Dialogue Inside the Church. Congregation-Laymen, Intellectuals, Women, Monks

Tema je obrađena u dva dijela. Najprije se izlaže problem unutarcrkvenog dijaloga kao takvog. Kako ga shvatiti? Koliko je ta sintagma uopće ušla u crkvenu svijest? Koliko stvarno obilježava sadašnju praksu Crkve kao zajednice na svim njezinim razinama? Dijalog pretpostavlja, i istodobno stvara, novu crkvenu svijest i neophodan je za ostvarenje crkvene zadaće u svijetu. Evangelizacija, i ona prva i ona druga u pluralnim okolnostima svijeta može biti samo kroz dijalog. Treba, dakle, prihvaćati teme i sugovornike. Dijalog prema van potiče dijalog prema unutra - i obratno. Dalje se u nekoliko crta opisuju okolnosti i stanje dijaloga unutar Crkve. Koliko vanjske okolnosti utječu na stanje same vjerničke zajednice, odnosno na nutarnji dijalog? Crkva još nije pronašla idealan model svoga unutrašnjeg zajedništva i života te funkcionalne strukture svoga djelovanja u suvremenim društvenim okolnostima. Istaknuti su najvažniji momenti koji se reflektiraju na unutrašnji život crkvene zajednice, a proizlaze iz crkvene otvorenosti modernom svijetu: četiri odraza svijeta (okolnosti) u samoj Crkvi (pluralizam, liberalni individualizam, demokratski duh, sloboda medija). Stvara se i u samoj Crkvi mentalitet da je moguće, pa i potrebno, s obzirom na vjerske istine priznati različite pristupe. Iako je istina jedna, mogući su različiti putovi traganja za njom. U drugom dijelu se govori o subjektivizaciji crkvenog zajedništva, o subjektima dijaloga. Premještanje naglaska iz crkvene institucionalnosti na osobe i odnose među osobama - vjerničke skupine. Potrebno je crkvene strukture, počevši od biskupije do župe, dinamičnije shvatiti i organizirati. Određeni oblik demokratske procedure moguć je i u dogmatski zadanoj hijerarhijskoj crkvenoj strukturi. Sve se to gleda u odnosu na pojedine kategorije unutar crkvene zajednice: laike, žene, intelektualce, redovnike. I kao zaključak iznosi se deset teza važnih za promociju dijaloške crkvene dimenzije.The topic is elaborated in two parts. In the first place, the problem of dialogue inside the Church is expounded as it is. How to apprehend it. How much has this syntagm penetrated into the mind of the Church at all. How much does it really mark present practice of the Church as a community on all of its levels. Dialogue presumes, and while creates, new perception of the Church and what is it is necessary for realization of the Church mission in the world. Evangelization, both, the first and the second, in plural circumstances of this world, could be possible only through dialogue. It is necessary to accept topics and collocutors. Dialogue toward the outside stimulates dialogue inside - and vice versa. Furthermore, in few lines, are described circumstances and position of the dialogue within the Church. How much the exterior circumstances do affect the condition of the very congregation, respectively on the internal dialogue. The Church has not yet found the ideal model of its inside cooperation and life, and functional structures of its activity in modern social circumstances. Emphasized are the most important moments that reflect internal life of the ecclesiastical community, which result from the openness of the Church to the modern world. There are four reflections of the world (circumstances) in the Church (pluralism, liberal individualism, democratic spirit, freedom of media). Even in the Church mentality is creating that it is possible and even necessary, considering religious truth, to admit different approaches. Although the truth is one there is a possibility to track it down on many different ways. The second part is dealing with subjectivization of the ecclesiastical community -subjects of dialogue: about shifting the stress from the Church institutionalization to the persons and relationship between them - between ecclesial groups. It is necessary to understand and organize church structure, from dioceses to parishes, more dynamically. Specific form of democratic procedure is possible even in dogmatically constituted hierarchic structure of the Church. All this takes into consideration particular categories of the congregation within church community - laymen, women, intellectuals and monks. As the conclusion ten important thesis for promotion of the dialogical church dimension are brought up