Basic execution
As a basic full trains the Roman Catholic theology is the main contracts for the purpose of the church as the institutional organization of the community of the Christian justify and legitimize believers. They are therefore essential features of the Church . Without an organization of the community , their implementation would not be possible or only to a limited extent.
The Catholic tradition describes three basic features:
- Testimony ( ancient Greek μαρτυρία martyría ): testimony, proclamation and spreading of the Gospel
- Liturgy ( λειτουργία leiturgía ): Divine service, common prayer, especially celebration of the Eucharist
- Diakonia ( διακονία diakonía ): Service to people, for example the alleviation of need and poverty in the world.
In it it takes up the theological tradition of Christ's threefold office , namely his mission as prophet, priest and shepherd; The whole people of God and all its members share in these offices through baptism and confirmation.
Since the Second Vatican Council , a fourth basic dimension of the church has been described, the community ( Latin commúnio / ancient Greek κοινωνία koinonía ), in which the Christian community also finds its expression.
literature
- Ralf Miggelbrink : Introduction to the Doctrine of the Church. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2003, ISBN 3-534-16321-4 , pp. 122-141.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium No. 31.
- ↑ Cf. Veronika Prüller-Jagenteufel: Basic Executions of the Church. In: Maria Elisabeth Aigner , Anna Findl-Ludescher, Veronika Prüller-Jagenteufel: Basic concepts of pastoral theology (99 concrete words theology). Don Bosco Verlag, Munich, 2005, ISBN 3-7698-1509-2 , p. 99f.
- ↑ Cf. Gaudium et spes ("Pastoral Constitution on the Church in Today's World")