Naslov
"Newman and Strossmayer on the Relationship between the Church and the State (II)"

Autori
Šokčević, Šimo ; Živić, Tihomir

Izvornik
Anafora (1849-2339) 8 (2021), 1; 99-123

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
John Henry Newman ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer ; Catholic Church ; relation ; anthropological reform

Sažetak
The cooperation between the Catholic Church and the State is a necessity and an imperative that was addressed by two important thinkers of the 19th century, John Henry Newman and Josip Juraj Strossmayer, and the models that actually trace back to their reflections are existent even nowadays. In the second part of a textological and theological analysis of Newman’s and Strossmayer’s understanding of the relationship between the Church and the State, our objective is to explore how much Newman’s and Strossmayer’s deliberations may be useful in the formulation of the bases on which a good relationship between the Catholic Church and the State should be built. We have seen that comprehension and concord are the fundamental imperatives of that relationship, as well as of the contemporary models that analyze it. The modern obstacles to this relationship have the identical roots, findable in negative liberalism and repaganization. On the trail of Newman and Strossmayer, we conclude that an anthropological reform primarily taking hold of the human heart is necessary today. Therefore, such a reform has to realize that the life in accordance with one’s own conscience, in the truth, is more valuable than all the utopian lies and deceptions that formulate the socioeconomic relations and personal life.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Teologija, Filologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

Napomena
Suradnja Katoličke Crkve i države nužnost je i
imperativ kojim su se bavili i John Henry
Newman i Josip Juraj Strossmayer, važni
mislioci 19. stoljeća, a modeli koji zapravo
slijede njihova promišljanja postoje i danas.

U drugome dijelu tekstološke i teološke analize
Newmanova i Strossmayerova shvaćanja odnosa
između Crkve i države naš je cilj istražiti
koliko Newmanova i Strossmayerova promišljanja
mogu biti korisna pri oblikovanju osnova na
kojima bi trebao biti izgrađen dobar odnos
Katoličke Crkve i države. Vidjeli smo da su
poimanje i sklad osnovni imperativi toga
odnosa, kao i suvremenih modela koji ga
analiziraju.

Suvremene preprjeke tomu odnosu imaju identične
korijene, koji se nalaze u negativnome
liberalizmu i repaganizaciji. Stoga na tragu
Newmana i Strossmayera zaključujemo da je danas
nužna antropološka reforma koja bi primarno
zahvaćala ljudsko srce, ona koja mora shvatiti
da je život u skladu s nečijom savješću, u
istini, vrjedniji negoli sve utopijske laži i
obmane koje tvore društvenogospodarstvene
odnose i osobni život.

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