justice, which – in practical terms translates into ensuring the “here-and-now” justice within the basic communities: marriages and families, and consequently – within the societies and nations of nowadays Europe.
The next two volumes of the semiannual journal constitute the fruit of an anniversary reflection on an important document by John Paul II – the first ever encyclical on ecumenism. The encyclical Ut Unum Sint carries a great papal memento, articulated 30 years after the end of the Second Vatican Council: “the Catholic Church committed herself irrevocably to following the path of the ecumenical venture” (UUS 3), meaning that the third millennium will face the great task of restoring lost unity (cf. UUS 100; Card. Kurt Koch). Such a broad perspective is drawn by the encyclical’s prophetic passage: “The increase of communion, accompanied by a reform that is continuous and carried out in the light of the Apostolic Tradition is certainly, in the present circumstances of Christians, one of the distinctive and most important aspects of ecumenism. Moreover, it is an essential guarantee for its future” (UUS 17). While, according to the great Pope of the Millennium, this document (along with other ecumenical documents) provides “a sure foundation for further study” (ibid.), it is fair to believe that all the Authors of the submitted texts were guided by this very motto. As it was announced in the opening article of the two-volume collection by Rev. Andrzej Choromański from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity – “[The encyclical Ut Unum Sint] explored anew in the ecumenical dialogue against the background of the current condition of Christianity may be a source of inspiration for the search for a fresh vision for the ecumenical movement in the 21st century”.
Part One
Ecumenical Juridical Thought
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- Stanislav Přibyl, Normative Sources of the Encyclical Ut Unum Sint
- Andrzej Pastwa, “Love Builds Communion between Persons” (UUS, n. 21). Christological-Ecclesiological Key to Confirm the Identify of Marriages of Baptized Non-Catholics
- Wilhelm Rees, Joint Statements of the Responsible Persons of the Christian Communities on Important Questions in Austria According to the Wishes of Ut Unum Sint (n. 43)
- Nicolae V. Dură, The Requirements for an Oecumenical Dialogue according to Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint
- Jiri Dvořáček, Sharing the Eucharist? Critical Comments from a Canonical Perspective on the Statement “Together at the Lord’s Table” (2019) of the Ecumenical Study Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians
- Catalina Mititelu, Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint and its Praiseworthy Contribution to the Cause of Christian Unity
- Tomasz Gałkowski, Conscience – Synodality – Ecumenism
Part Two
Reviews
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- Jurij Popovič: Hierarchical organization of the Church according to the CCEO. Ljubljana: KUD Apokalipsa, 2021, 379 pp. — Stanislav Přibyl
- Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe – Czech Republic. Compiled, Annotated and Authored by Damián Němec & Zora Hesová. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021, 130 pp. — Stanislav Přibyl
- Maciej Woźniczka: Idee czy ideologie? Znaczenie i wartość edukacji filozoficznej [Ideas or Ideologies? The Meaning and Value of Philosophical Education]. Częstochowa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczego im. Jana Długosza, 2021, 208 pp. — Marek Rembierz