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A realidade do mundo contemporâneo, marcado pela indiferença, pelo neognosticismo e por um certo desespero humano, fez com que o homem experimentasse uma certa “escuridão interior”, afastando-se de Deus, para viver sem horizonte, porque perdeu a sua identidade que não se pode encontrar fora de Deus. A Igreja aparece como espaço da comunidade, família alargada e da recondução ao Amor que é Deus, a partir de Quem o homem compreende-se a si e aos outros, opondo-se a toda a espécie de exclusão, pela fé, esperança e caridade. Mas estes desafios agravam-se quando se fala de África, onde muitos batizados preferem viver como se não o fossem, por causa de um Deus que
não lhes realiza a vontade diante da miséria e do sofrimento. Por isso, o contexto atual de uma Igreja em África, marcado pelas más notícias, pela dor e luto, impele-me a estudar a maternidade da Igreja, isto é, a noção da “Ecclesia”,
sobretudo vista na sua perspetiva de “mater” pela ‘refontalização’, estudando um Padre da Igreja, para que, através de um estudo sistemático, se reproponha o conceito de Igreja família, enquanto espaço de integração na “domus Dei”.
A realização da Primeira Assembleia Especial do Sínodo dos Bispos para África,
que veio a traduzir-se na publicação da Ecclesia in Africa, configura-se como resposta aos anseios do povo, fruto de uma longa caminhada, estimulada e sustentada pelo incessante clamor do povo africano. O objetivo de estudo do nosso trabalho é a maternidade da Igreja, abordando esta categoria (mater) como noção configurante da eclesiologia de um Padre da Igreja “africano” do século III, para, com base nesta “fonte” patrística, repropormos uma eclesiologia “afetiva e efetiva” em chave africana. Para isto, servimo-nos do axioma de
Cipriano, Bispo de Cartago, que subordina a pertença a Deus à pertença à Igreja: habere non potest deum patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem. O trabalho está dividido em quatro capítulos: -No primeiro capítulo fixamos a nossa atenção na figura de Cipriano, enquanto pai e pastor da Igreja de Cartago; no segundo, mostramos que a teologia de Cipriano sobre a ideia de Deus como Pai é fundamentada no princípio da unidade que existe no seio da Trindade; no terceiro capítulo, centramos a nossa atenção na Igreja mãe. Enquanto peregrina a Igreja é a grande intermediária entre Deus e mundo, o único caminho do
homem para seu Pai. A Igreja é mãe. Porque ela tem o Espírito, ela nos comunica a vida filial do Pai. A maternidade é um conceito chave, dada a função mediadora da mãe Igreja no evento salvífico. No quatro e último capítulo, mostramos que o povo de Deus, apresentado pelo Vaticano II, na Lumen Gentium, é uma família, o que ficou expresso na exortação Pós-sinodal Ecclesia in Africa (EA).
The reality of the contemporary world, marked by indifference, new-Gnosticism and a certain human despair, has made man experience a certain “inner darkness”, moving away from God, to live without horizon, because he has lost his identity that cannot be found outside of God. The Church appears as a space for the community, the extended family and for being led back to the Love that is God, from Whom man understands himself and others, opposing all kinds of exclusion, through faith, hope and charity. But these challenges are aggravated when talking about Africa where many baptized people prefer to live as if they were not because of a God who does not carry out their will in the face of misery and suffering. For this reason, the current context of a Church in Africa, marked by bad news, pain and mourning, impels me to study the motherhood of the Church, that is, the notion of “Ecclesia”, especially seen in its perspective of “mater” by 'ressourcement', studying a Church Father, so that, through a systematic study, re-propose the concept of Churchfamily, as a space of integration in the “domus Dei”. The holding of the First Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, which was translated into the publication of Ecclesia in Africa, is configured as a response to the aspirations of the people, the result of a long journey, stimulated and sustained by the incessant clamor of the African people. The aim of our study is the maternity of the Church, approaching this category (mater) as a configurational notion of the ecclesiology of an “African” Church Father of the third century, so that, based on this patristic “source”, we re-propose an “affective and effective” ecclesiology in an African key. For this, we make use of the axiom of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, who subordinates belonging to God to belonging to the Church: habere non potest deum patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem. The work is divided into four chapters: - In the first chapter we focused our attention on the figure of Cyprian, as father and pastor of the Church of Carthage; in the second, we show that Cyprian's theology about the idea of God as Father is based on the principle of unity that exists within the Trinity; in the third chapter, we focus our attention on the Mother Church. As a pilgrim, the Church is the great intermediary between God and the world, man's only way to his Father. The Church is mother. Because she has the Spirit, she communicates to us the filial life of the Father. Motherhood is a key concept, given the mediating role of the Mother Church in the salvific event. In the fourth and last chapter, we show that the people of God, presented by Vatican II, in Lumen Gentium, is a family, which was expressed in the post-synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Africa (EA).
The reality of the contemporary world, marked by indifference, new-Gnosticism and a certain human despair, has made man experience a certain “inner darkness”, moving away from God, to live without horizon, because he has lost his identity that cannot be found outside of God. The Church appears as a space for the community, the extended family and for being led back to the Love that is God, from Whom man understands himself and others, opposing all kinds of exclusion, through faith, hope and charity. But these challenges are aggravated when talking about Africa where many baptized people prefer to live as if they were not because of a God who does not carry out their will in the face of misery and suffering. For this reason, the current context of a Church in Africa, marked by bad news, pain and mourning, impels me to study the motherhood of the Church, that is, the notion of “Ecclesia”, especially seen in its perspective of “mater” by 'ressourcement', studying a Church Father, so that, through a systematic study, re-propose the concept of Churchfamily, as a space of integration in the “domus Dei”. The holding of the First Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, which was translated into the publication of Ecclesia in Africa, is configured as a response to the aspirations of the people, the result of a long journey, stimulated and sustained by the incessant clamor of the African people. The aim of our study is the maternity of the Church, approaching this category (mater) as a configurational notion of the ecclesiology of an “African” Church Father of the third century, so that, based on this patristic “source”, we re-propose an “affective and effective” ecclesiology in an African key. For this, we make use of the axiom of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, who subordinates belonging to God to belonging to the Church: habere non potest deum patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem. The work is divided into four chapters: - In the first chapter we focused our attention on the figure of Cyprian, as father and pastor of the Church of Carthage; in the second, we show that Cyprian's theology about the idea of God as Father is based on the principle of unity that exists within the Trinity; in the third chapter, we focus our attention on the Mother Church. As a pilgrim, the Church is the great intermediary between God and the world, man's only way to his Father. The Church is mother. Because she has the Spirit, she communicates to us the filial life of the Father. Motherhood is a key concept, given the mediating role of the Mother Church in the salvific event. In the fourth and last chapter, we show that the people of God, presented by Vatican II, in Lumen Gentium, is a family, which was expressed in the post-synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Africa (EA).
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Maternidade Filiação Deus Pater Ecclesia mater Batismo Eclesiologia africana Motherhood Filiation Deus Pater Ecclesia mater Baptism African ecclesiology