期刊名称:Alpha Omega : rivista di filosofia e teologia dell'Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum
出版年度:2007
卷号:X
期号:1
出版社:Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum
摘要:The essay endeavors to unpack the Second Vatican Council´s recommendation that Moral Theology shed light on the obligation of the Christian faithful to bear fruit in charity for the life of the world. Drawing on the insights of Biblical Theology, the author examines the concept of fruitfulness first in the synoptic Gospels and then in the Johannine text, noting that good fruit and bad fruit inevitably reveal the quality of one´s discipleship but also that Christ enjoins his disciples to bear lasting fruit, and that fruitfulness itself takes on the characteristics of a moral category. Finally, the essay explores five of Christ´s moral parables and shows how common threads emerge regarding the Christian obligation to fruitfulness, regarding both its nature and its content.