"Psallite sapienter" (Ps 47, 8b). Joseph Ratzingers theological reflections on the music art in liturgy

Nakana je ovoga rada prikazati teološka tumačenja njemačkog teologa Josepha Ratzingera, danas rimskog prvosvećenika u miru Benedikta XVI., o naravi, smislu i ulozi glazbene umjetnosti u liturgiji te o crkvenoj glazbi uopće. Nakon kontekstualizacije situacije crkvene glazbe danas u prvom poglavlju, rad donosi biblijska uporišta i direktive za teologiju bogoslužnog pjevanja. U trećem poglavlju govori se o nekim bitnim naglascima razvoja crkvene glazbe kroz povijesno-stilska razdoblja kako ih vidi Ratzinger. Posljednje poglavlje sintetizira biblijsku i teološko-povijesnu analizu te donosi nekoliko načela i putokaza za crkvenu glazbu danas koja treba biti »primjerena Logosu« i primjerena kršćanskoj viziji čovjeka tako da može »oduhoviti kozmos« u gestu molitve i humanizirati svijet.The purpose of this thesis is to present Joseph Ratzinger’s – German theologian, current retired Roman pontiff Benedict XVI – theological interpretations regarding the nature, meaning and role of musical art in liturgy, so as of church music in general. After the contextualization of the situation of church music today in the first chapter, this thesis brings forth biblical groundings and directives for the theology of liturgical chanting. The third chapter deals with some of the relevant points of the development of church music through the historical and stylistic periods form Ratzinger’s point of view. The last chapter synthesizes the biblical and theological-historic analysis and brings a few principles and guidances for church music today, which has to be »appropriate to Logos« and to a christian vision of a man, so it would be capable to »spiritualize the cosmos« into a gesture of prayer and humanize the world