(Faith as the Experience of the Community and the Church as the Continuation of the Mission of the Thessalonian Brethren)

Abstract: The christian religious experience is always relational, dynamic and communal in nature. Metaphorically speaking, it is always a journey. No one walks alone, but in the communion of the Church, which, underpinned by trinitarian love, animates the fraternal and sisterlike reciprocity of all the members of the Church. The Church is not so much an institutional organization whose purpose is to impose commands or prohibitions as an intimate community walking toward God. The current thinking of pope Francis and the conclusions of the synod on synodality of 2022-2024, which is inspired by the widespread practice in the orthodox churches, including the city from which the Thessaloniki brothers came to the territory of our ancestors, are also based on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger as a theologian, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and pope on this topic, which will be presented in the present study.

Author: Švorca, Ľubomír – Krupa, Jozef – Hladush, Viktor

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2025.18.2.243-253

Publication order reference:
ThLic. Ľubomír Švorca, PhD.; Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Kapitulská 26, 814 58 Bratislava, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
prof. ThDr. Jozef Krupa, PhD.; Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Kapitulská 26, 814 58 Bratislava, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2276-6010, WOS Researcher ID: HGR-1562-2022, SCOPUS Author ID: 57946165000
prof. Dr. Viktor Hladush, DrSc; Ivan Franko State University, Zhytomyr, Faculty of Education
40, Velyka Berdychivska Str., 10008 Zhytomyr, Ukraine; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5700-211X, WOS Researcher ID: AAQ- 6823-2021, SCOPUS Author ID: 57218488248

Source: Konštantínove listy, 2025, vol.: 18, issue: 2, pages: 243-253 (PDF file)

Keywords: RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, GOD, FAITH, CHURCH, COMMUNITY

Language: SLOVAK

Recommended Citation:
Švorca, Ľubomír – Krupa, Jozef – Hladush, Viktor. 2025. Viera ako skúsenosť spoločenstva a cirkvi ako pokračovanie misie solúnskych bratov (Faith as the Experience of the Community and the Church as the Continuation of the Mission of the Thessalonian Brethren). In Konštantínove listy [Constantine’s Letters] 18/2, 243-253.