Dzieje zbawienia według Piotra Semenenki

Abstract

An attempt at „historizaltion” of theology is done by the outstanding Polish theologian of the 19th century, Piotr Semenenko. He views human existence, human cognition and the very Christianity in the hisit'oricail aspect as the history of salvation. The history of salvation is the historical realization of the age-long God’s plan, which is carried out in the common action of God and man. The aim of history is divinization of mankind and its unification wiith God and unification in „itself” through love. Since man, as a free being, refused to cooperate with God, in the history a catactysm occurred takling the shape of sin and its consequences. Sin „destroyed the history of creation” which ceased to tend towards its proper aim and directed itself „towards nothingness”. The turning point in history was the redemption done by Christ, which changed the course of history and in the history of sin tending to a fall included another trend, namely the history of salvation. Hence history flows in a double stream: salvation and unsalvation, and the struggle between good and evil is their inner law. The history of Salvation has a Christicentric character. The events connected with Christ are a necessary condition for the history to exist, and although they are past, their power still continues, and it has a bearing on the whole of history. The repetition and presentation of the God-Man’s history in the life of the Church and of every Christian is the main task and at the same time a salutary act.