C\u00edrkevn\u00ed histori\u010dka Diana Butler Bass popisuje, jak n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed ran\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 \u017eili svou v\u00edru podle Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ova p\u0159\u00edkladu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B\u011bhem prvn\u00edch p\u011bti stolet\u00ed ch\u00e1pali lid\u00e9 k\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm jako zp\u016fsob \u017eivota v p\u0159\u00edtomnosti, nikoli jako doktrin\u00e1ln\u00ed syst\u00e9m, esoterick\u00e9 u\u010den\u00ed nebo slib v\u011b\u010dn\u00e9ho spasen\u00ed. T\u00edm, \u017ee n\u00e1sledovn\u00edci uplat\u0148ovali Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ova u\u010den\u00ed, k\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed m\u011bnilo a zlep\u0161ovalo \u017eivoty sv\u00fdch stoupenc\u016f a slou\u017eilo jako praktick\u00e1 duchovn\u00ed cesta. Tato cesta \u2013 a nejran\u011bj\u0161\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 byli naz\u00fdv\u00e1ni \u201eLid\u00e9 Cesty\u201c \u2013 zlep\u0161ovala \u017eivot nes\u010detn\u00fdm starov\u011bk\u00fdm v\u011b\u0159\u00edc\u00edm\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
K\u0159es\u0165an\u0161t\u00ed obh\u00e1jci, jako nap\u0159\u00edklad Just\u00fdn Mu\u010dedn\u00edk (cca 100\u2013cca 165), pou\u017e\u00edvali p\u0159\u00edklad k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9 praxe, aby dok\u00e1zali, \u017ee Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ova cesta \u201enapravovala \u017eivoty\u201c:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My, kte\u0159\u00ed jsme d\u0159\u00edve\u2026 nade v\u0161e cenili nab\u00fdv\u00e1n\u00ed bohatstv\u00ed a majetku, nyn\u00ed d\u00e1v\u00e1me to, co m\u00e1me, do spole\u010dn\u00e9ho fondu a rozd\u00e1v\u00e1me to v\u0161em, kdo to pot\u0159ebuj\u00ed; my, kte\u0159\u00ed jsme se navz\u00e1jem nen\u00e1vid\u011bli a ni\u010dili a kv\u016fli odli\u0161n\u00fdm zvyk\u016fm jsme necht\u011bli \u017e\u00edt s [lidmi] z jin\u00e9ho kmene, nyn\u00ed, od p\u0159\u00edchodu Krista, s nimi \u017eijeme v p\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00e9m sou\u017eit\u00ed a modl\u00edme se za sv\u00e9 nep\u0159\u00e1tele. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pro Justina star\u00e9 zp\u016fsoby pominuly; v Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161i se otev\u0159ela nov\u00e1 cesta. K\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed zdaleka nebylo rozd\u011bluj\u00edc\u00ed, ale bylo inkluzivn\u00ed v\u00edrou, kter\u00e1 mohla sjednotit rozmanit\u00e9 n\u00e1rody. A\u0165 u\u017e n\u011bkdo interpretoval dopady nov\u00e9 v\u00edry jakkoli, jak nep\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9, tak obh\u00e1jci k\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed ch\u00e1pali, \u017ee nov\u00e9 n\u00e1bo\u017eenstv\u00ed prom\u011b\u0148uje lidi a d\u00e1v\u00e1 i \u017een\u00e1m, roln\u00edk\u016fm a otrok\u016fm smysluplnou mo\u017enost uspo\u0159\u00e1dat si sv\u016fj \u017eivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n V prvn\u00edch stolet\u00edch c\u00edrkve bylo Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ovo p\u0159ik\u00e1z\u00e1n\u00ed milovat Boha celou svou bytost\u00ed a milovat sv\u00e9ho bli\u017en\u00edho jako sebe sama \u00fast\u0159edn\u00edm prvkem k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9 identity a praxe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n K\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed je p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm p\u00edsn\u00ed o l\u00e1sce. Lid\u00e9 se v\u0161ak zdr\u00e1haj\u00ed to vyslovit nahlas\u2026 Mo\u017en\u00e1 se k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 ob\u00e1vaj\u00ed, \u017ee sami sotva ch\u00e1pou radik\u00e1ln\u00ed d\u016fsledky zp\u016fsobu \u017eivota zalo\u017een\u00e9ho na l\u00e1sce k Bohu\u2026 V o\u010d\u00edch mnoha sou\u010dasn\u00fdch kritik\u016f