Dyskusja nad istotą i wymiarami katechezy w Europie Zachodniej

Abstract

Nowadays, catechesis became one of the main problems of contemporary life. Several people express theiz opinions upon this subject, gradually exposing the deep content it embodies,. The group the of scholars, who carry out a serious research in order to arrive at the essence of catechesis, grows more and more, however, individual authors stress different points. It is enough to mention here J. Jungmann, Jh. Colomb, B. Dreher, H. Halbfas, E. Alberich and A. Exeter, as people authoritative in catechesis, to become convinced that approach towardo Catechesis is serious, but varied at the same time. Catechetic symposium organized by Popal Salesian University in 1971, during which laymen and priests, representatives of secular didactics and catechesis, catholics and non-catholics expressed their opinions, contributed vasthy to deepening of the essence of catechesis, M. Berlini, G. Milanesi and G. Santomauro payed close attention to the psychological and sociological dimensions of catechesis. The support of pedagogical and didactic dimensions was stressed by L. Borghi, L. Radice, V. Vinay, A. Agazzi and G. Bertin. According to A. Mancini, G. Groppo, V. Vinay and A. Monast the most essential dimension in catechesis would, however, be the theological dimension. It would be a dangerous thing to reduce catechesis to one dimension only; on the contrary, the serious treatment of it requires looking at its essence tough multitude of dimensions. In such a formulation, catechesis, being, the evangelization of the world, would be psychologically and sociologically conditioned, and would realize the aim of meeting with God through teaching, upbringing, and evangelic prophesying.