Treści dotyczące narodu żydowskiego i jego Świętych Pism w zastosowaniu katechetycznym

Abstract

The present paper undertakes a reflection on the presentation of the Jewish nation during religious classes and parochial catechesis. The Church documents concerning the problem of the Jewish nation and their Sacred Scriptures were analysed in the aspect of their catechetical application, and basic Polish catechetical documents were studied in the aspect of the presence of the above mentioned subjects. Church documents essential for the present paper include: the declaration of the Second Vatican Council on the relation of Church to non-Christian religions Nostra aetate; two documents issued by the Commission for the Religious Relations with the Jews – one entitled ‘Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra aetate (n. 4)’ from the 1st of December 1974, the second entitled ‘Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church’ from the 24th of June 1985; and the document issued by Pontifical Biblical Commission on the 24th of May 2001, entitled ‘The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible’. As far as catechetical documents are concerned, the attention was paid mainly to the Core Curriculum Catechesis of Catholic Church in Poland, approved by Polish Episcopal Conference in 2010, and The Program of the Roman Catholic Religion Teaching at Kindergartens and Schools proposed by the Commission for Catholic Education of the Polish Episcopal Conference also in 2010. Both documents refer mainly to the school catechesis. There are no specific directives as to the parochial catechesis so far. The paper presents some remarks on the subject of reading the Bible during religious classes, parochial catechesis, and the pupil’s individual study with regard to the discussed problems.