Rozwój refleksji eklezjologicznej księdza kardynała Stanisława Nagy’ego

Abstract

Most Rev. Cardinal Prof. Stanisław Nagy was bom in a miner’s family with strong patriotic and church traditions, a fact that has affected his attitude in life. He is member of the Order of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart. He obtained all his degrees and learned titles at the Catholic University of Lublin. For two terms of office he was member of the International Theological Commission. The cardinal belongs to the seniors of Polish fundamental ecclesiology. In his views on the Church he has gone through a considerable evolution: from the institutional (monarchichierarchical) to theological Church as a divine-human reality. In Polish literature he has developed the idea of collegiality in the Church. He pursues ecclesiology in the ecumenical spirit. With regard to the justification of the credibility of the Church, Most Rev. Prof. Nagy turned from the method of stamped images, which he understood in the categories of sign, to a holistic method, that is an over-all verification of the image of the Church of Christ.