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august 5, 2020

Inter mirifica, în dialog cu pr. Mariano FAZIO

The Church has been always preoccupied by the communicative phenomenon. The changes made by the mass-media in the 20th century have determined the Council Fathers to elaborate the Decree about the mass-media Inter mirifica. In this interview there are underlined the problems that lead to the elaboration of this document, the way in which it is structured in the new concept of the Church regarding the mass-media. The technological development that took place in the social communication area is considered by the Church as a manifestation of the man’s participation to the creative power of God. The importance of this document is demonstrated by the way in which it was applied by Pope Paul the VI and by its successor Pope John Paul the II.

DT1712_Inter mirifica, în dialog cu pr

august 5, 2020

Mihai PATRAŞCU: Decretul privind mijloacele de comunicare socială Inter mirifica

The communication is a specific activity of man and it is indispensable to the civilized structures. To communicate means to inform, to spread an informative content that contributes to the development of the other. The Church realized the power of mass-media, the services that these ones can bring for the Evangels spreading. The Second Vatican Council promulgated the Decree Inter mirifica through which points out the live nature of Church’s reality and the necessity to communicate it to the public opinion. The present article analyzes the historical context in which the document was published, its long term applicability and the enormous possibilities that the correct utilization of the mass-media offers.

DT1711_Mihai PATRAŞCU

august 5, 2020

Gaudium et spes, în dialog cu Mons. Lorenzo CHIARINELLI

Gaudium et spes has been a much waited document that generated some fierce controversy. For the elaboration of this document a group of Council Fathers, that rehashed the famous 13th Scheme, have worked intensively. Among these ones has been the Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Woityla. This interview presents the Council’s intention regarding this document, also how the document’s elaboration process took place and how can it be read today taking into account the signs of the present time, after 40 years from its promulgation.

DT1710_Gaudium et spes, în dialog cu Mons

august 5, 2020

Lucian FARCAŞ: Constituţia pastorală privind Biserica în lumea contemporană Gaudium et spes

One of the main goals of the Second Vatican Council was to show who is the Church and what is the message it wants to deliver to the today’s humanity. The crisis of the contemporary values, the technological and informational explosion, the changing of the moral values system have been some aspects that the Council Fathers had in mind when they elaborated the pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes. The elaboration of this essential document has been followed by many criticisms regarding especially by the means of the dialogue with the world and by the Church’s receiving from the society’s behalf. This article develops a three-way presentation: the process of making the Constitution, the analysis of the document and of the echoes it generated and the new interpretations regarding the changing of some social and moral values.

DT179_Lucian FARCAŞ

august 5, 2020

Ad gentes Ad gentes, în dialog cu pr. Jesus LOPEZ GAY

Even from the time of foundation the Church has been sent by Christ to proclaim to the World the Gospel. Being aware of this mission of the Church and of the new problems with which the missionaries confronted, the participants to the Council have elaborated the Decree about the Church’s missionary activity Ad Gentes. This dialogue presents the steps in elaborating this document, the content and its structure, but also the novelty that this decree brings into the mission domain. The missionary dimension of Church, considered as an essential component of the Church, is now explained in the light of the Trinity relation.

DT178_Ad gentes, în dialog cu pr. Jesus LOPEZ GAY

august 5, 2020

Ştefan LUPU: Decretul privind activitatea misionară a Bisericii Ad gentes

The missionary activity has been a base characteristic of the Church and has remained the main way to spread the Evangels. The Decree about the Church’s missionary activity Ad Gentes has opened a new road for the missionary reflection and activity, been the fruit of many discussions and writings. This article presents the structure of the document and its insertion in the Church’s life.

DT177_Ştefan LUPU

august 5, 2020

Dignitatis humanae, în dialog cu P.S. Clemente RIVA

One of the fundamental aspects for mankind is the religious experience. The religious dimension is not something added to the man but it is an inherent gift. This is why it must never be constrained by the social-cultural factors. The dialogue shows that the Council Fathers, being aware of the religious freedom’s defection problems, voted the Declaration about religious freedom Dignitatis humanae, which is a major contribution to a greater cohabitation of men, not only as a response to the signs of our time, but also as an explaining of the Evangels principles. The Declaration Dignitatis humanae responds to the contemporary challenges: religious freedom, tolerance, the Church-State report, practical atheism, Evangels and the modern man.

DT176_Dignitatis humanae, în dialog cu P.S

august 5, 2020

Ştefan LUPU: Declaraţia privind libertatea religioasă Dignitatis humanae

Until the Second Vatican Council the lay Christian people had a rather passive role in the Church. The Council Fathers underlined the richness of the values that are to be found in the conscience of the lay Christian people, also the help that they can offer to the Church especially in the education, charity and missionary domain, a help that is irreplaceable. The Council proposed it self to make the lay Christian people aware about the fact that day are living limbs of the mystical body and that they must contribute lively to the Church’s life. This article presents the Decree about the lay people apostolate from the point of view of its implications in the structures of the other Council documents regarding the Church’s members.

DT175_Ştefan LUPU

august 5, 2020

Apostolicam actuositatem, în dialog cu d-l Guzmán CARRIQUIRY

The Decree about the lay people apostolate Apostolicam actuositatem responds to an essential necessity in the Church which is to point out the role and the place that lay people have in the Church. They are not some statistical elements, without personality, but they are live limbs of the mystical body of Christ which is the Church. Through an active and constant collaboration with the hierarchy and the clergy they can accomplish beautiful apostolate actions. This interview underlines this desideratum of the Decree and offers an objective interpretation of the Concrete reality in which the lay Christian people live and in which they can spread the Evangel especially through personal example.

DT174_Apostolicam actuositatem, în dialog cu d-l Guzmán CARRIQUIRY

august 5, 2020

Ştefan LUPU: Decretul despre apostolatul laicilor Apostolicam

Until the Second Vatican Council the lay Christian people had a rather passive role in the Church. The Council Fathers underlined the richness of the values that are to be found in the conscience of the lay Christian people, also the help that they can offer to the Church especially in the education, charity and missionary domain, a help that is irreplaceable. The Council proposed it self to make the lay Christian people aware about the fact that day are living limbs of the mystical body and that they must contribute lively to the Church’s life. This article presents the Decree about the lay people apostolate from the point of view of its implications in the structures of the other Council documents regarding the Church’s members.

DT173_Ştefan LUPU