Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue of the journal includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme and presented in three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final "Life of the Church" perspective tries to broaden out each issue's given topic into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The forth section of the journal always consists of reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Because of the journal's interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations.

Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme, organized into three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final section, "Life of the Church," aims to broaden the discussion of each issue's topic, exploring its various connections and implications, primarily in dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological contexts. The fourth section of the journal consistently features reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the journal seeks contributions not only from biblical scholars but also from theologians of various specializations.

《Verbum Vitae》自2002年起每年出版两期，由波兰卢布林约翰·保罗二世天主教大学神学院的圣经研究所发行。每期期刊包含专门针对特定圣经主题的学术文章，分为三个部分：(I) 旧约，(II) 新约，以及 (III) 教父学与教会生活。最后的“教会生活”部分旨在将每期的主题扩展到其多重联系和影响，主要涉及教义、道德、牧灵、礼仪或社会学等方面。期刊的第四部分始终包括对最近出版的关于圣经主题的专著和文集的评论。由于期刊具有跨学科的特点，它不仅寻求包括圣经学者，还希望吸纳各个专业的神学家作为贡献者。

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Although the Catholic Church nowadays still officially values the ideas of self-sacrifice and the redemptive nature of suffering, academically, there exists a tendency to adapt these ideas to modern values. With the advancement of medical technology, the pursuit of health predominates the mindset of modern people and the practice of redemptive suffering turns out to be an outdated or even ridiculous idea. At the societal level, it is a problem concerning the incompatibility between Catholic dogmas and secular values. At the individual level, it is a question of believing these “empirically unbelievable” religious doctrines without being in a curious form of schizophrenia and insincerity. This paper attempts to examine the difficulties in understanding the Catholic notion of redemptive suffering in the twenty-first century. We attempt to demonstrate that the unintelligibility of this notion lies not in the idea of the willing sacrifice of a person for another human being; rather, it is more concerned with the content and way of suffering, as well as the explanation offered for it. We then suggest that taking the “supernatural Catholic worldview” seriously is an important condition to attain a deeper understanding of the notion of redemptive suffering. Lastly, we will examine whether the notion lacks contemporary significance by looking into some cases in the Catholic communities nowadays.

Hiu-tung Yuen

Understanding the Catholic Notion of Redemptive Suffering in a Contemporary Context

理解当代语境下的天主教救赎性苦难观念

Among the many issues related to priesthood, questions often arise about how the Church prepares pupils/students for priestly service, what this formation involves and who is responsible for it. The article attempts to answer these questions from a historical perspective. It begins by presenting the idea of seminary life and the beginnings of the institution of theological seminaries. Then it discusses the decision of the Council of Trent, which obliged the Church to establish theological seminaries in all dioceses. The next stage in the education of the clergy was introduced by the document of the Second Vatican Council, Optatam Totius, which defines the nature and mission of a priest. It obliged local churches to develop their own Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis. The Polish Ratio Fundamentalis drew its inspiration from this document. The analysis of the new Ratio for Polish seminaries developed in 2021 concludes the latest stage in the history of clergy formation.

Krzysztof Pawlina

History and Development of Clergy Training in Poland

波兰神职人员培训的历史与发展

This research aims to explain Protestant Church strategy in building Christian identity for Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha) amidst the adverse effects of globalization. Currently, the generation is navigating the complex terrain of a postmodern era characterized by the pervasive dissemination of concepts such as skepticism, subjectivism, and relativism. Gen Alpha has experienced a profound shift in cultural values, with a marked transition from religiosity to secularity. Consequently, Church must direct its attention towards the ideological and spiritual well-being of the generation. The influence of distortionary forces on the perception of reality is a matter of concern, stemming from various sources such as peers in the community, the educational system, social media, and the vast expanse of the Internet. The result show that Gen Alpha has been raised in the context of post-Christian and post-Church cultural environments. In this research, a qualitative research approach is used, predominantly through an extensive review of pertinent literature. The examination commences with an in-depth exploration of Gen Alpha and the formation of spiritual identity. Subsequently, the strategic initiatives conducted by Protestant Church are examined and the initiatives include worship services, fatherly mentorship, and cultivating a strong Christian identity. The conclusion shows the collaborative efforts of Church with the pastoral team, in the construction of its ministry. This is characterized by the implementation of transpersonal actions, the guiding of healing initiatives for the needs of families, and the cultivation of personalized spiritual practices. An important component of the comprehensive strategy includes the training and education of fathers to assume a central role in building the spiritual development of children. Furthermore, Church values the spiritual building of children aged between 4 and 14 years to fortify Christian identity.

Joni Manumpak Parulian Gultom

Protestant Church Strategy in Building Spiritual Identity for Generation Alpha

新教教会在为阿尔法一代构建精神认同中的策略

Recenzja książki: Paul Copan – Ronald K. Tacelli (red.), Zmartwychwstanie Jezusa: fakt czy fikcja? Debata Williama Lane’a Craiga i Gerda Lüdemanna (tł. A. Czwojdrak; Warszawa: Fundacja Prodoteo 2023). Ss. 240. 49,90 PLN. ISBN: 978-83-67634-08-3.

