Teologia powołania chrześcijańskiego w jego wymiarze wspólnotowym

Abstract

Christian vocation may be defined, chiefly according to the doctrine of the Second Vatican Council, as a natural and supernatural ability, given to man by God in the act of creation and redemption, enabling him to participate in the life and happiness of God. The communal character of Christian vocation thus conceived is manifest in all the stages of its planning and realization. In the act of creation man received a communal nature, for he was called and destined not only to community with people, but to communion with God Himself. The communal character of Christian vocation is further revealed in the solidarity of Jesus Christ with the whole human society and in the catholicity of his redemptive work. The communion and interdependence of all believers in Jesus Christ who form the community of God’s people is the further manifestation of the communal aspect of the Christian vocation. The diversity of needs of that People influences the concrete, detailed form of the Christian vocation (e. g. priestly, religious, family, etc.) of each faithful.