k\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed rozhodn\u011b nep\u016fsob\u00ed p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 l\u00e1skypln\u011b\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n P\u0159esto je l\u00e1ska t\u00edm, co Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 k\u00e1zal \u2013 a co zt\u011bles\u0148oval. V ran\u00e9 c\u00edrkvi se zbo\u017en\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 sna\u017eili zt\u011bles\u0148ovat Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1sku a pro\u017e\u00edvat Boha takov\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem, \u017ee l\u00e1ska p\u0159etv\u00e1\u0159ela jejich \u017eivoty. \u201eL\u00e1ska k Bohu je extatick\u00e1, nut\u00ed n\u00e1s vystoupit ze sebe sam\u00fdch,\u201c napsal Dion\u00fdsius Areopagita kolem roku 500; \u201enedovoluje miluj\u00edc\u00edmu, aby ji\u017e pat\u0159il s\u00e1m sob\u011b, ale pat\u0159\u00ed pouze Milovan\u00e9mu.\u201c Ne v\u0161ichni k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 toho dos\u00e1hli; i oni z\u00e1pasili s milov\u00e1n\u00edm Boha. \u0158\u00edman\u00e9 v\u0161ak \u010dasto kritizovali k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00fd d\u016fraz na l\u00e1sku jako pon\u011bkud naivn\u00ed a mo\u017en\u00e1 i lascivn\u00ed, co\u017e nazna\u010duje, \u017ee stoupenci Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ovy cesty d\u00e1vali najevo, \u017ee jejich cesta je cestou l\u00e1sky. Ran\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 trvali na tom, \u017ee l\u00e1ska \u2013 nikoli racionalita, politika ani ctnost \u2013 je prim\u00e1rn\u00edm poutem mezi Bohem a lidmi. L\u00e1ska byla Bo\u017e\u00ed symfoni\u00ed, dokonalou kr\u00e1sou, kterou lid\u00e9 pro\u017e\u00edvali skrze praktikov\u00e1n\u00ed v\u00edry \u2013 napodobov\u00e1n\u00edm Krista a n\u00e1sledov\u00e1n\u00edm jeho cesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Justin Martyr, First Apology<\/em>, chapter 14, as quoted in Rowan Greer, Broken Lights and Mended Lives: Theology and Common Life in the Early Church<\/em> (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1986), 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana Butler Bass, A People\u2019s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2009), 27\u201328, 31\u201332.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit and inspiration<\/strong>: Brice Xerty, untitled <\/em>(detail), 2023, photo, India, Unsplash<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>. Like these tree rings, the early church\u2019s imperfect but living community grows circles of love, joy, and fellowship through time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" V ran\u00e9 c\u00edrkvi se zbo\u017en\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 sna\u017eili zt\u011bles\u0148ovat Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1sku a pro\u017e\u00edvat Boha takov\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem, \u017ee l\u00e1ska p\u0159etv\u00e1\u0159ela jejich \u017eivoty. \u201eL\u00e1ska k Bohu je extatick\u00e1, nut\u00ed n\u00e1s vystoupit ze sebe sam\u00fdch,\u201c napsal Dion\u00fdsius Areopagita kolem roku 500; \u201enedovoluje miluj\u00edc\u00edmu, aby ji\u017e pat\u0159il s\u00e1m sob\u011b, ale pat\u0159\u00ed pouze Milovan\u00e9mu.\u201c (Diana Butler Bass)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[366,1713],"class_list":["post-14484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-richard-rohr-ofm-centrum-pro-zivot-a-rozjimani","tag-cirkev","tag-laska-k-bohu","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14485,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions\/14485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}K\u0159es\u0165anstv\u00ed prom\u011b\u0148uje lidi<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
P\u00edse\u0148 o l\u00e1sce<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
L\u00e1ska nut\u00ed vystoupit ze sebe a je poutem k Bohu<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n