Open Access„Et stupebant super doctrina ejus” (Mk 1:22). On the Role of Wonderment in the Theological Method
Author(s) -
Cezary Smuniewski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teologia w polsce
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-6355
pISSN - 1732-4572
DOI - 10.31743/twp.2020.14.2.03
Subject(s) - theology , philosophy , motif (music) , poetry , jesus christ , event (particle physics) , physics , aesthetics , linguistics , faith , quantum mechanics
The study is a contribution to research on the theological method and shows the motif of wonderment in the teaching and poetry of John Paul II as an experience inviting man to get to know God and His works ever more deeply. The human experience of being amazed with God has been presented as a theological event – a grace of the ability to stand in awe of God, to get closer to Him and to speak about Him. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that the mission of a theologian is inseparably connected with cultivating the ability to be amazed with God and His works. The experience of wonderment is one of the elements leading to communion with Christ the Theologian, who reveals the Father.