"WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOTCONDEMNED" The place and meaning of judgment in the Gospel of John

Motiv koji nas je usmjerio prema izabranoj temi rada jest zamijećena zaboravljenost teme suda u teologiji koja je u povijesti dugo vremena bila povezana s kulisom straha i nejasnoće. Temeljni se doprinos rada, dakle, sastoji u pokušaju vraćanja i razumijevanja suda kao teološke teme u svjetlu mjesta i značenje suda u Ivanovom evanđelju. Rad je strukturiran u tri dijela. U prvom dijelu rada prikazat ćemo uporabu i značenje pojma »sud« u Svetome pismu, te njegov povijesni razvoj, kako u Starom, tako i u Novom zavjetu. U drugom dijelu rada prikazat ćemo uporaba i značenje pojma »sud« u Ivanovu evanđelju, s naglaskom na povijesno okruženje, strukturu te literarne značajke Ivanova evanđelja koje će nam biti svojevrsni uvod treći i najvažniji dio rada. Treći dio, dakle, donosi detaljniju egzegetsko-teološku analizu odabranih ulomaka u kojima se prikazuju temeljne značajke suda prema Ivanovom evanđelju: sud Svjetlosti (Iv 3, 1-21), sud Sina Čovječjega (Iv 9, 1-41) i sud Riječi (Iv 12, 37-50). Time želimo doprinijeti razumijevanju misli Ivanove poruke i shvaćanju konačnoga suda, kao iznova dolazećeg dana s kojim čovjek u vjeri susreće uskrslog i proslavljenog Gospodina te zadobiva život.Motiv which led us toward chosen topic of the paper is the observed forgetfulness of the theme of judgment in theology, which in history has long been associated with a backdrop of fear and ambiguity. The fundamental contribution of the work, therefore, consists in attempting to restore and understand judgment as a theological theme in the light of the place and meaning of judgment in the Gospel of John. The paper is structured in three parts. In the first part of the paper we will present the use and meaning of the term »judgment« in the Bible, its historical development, both in the Old and New Testaments. In the second part of the paper we will show the use and meaning of the term »judgment« in John's Gospel, with emphasis on the historical environment, structure and literary features of John's Gospel which will be a kind of introduction to the third and most important part of the paper. The third part, therefore, provides a more detailed exegetical-theological analysis of selected passages in which the basic features of the judgment according to John's Gospel are presented: the judgment of Light (Jn 3: 1-21), the judgment of the Son of Man (Jn 9: 1-41) and the judgment of the Word. Jn 12, 37-50). In this way we want to contribute to the understanding of the thought of John's message and to the understanding of the final judgment, as a new day coming with which a man in faith meets the risen and glorified Lord and gains life