Modlitwa Jezusa-kapłana o uświęcenie Dwunastu (J 17,17-19)

Abstract

The autbor examines the text of J 17: 17-19 trying to find an answer to the question how the expression ego hagiadzo emauton should be understood. Is Jesus speaking here of sanctification in the sense of being separated from the world to remain in the sphere of God's holiness? The article argues that Christ thinks rather of his "sacrifice", that is, of the complete surrendering of his will to the Father in the sacrificial death bore in the name of love "to the end" (13:1) and in fulfillment of the assignment received from God (17:18). Another problem, strictly bound to the preceding one, concerns the disciples who through the action of Jesus are to be hegiazmenoi en aletheia. What is meaning ofthis expression translated usually as "sanctified in truth"? Does it indicate the separation from the world or rather sanctification understood as "consecration", that is dedication to the mission in the world similar to Jesus' assignment? Ultimately, the article investigates the significance and correspondence between the process of "sanctification" taking place in Jesus and in the Twelve.