Marcin Walczak

Paul Copan – Ronald K. Tacelli (red.), Zmartwychwstanie Jezusa: fakt czy fikcja? Debata Williama Lane’a Craiga i Gerda Lüdemanna (Warszawa: Fundacja Prodoteo 2023)

保罗·科潘 – 罗纳德·K·塔克利（编），耶稣复活：事实还是虚构？威廉·莱恩·克雷格与格尔德·吕德曼的辩论（华沙：普罗多特基金会 2023）

The purpose of this article is to analyze the translation and reception of the Pentateuch in medieval Poland by examining the Old Polish (vernacular) apocrypha of the New Testament. It analyses, for example, passages in which a verse from the Pentateuch is quoted or paraphrased, in which a quotation from the Books of Moses is omitted by an evangelist, as well as all passages in which the names of various figures and heroes of the Old Testament Pentateuch, are invoked. It turned out that in medieval Polish-language biblical apocryphal narratives the Pentateuch functions differently from other biblical and patristic sources. It is not used as freely as the Gospels or the Psalms. It is used to characterize the Jewish world and the precepts of the Law. Quotes from the books of Moses rarely function as prophecies. The Pentateuch in Old Polish apocrypha functions as a reservoir of stories, a collection of catchphrases to be evoked. This is because while the heroes of the Old Testament were prominent in preaching, art, and language, the text of the Torah was not frequently translated into the Polish language.

Dorota Rojszczak-Robińska

Reception of the Pentateuch in the Medieval Polish Apocrypha of the New Testament

中世纪波兰新约外传中的摩西五经接受

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest porównanie poglądów Edwarda Schillebeeckxa (1914 –2009) i Czesława Bartnika (1929–2020) na istotę Bożego macierzyństwa Maryi. Obaj są wybitnymi i oryginalnymi teologami europejskimi. Flamandzki dominikanin reprezentuje bardziej „oddolną” mariologię typu fenomenologicznego i egzystencjalistycznego. Z kolei polski profesor znany jest jako zwolennik mariologii personalistycznej. W artykule zastosowano metodę teologii porównawczej. Przeprowadzone badania pokazują, że Schillebeeckx i Bartnik zaproponowali różne interpretacje mariologiczne. Według Schillebeeckxa macierzyństwo Maryi ma charakter sakramentalny, epifaniczny i diakoniczny. Bartnik uważa, że jest ono przede wszystkim personalistyczne, relacyjne i charyzmatyczne. Pomimo wyraźnych różnic, obie koncepcje można uznać za w dużej mierze komplementarne. W ostatniej części autor proponuje własną koncepcję, którą nazywa aksjologiczno-symboliczną. Ukazuje on macierzyństwo Maryi jako wydarzenie-symbol, które należy właściwie odczytywać w świetle współczesnych znaków czasu.

Antoni Nadbrzeżny

Diakonia i charyzmat. Fenomen macierzyństwa Maryi w ujęciu Edwarda Schillebeeckxa i Czesława Bartnika

迪亚科尼亚与神恩：爱德华·席勒贝克萨与切斯瓦夫·巴特尼克对玛利亚母性现象的解读

Celem tej refleksji teologicznej jest skupienie się na jednej z form kultu maryjnego, jaką jest różaniec. Modlitwa ta, znana od wieków, posiada bogate znaczenie teologiczne – wprowadza w misterium zbawienia (doktryna) i stanowi rodzaj modlitwy medytacyjnej (duchowość). Jest modlitwą, która potrzebuje również odnowy, do czego zachęca papież Paweł VI w adhortacji Marialis cultus. Jedną z dróg odnowy tej modlitwy mogą stać się średniowieczne formy klauzuli różańcowych. Zanim jednak zostanie ukazany historyczny i teologiczny kontekst jej powstania, trzeba wskazać na naturę kultu maryjnego i jego miejsce w pobożności chrześcijańskiej. Po omówieniu kontekstu historyczno-teologicznego powstawania klauzul i roli Dominika z Prus w tym procesie, zechcemy podkreślić aktualność tej modlitwy, wskazując na jej bogactwo teologiczne – wartość biblijną i kontemplacyjną. Różaniec klauzulowy ma również wartość ekumeniczną, gdyż ta forma modlitwy posiada ściśle biblijne korzenie, zawiera bowiem Pozdrowienie anielskie, opisane w Ewangelii św. Łukasza i odniesienie do tajemnic zbawienia dokonanego przez Jezusa Chrystusa. Jest także odpowiedzią na modę medytacji religii Wschodu.

