Forgiveness by Željko Mardešić

Željko Maredešić ne raspravlja o pojmu praštanja. Ne uspoređuje različita moguća shvaćanja praštanja. On praštanje uzima kao kriterij prosudbe same Crkve. No, praštanje se najprije pojavljuje u kontekstu njegova vlastitog shvaćanja kršćanstva kao i njegova vlastitog kršćanskog života. Praštanje je kršćanski način ophođenja s prošlošću. U hrvatskoj Crkvi postoji fenomen povratka na prošlu, bojovnu, neopraštajuću sliku kršćanstva, ali ima i važnih znakova vezanih upravo za oproštenje i traženje načina razumijevanja tuđe patnje. Rad polazi od pojašnjenja različitih pojmova praštanja i pokazuje kada se i u kojem kontekstu pojam praštanja kod Željka Mardešića pojavljuje kao kriterij prosudbe kršćanstva i njegove uloge u konkretnome društvu.Željko Mardešić does not debate the notion of forgiveness. He does not compare different possible understandings of forgiveness. He takes forgiveness as a criterion for judgment of Church itself. But, forgiveness appears first in the context of his own understanding of Christianism as well as in his own Christian life. Forgiveness is a Christian way of communication with the past. In the Croatian church there exists a phenomenon of return to the past, of a combative, unforgiving image of Christianism, although these are still important signs related to forgiveness and seeking ways for understanding other\u27s suffering. The article departs from explaining various concepts of forgiveness and shows when and in which context the notion of forgiveness in Željko Mardešić\u27s work appears as a criterion for consideration of Christianism and its role in a specific society