Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ivanise Bombonatto.pdf: 1269045 bytes, checksum: 914fc8b8d8494a096ce4d0f81596b6f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-29 / The aim of this research is to answer the following question: what is the meaning, the relevance and the reaching of knowing Jesus and its implications for the Christian existence, in the actual context, determined by deep and quick changes in all fields of knowledge and human activity. The answer to this question is given having as support the theologian Jon Sobrino s Christology. His Christological reflection arises from an engaged life with victims cry, it s at life s service, completely linked to the historical reality and it is developed in the perspective of knowing Jesus. The aim was to identify the original and renewed feelings in relation to knowing Jesus and the aspects directly related with this theme. Knowing Jesus is the fundamental idea of Jon Sobrino s Christology, not as historical, spiritual or moral basis, but, as Christological category, epistemological place, hermeneutical principle, totalizing reality, structuring of Christian life. Knowing Jesus is to reproduce the fundamental structure of your life: incarnation, mission, cross and resurrection; it is to be and to live as Jesus. Knowing Jesus is the only way to establish a correct relationship with Christ and to answer to the light of the spirit to the question: And you who say who I am? (Mc 8,29) / Esta pesquisa busca responder à seguinte questão: qual o significado, a relevância e a abrangência do seguimento de Jesus e suas implicações para a existência cristã, no contexto atual, marcado por profundas e rápidas transformações em todos os campos do saber e da atividade humana. A resposta a esta questão é dada tendo por base a cristologia do teólogo Jon Sobrino. Sua reflexão cristológica brota de uma vida comprometida com o clamor das vítimas, está a serviço da vida, profundamente vinculada à realidade histórica e se desenvolve na perspectiva do seguimento de Jesus. O objetivo foi identificar as intuições originais e inovadoras em relação ao seguimento de Jesus e os aspectos diretamente relacionados com este tema. O seguimento de Jesus é o eixo fundamental da cristologia de Jon Sobrino, não como dado histórico, espiritual ou moral, mas como categoria cristológica, lugar epistemológico, princípio hermenêutico, realidade totalizante, estruturadora da vida cristã. Seguir Jesus é reproduzir a estrutura fundamental de sua vida: encarnação, missão, cruz e ressurreição; é ser e viver como Jesus. O seguimento é o único caminho que leva a estabelecer uma correta relação com Cristo e a responder à luz do Espírito à pergunta: E vos quem dizeis que eu sou? (Mc 8,29)

[pt] O Deus de Jesus Cristo nos convoca sempre a optar pelas vítimas deste mundo. À luz da experiência vivenciada, é uma decisão responsável refletir a Compassividade e a Misericórdia de Deus para com as vítimas da história que, pondo em jogo de forma engajada toda a vida, permite assumir a carga da realidade, carregá-la e encarregar-se de sua transformação libertadora. Significa que fazer teologia a partir de testemunhas enriquece e aprofunda a teologia de textos. Portanto, torna-se relevante crer para entender, bem como entender para crer. Esta Tese de Doutorado, cujo tema versa A Compassividade e a Misericórdia de Deus. Uma dimensão ético-místico-profética da Teologia de Jon Sobrino, concentra-se na esperança das vítimas e na promessa de resgatá-las como chave de leitura hermenêutica teológica. Reconhecemos e afirmamos que na Teologia de Jon Sobrino existe uma urgente necessidade do zelo teológico centrado no Mistério da presença misericordiosa de Deus na história. Neste sentido, amplia-se o olhar para os novos rostos de vítimas ao redor do mundo. / [en] The God of Jesus Christ always calls us to stand for the victims of this world. In light of the empirical experience, it is a responsible decision to mirror God’s Compassion and Mercy towards the victims of history, which, in an engagingly life, allows us to take on the burden of reality, carry it and take charge of its liberating transformation. This means, making theology from witnesses enriches and deepens the theology of texts. Therefore, it becomes relevant to believe in order to understand, as well as to understand in order to believe. This Doctoral Thesis, God s Compassion and Mercy. An ethical-mystic-prophetic dimension of Jon Sobrino s Theology focuses on their hope and the promise to rescue them as a key to theological hermeneutic reading. We recognize and affirm that in Jon Sobrino s theology there is an urgent need for theological zeal centred in the mystery of the merciful presence of God in history. In this sense, it broadens his gaze to the new faces of victims around the world.

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, presuppose Roman Catholicism, but are today made by many who are not Catholics. Moreover, even Roman Catholics who make Ignatian Exercises often are not spontaneously inclined to obey Roman ecclesiastical authority. Neither avoiding the ecclesial dimension nor an authoritarian ‘follow the rules!’ provides spiritual directors with adequate orientation when working with issues at Church frontiers. This dissertation in pastoral theology seeks to navigate a middle position by moving beyond the individualism and the a-historical assumptions of the existing relevant literature. The dissertation remains close to the Ignatian primary sources, in the awareness that the Ignatian tradition needs to be constantly updated and that the contemporary ecclesial frontiers are not fully foreseen in the canonical texts. The main hypothesis is that a notion is needed of a ‘pilgrim Church’ in space and time, with Christians who are related to one another in a deep and fundamental sense. The minor hypothesis is that the individual needs to be open towards and prepared to learn from the Roman Catholic Church, in order to understand and to be profoundly moved by these exercises, but not necessarily to become a Roman Catholic. Having presented and discussed various approaches in the writings of twentieth-century and recent thinkers, this thesis puts forward its own ecclesiological position informed by Charles Taylor, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Karl Rahner. The aim is to take Ignatian studies forward by combining relational anthropology, hermeneutics and a sacramental understanding of the Church, and to apply this synthesis to the practice of giving Ignatian Exercises. The final chapter discusses a selection of cases in the light of my ecclesiological position. The synthesis and application claim originality.