Janusz Lekan

Średniowieczne "clausulae" różańcowe i ich teologiczna treść

中世纪玫瑰经"条款"及其神学内容

Artykuł przedstawia rozumienie pobożności maryjnej i jej teologiczne uzasadnienie w ujęciu Josepha Ratzingera/Benedykta XVI. Podstawą dla prowadzonych analiz były przede wszystkim teksty mariologiczne o charakterze systematycznym, jak i wybrane wypowiedzi Benedykta XVI. Przeprowadzona analiza wykazała, że zagadnienie pobożności maryjnej J. Ratzinger ściśle łączył z refleksją mariologiczną. Tę zaś zawsze rozwijał w ścisłym związku z tajemnicą Objawienia oraz z zachowaniem właściwej równowagi między mariologią chrystotypiczną a eklezjotypiczną . Jednocześnie w poglądach Ratzingera na rolę pobożności maryjnej zaszła pewna zmiana. Początkowy dystans wobec pewnych form pobożności maryjnej ustąpił postawie docenienia tej pobożności. Wnioski z przeprowadzonej analizy pozwalają stwierdzić, że proponowany przez Ratzingera model pobożności maryjnej ściśle wiąże się z logiką Objawienia i autentyczną czcią oddawaną Bogu, wypływa z lektury Pisma Świętego, pozostaje wierny treściom dogmatów maryjnych oraz wskazuje na Maryję jako doskonałą uczennicę Pana i uosobienie Kościoła. O ile wnioski te zostały wskazane już w innych publikacjach, to należy podkreślić, że w poglądach bawarskiego teologa trzeba uwzględnić pewną ewolucję. Poglądy te bowiem cechuje wprawdzie pewien constans, ale z czasem w twórczości Ratzingera dochodzi do głosu większa uwaga poświęcona praktykowaniu pobożności maryjnej. Jest ona postrzegana nie tylko jako wyraz posłuszeństwa słowom Pisma (por. Łk 1,48), ale w przeżywanie tajemnicy Boga i Kościoła wnosi wymiar osobowy, pozwala docenić lokalne tradycje i związaną z nimi cześć okazywaną Maryi oraz uczy, że spotkanie z Bogiem domaga się również zaangażowania serca, które także poznaje.

Paweł Borto

Pobożność maryjna w ujęciu Josepha Ratzingera/ Benedykta XVI

约瑟夫·拉青格/本笃十六世视角下的玛利亚虔诚

Mother Mary’s intimate and confidential relationship with God has inspired Christians around the world for the last two millennia. Her role in salvation history has already been discussed in detail in various church documents and scholarly literature. However, from an interdisciplinary point of view, her maternal role has not yet been fully evaluated from a psychological and child-rearing perspective. Therefore, in this article, we conduct a psychological analysis of the Gospel passages that talk about her maternal role and we evaluate these passages through the prism of the well-established attachment theory. Despite temporal and cultural differences, Mary’s maternal attitude is found to be highly consistent with the key findings in research on quality parenting and interpersonal relationships. As we show, her “maternal genius” is revealed through the following fundamental characteristics of attachment-focused parenting: unconditional acceptance, sensitive guidance, compassionate accompaniment and continuous emotional regulation. These characteristics of Mary’s motherhood come to the fore especially in the key moments of salvation history. The psychological analysis of Mary’s motherhood brings an important contribution to the “aggiornamento” of Mariology and enables some new opportunities for pastoral theology. With new scientifically supported insights, the Church will be better equipped to help parents to discover the beauty and depth of the mission of parenthood, following Mary’s example. The findings of our research therefore also represent an important foundation for the emerging theology of parenthood.

Damijan Ganc

Towards Theology of Parenthood: Mother Mary as the Role Model for Sensitive and Secure Christian Parenting

走向亲子神学：圣母玛利亚作为敏感且安全的基督教育儿榜样

The aim of this article is to show the Christocentrism of Marian homilies. The starting point is to recall the fundamental function of the homily, which is to introduce the mystery of Christ, “always present and at work in us, especially in liturgical rites” (SC 35,2). This definition was applied to Marian homilies, revealing their three content areas: the proclamation of the mystery of Christ and Mary attested in the Word of God; the leading to participation in the grace of the mystery manifested in Mary and available in the liturgy; the call to conform oneself to Christ in imitation of Mary, his most faithful disciple. Those issues are explained and justified on the basis of Marian teaching of the Church and theological reflection. The analyses were also illustrated with the example of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The analysis carried out in the study showed that the main axes around which the content of Marian homilies should be organised are the Christological, soteriological, liturgical and ecclesiological perspectives. The emphasis should be placed on ecclesiotypical rather than Christotypical Mariology. Such an approach to the Marian homily allows an organic view of Mary’s presence and modality in the history of salvation. It is at the same time an example of a liturgy-mystery-life synthesis integrating what is believed with what is celebrated and what is lived.

Publication Information	Publisher: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Faculty of Theology，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: Yes
Basic data	Year of publication: 2016，Proportion of original research papers: 0.00%，Self Citation Rate:N.A.， Gold OA Rate: 0.00%
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