Reconciliation and peace. A contribution from the Pauline theology perspective
This paper discusses the local historical reality of conflict from the point of view of exegesis, unraveling clues based on the biblical understanding of the concepts of peace and reconciliation, and on Christian ethics in order to address it. First, the Old Testament is analyzed, since it is highly...
| Autor Principal: | Medina, Danilo Antonio |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, Colombia
2016
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http://revistas.usta.edu.co/index.php/analisis/article/view/3255 |
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This paper discusses the local historical reality of conflict from the point of view of exegesis, unraveling clues based on the biblical understanding of the concepts of peace and reconciliation, and on Christian ethics in order to address it. First, the Old Testament is analyzed, since it is highly unlikely to find elements in it to defend the idea of reconciliation, given the force of the law of retaliation and a new image of the Lord that is frequently portrayed as an “avenger” (go’el), although, in such tradition, reconciliation may find its source and its sense in God Himself. Paul shows reconciliation as closely related to the Christian Kerygma of the passion, death and resurrection, and, therefore, related to a historical event that projects its effects on both interpersonal relationships and the relationships between God and humanity, to lead to love and readiness to forgive, because enmity between God and men, or between human groups is overridden. Regarding peace, Paul relates it to the concept mentioned above, as the result of the reconciling action of Christ in his paschal mystery, in which all prejudices and schemes that cause marginalization and exclusion, under favoritism of persons or peoples, are overcome since all of them are now only one new man, fully reconciled and in harmony, which has logical implications on the social field, from where this work gathers guidelines for application to the historical situation that generated it. |
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