The Synod on Synodality (2021–2024), through its deepening of the concepts of communion, participation, and mission, has generated reflections and debates concerning the revision of relationships within the Church. Naturally, the synodal process could not overlook an analysis of the relationship between bishops and priests, viewed within a horizon of fraternity and humanity. The relationship […]
In a global context marked by the pervasive threats of armed conflict, pandemics, and environmental depletion, the proclamation of Jesus’s resurrection demands linguistic and conceptual frameworks capable of rendering its message both audible and theologically resonant. This study proposes an interpretation of the Resurrection beginning from the premise that the disciples’ encounter with the Risen […]
This article explores the link between the meditation known as the Two Standards from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) and its embodiment in Mary Ward’s (1585-1645) spiritual life. The Two Standards is meant to help retreatants to understand that their life is under the influence of the forces of both good […]
The article proposes an analysis of Chapter VI of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Lumen fidei, focusing on the common good based on faith and attempting to answer whether there is room for reason in the construction of the common good. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53438/IWZG3510 Dialog 56-3 Ciobanu
The presentation proposes a philosophical-theological reflection on the importance of language in general and theological language in particular as it emerges from the Nicene Creed. Starting from a series of considerations on the importance of words and language from a philosophical point of view (Plato, Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Humboldt, Paul Ricoeur, Umberto Eco), we will then […]
At the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s, out of the 71 priests in the Diocese of Satu Mare, 19 were imprisoned, and Bishop Scheffler János died in prison. This study aims to outline the destiny of one of the priests from the Diocese of Satu Mare, Fischer Pál, a remarkable […]
This article offers a theological and exegetical examination of the relational dynamics between Jesus, his disciples, and the broader public, through the conceptual framework of friendship. Integrating a close reading of scriptural texts with speculative theological reflection, it contends that Jesus – fully human and fully divine – formed authentic friendships and remains open to […]
Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He had only one intervention, on episcopal collegiality, but he followed the proceedings with great attention and interest and shared the experience with the diocese through articles in the diocesan bulletin and letters sent to various groups. After […]
This article explores the formative influence of the Ignatian Principle and Foundation in the spiritual life of Mary Ward (1585–1645) and in the founding of her Institute and it evaluates its wider significance on contemporary spirituality. Drawing on primary sources and recent contributions, the study highlights how Mary Ward’s internalization of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises […]
This study examines the episcopate of Blessed Alexandru Rusu from the perspective of the Hungarian Greek Catholic communities, focusing on the ecclesiastical and identity transformations of the interwar period. Between 1930 and 1948, Bishop Rusu led the Eparchy of Maramureș in a political and social environment where the Romanian national ideal and state centralization posed […]