Podmiotowość wiernych świeckich w działalności Kościoła

Abstract

The paper seeks to show the lay faithful as subjects in the activity of the Church. Once the relevance of the topic has been shown, further steps are taken in the paper, i.e. on the basis of anthropological considerations some philosophical concepts are exposed: person, subject, subjectivity, and dignity of the human person in the light of the Revelation and teaching of the Church. Then the paper takes a closer look at the areas of lay activity in the Church. The author divides it into three functions of the Church, where the lay people can and should be engaged: sacerdotal, prophetic, and pastoral. For this activity, however, to bring expected fruit the author postulates mutual understanding between the laity and the clergy. The clergy should take into account that the lay faithful are subjects in the Church. In principle, this is the most important postulate of this article.