Die unverschämte Freiheit der Kinder Gottes - Jesuanische Impulse für eine Erneuerung der Kirche

Author(s)
Markus Tiwald
Abstract

The brazen freedom of God's children as Jesus has announced it - being free like the "birds of the air"or carefree like the "lilies of the field"(Matt 6:25-33) - is induced by Jesus' optimism that the reign of Satan has already been broken. This leads him to a Copernican turn in the paradigm of purity: Not impurity is contagious, but the purity of God's upcoming reign will pervade everything and enables Jesus to touch impure persons and even dine with them. Jesus' optimism could be helpful for today's church, to lose reservations against modern developments in our society as also in human sciences. A development of church's doctrine in these points is already projected by the biblical encyclicals since Leo XIII. and should not cause fears anymore.

Organisation(s)
Department of Biblical Studies, Research Centre Religion and Transformation
Journal
Biblische Zeitschrift
Volume
67
Pages
107-122
No. of pages
16
ISSN
0006-2014
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30965/25890468-06701005
Publication date
2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
603214 New testament studies
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Religious studies
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/2f501ab2-47a3-4eef-9257-2b4edcf96bb7