V prispevku najprej na kratko predstavljamo začetke ekumenizma v Katoliški in Srbski pravoslavni Cerkvi, kar je osnova za boljše in celovitejše razumevanje »Predkoncilske ‘ekumenske’ korespondence srbskega pravoslavnega škofa Varnava Nastića (1914–1964) in hrvaške katoliške redovnice matere M. Amadeje Pavlović (1895–1971) v letih 1951–1953«. Nato objavljamo eno pesem in šest »ekumenskih« pisem: pesem in štiri pisma srbskega pravoslavnega škofa Varnava Nastića in dve pismi hrvaške katoliške redovnice matere M. Amadeje Pavlović, SCSC. Z objavo prevoda izvirnih zgodovinskih dokumentov, ki so shranjeni v Arhivu Usmiljenih sester sv. Križa v Đakovu, bi radi širšo javnost seznanili s primerom predkoncilskega praktičnega ekumenizma med srbskim pravoslavnim škofom in hrvaško katoliško redovniško predstojnico, provincialko, v takratni socialistični državi Federativni ljudski republiki Jugoslaviji. Prispevek podrobno ne analizira vsebine dopisovanj, ampak jih v celoti objavlja. Zaradi lažjega razumevanja korespondence objavljamo osnovne biografske podatke o dopisovalcih in nekaj koristnih opomb.
The article addresses the question of values in dogmatic theology and advances the thesis that dogmatics does not proceed from an autonomous order of values, but from the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. Values are therefore not primary normative categories, but secondary expressions of participation in divine reality. The author first demonstrates the limitations of contemporary axiological discourse on values and then, through the Christology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, develops the concept of Christuswirklichkeit, in which the good is understood not as an abstract norm but as participation in Christ. In the second part, the argument is deepened through the Trinitarian theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar: the good has its ontological foundation in the eternal life of the triune God as a communion of love and mutual self-giving.
Daozang (道藏) ali Daoistični kanon je zbirka izbranih besedil, povezanih z daoizmom ter različnimi daoističnimi religioznimi in drugimi praksami. V članku je predstavljen njegov historiat: od prvih katalogov daoističnih tekstov, nastalih v 5. stoletju, do prvega pravega Daozanga v 8. stoletju pa vse do zadnje izdaje leta 2021, ki je dostopna javnosti v Sloveniji. Posamezne izdaje so se med seboj razlikovale po vsebinskem izboru besedil, obsegu in notranji strukturi. Zgodovina Daozanga se prepleta in je utemeljena z zgodovino daoizma in daoističnih tradicij skozi čas.
The account of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11) remains one of the most contested passages in Acts. Scholarly discussion has frequently focused on questions of communal property, economic ethics, apostolic authority, divine judgment, or the historical plausibility of the couple’s deaths. While these issues are important, the narrative is often interpreted in relative isolation from its immediate literary context. This article argues that Acts 4:32–5:16 constitutes a coherent literary and theological unit. The summary in Acts 4:32–35 provides the interpretive framework for the episodes concerning Barnabas (4:36-37) and Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11), while the subsequent summary (5:12-16) confirms the community’s preservation and continued growth. Building on narrative-critical studies of Luke’s summaries and literary analyses of Acts, as well as recent work on ecclesial unity, this article proposes that Barnabas and Ananias–Sapphira function as contrasting narrative exempla within Luke’s portrayal of the restored people of God. Barnabas embodies the Spirit-created unity described in Acts 4:32-35, whereas Ananias and Sapphira represent its counterfeit through deception directed against the Holy Spirit and the community. The episode is further illuminated by its intertextual relationship with Joshua 7, Genesis 3, Luke’s portrayal of Judas, and Jesus’ testing in the wilderness. The study argues that the primary concern of Acts 4:32–5:16 is neither economics nor individual morality in isolation, but the preservation of the unity and holiness of the restored people of God. Luke presents ecclesial unity as a gift of the Holy Spirit, grounded in the reign of the exalted Lord Jesus and protected by divine action against both external opposition and internal corruption. Consequently, the narrative contributes significantly to Luke’s ecclesiology, pneumatology, and theology of restoration.
