Chair of the History of Christian Literature and Christian Doctrine

Terminology

Studying patrology includes two intertwined areas that have the same object or under different aspects: on the one hand it is a patristic who researches theological thought of the Church Fathers, on the other hand, it is a patrology that the facility has the life and writings of the Church Fathers. By its very nature Patristics deals with doctrinal matters in close connection with the dogmatists and Patrology moving more to the level of historical research, biographies and literature of the Church Fathers, and more associated with the history of the ancient Church.From the Church Fathers and patrology it is necessary to distinguish between the old Christian literature, "non-theological discipline dealing with stylistics and philology written legacy of the early Christian writers."However, for simplicity in speech is accepted notion Patrology.

Patrology has interdisciplinary contact with other theological disciplines, occupies a special place in the dogmatists, but gives a great contribution to other areas: moral theology, theology of spirituality, liturgy and in a special way the Scriptures.All these disciplines can enrich and refresh affecting the patristic sources.

Fathers

Who are the Fathers? So call the church writers of the first centuries after Jesus Christ, who have distinguished themselves in holiness of life, orthodoxy in the field of theology, in order of merit Church has canonized them and accepted them as an authority on Christian life. Their finish the Church huge and therefore the Church in them looking models, see stability and the treasures of which will make the best of the proclamation Evanđelje.I more than that, they are witnesses unanimous doctrine based on sacred Scripture and Tradition.

Tradition

From the very beginning of Christianity to the present day Church Fathers occupy a special role, which makes them indispensable protagonists with respect to the other throughout history.They created the supporting structure of the Church over doctrinal and pastoral expression that retain their value over all time. They always discover associated with tradition, while they are the tradition.

What is the nearest source; some of them are witnesses to the apostolic times. They are transferred to the field of faith what they have received, says Saint Augustine: "teach in the church what they have learned in the Church, what they found in the church to retain what they have learned to teach what they have learned from Fathers, transferssons". According to the Second Vatican Council: the teachings of the Holy Fathers witness to the life-giving presence of Tradition: its wealth poured into the practice and life of the Church and believing requesting.Over and Traditions fathers transmit and emphasize unity in diversity: through their actions we learn about the different liturgical rites of the various forms of spirituality, the various disciplines in the field of faith and morals: they are all different but united and rooted in faith in Jesus Christ.

Scripture

Regardless of the situation or the culture of work, Fathers moved by the Holy Scriptures.They always called him: become the best interpreters of Sacred Scripture, "Catholic commentators of the sacred books", he said St.Augustin.Sveto Scripture is the soul of theology of the Church Fathers.

Christian originality and inculturation

The tendency of the Church Fathers was to preserve the Christian originality: be original, and at the same time be open to cooperation with other scientific achievements that offers common sense, philosophy and other sciences.What gave the originality of Christianity?Scripture and Tradition.They Fathers they were blind before the shortcomings and errors of Greco-Roman philosophy, did not remain deaf to the syncretism that was spread throughout the Roman-Greek culture or have neglected to observe pure rationalism is reduced faith in cognitive evidence.

Faith defence

The meeting of faith and reason has paved the way to many discussions in the field of interpretation of the Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Church, a man and a future life.Fathers were the defenders of the great Christian truth because they had strong faith and great intellectual activity, and thus opened the way not only successful discussions with others, but they started the development path of theology - of all that the Church now owns.

Thus Fathers became the originators of the development path of rationalism, which could very usefully be incorporated in the very fact of Christian revelation, and became enlightened promoters intellectus a Fidei.Their providential task was not only to defend Christianity than it ever again from the beginning to reflect in the Greco-Roman setting.

The mystical and divine experience

Fathers were responsible for content of divine revelation in his work were held program credo ut intelligam and intelligo ut credam. In fulfillment of that program kept their authenticity-Ecclesiality, no order ever and least compromised the purity of their faith, in the words of Augustine, "virginitas". Resorted to the wealth of the mind, which are brought into intimate union with Christ, and everything was monitored and nurtured by prayer, grace and gifts of the Holy Spirit.As theologians and pastors was demonstrated by a deep sense of mystery and divine experience, which helped in meeting many of the then current.

Professors:

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Lectures at the department:

• Patrology
• Introduction to the mystery of Christ and the history of salvation
• The history of dogma
• Seminars
• Elective Courses