„Constructio et consecratio mundi” – zapomniane idee teologii rzeczywistości ziemskich (cz. I)

Abstract

Two ideas: constructio mundi and consecratio mundi appeared on the basis of the theology of earthly realities. Their founders intended to strengthen the relationship between the Christian and God. God is not opposed to man being engaged in the matter of this world, but confers on it a more profound and religious sense, hence also a fully human sense. The present study is designed to remind us and re-interpret the first of them. Therefore its genesis has been presented and its meaning in accord with the presuppositions of the theology of earthly realities. Its relationship with eschatological hope has been exposed, and some attendant moral imperatives. The analyses make us draw a conclusion that the principle of constructio mundi, practically forgotten by present theology, may on the one hand always interpreted as the theological foundation of the Church’s mission in the world, and on the other hand it gains a clear character of moral imperative. This imperative excludes the reduction of the Church’s mission only to her supernatural aspect.