Kontekstualno-europejska eklezjologia fundamentalna

Abstract

This article comprises the methodological bases of the Contextual-European Fundamental Ecclesiology which takes up the problem of credibility of the Church in the selected context, namely in the context of the European present time. The present work comes up with a general thesis that the way of perceiving and justifying the credibility of the Church in the present day in Europe depends on its history and culture. From Renaissance up to this day there has been tension between the Church and European culture which sometimes presents itself (in extreme situations) in the form of secularization on the side of European culture and the conservative attitude on the Christian side. The Contextual-European Fundamental Ecclesiology makes attempts to analyse scientificcally the problem of mutual relations between the European present day and motivating achievements of the Church and at the same time expects that the results of the examination will cause significant theoretical and practical advantages both for the contemporary culture of the Old Continent and for the Church as well.