SILENT PRAYER
Prayer is an irreplaceable part of religious life. Almost all world religions are familiar with not only spoken prayer but also with silent prayer. This paper deals with that way of human establishing relations with absolute secret or God. It firstly defines what a silent prayer is, then analyzes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Hum |
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| Online Access: | https://hum.ff.sum.ba/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Humdec2012_344_360.pdf |
| Summary: | Prayer is an irreplaceable part of religious life. Almost all world religions
are familiar with not only spoken prayer but also with silent prayer. This
paper deals with that way of human establishing relations with absolute
secret or God. It firstly defines what a silent prayer is, then analyzes attitudes
of two prominent Catholic philosophers about that kind of prayer,
Karl Rahner and Berhnard Welte. These theologians agree that Christian
religion perceives silent prayer as a prayer in which the Holy Spirit
intervenes for us in front of God. They also agree that God can always
be addressed with “you”, regardless of the fact that he is above every category
and that he always stays unutterable and incomprehensible secret.
In other words, God has all attributes of a person, in analogue sense
of course. In silent prayer a human discovers foundation of their own
personality. Uniting with God, they unite with themselves and with all
people, not losing their uniqueness. |
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| ISSN: | 1840-233X 2303-7431 |