Ewolucja argumentacji w teologii fundamentalnej

Abstract

In classical apologetics and fundamental theology four or five arguments were formulated for the credibility of the Christian revelation or for Christianity as a revealed religion (the scripturist, taumaturgie, personalistic - from Jesus’ transcendental intellectual and ethical qualifications - arguments, and one from the Resurrection), all of them being considered as external to revelation. In his article the author presents the opinion that these realities and historic-salutary events cannot be reduced to the argumentative function only. He says that first of all they should be seen as revelational and salutary events and only secondarily as arguments which are their aspects, kind of another side. In his opinion all the arguments used in fundamental theology are explicitly or implicitly present in revelation. He argues that the range of argumentation should be broadened accordingly to the needs of the modern times, e.g. by using the agapetological, sperantive, culture- -formative, martyrological and anthropological arguments.