Sveci i kršćanska duhovnost prema zdravlju i bolesti

• Main Author: Špehar, Milan; Teologija u Rijeci – područni studij katoličkog bogoslovnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Rijeka, Hrvatska; [e-mail]
• Format: Text
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Croatian scientific society for the history of health culture; [e-mail] 2012
• Subjects: kršćanstvo; duhovnost; Biblija; svetac; čudo; relikvija; zavjet; zavjetni dar; molitva; Christianity; spirituality; Bible; saint; miracle; relic; vow; votive offering; prayer; sami
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/96424; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/141939

Kršćanstvo, kao vjera koja se temelji na isusu Kristu, od samoga početka razvija sasvim drukčiji stav prema zdravlju i bolesti nego što je to činila Biblija staroga zavjeta. sada se zdravlje i bolest gledaju u svjetlu isusa Krista kao otkupitelja, ali prije svega onoga koji prihvaća svakoga čovjeka. U povijesti kršćanstva nije nedostajalo mazohističkoga stava prema bolesti, dok ono danas jasno ističe borbu protiv nje svim dopuštenim sredstvima, ali i prihvaćanje onoga što se ne može promijeniti. sveci su često zaštitnici upravo u bolestima koje su i sami iskusili. No to nije njihova prven¬stvena uloga. i danas ta prva uloga – nasljedovanje svetaca – mnogima izmiče te ih prihva¬ćaju samo kao one koji čudesno ozdravljaju. valja mijenjati poimanje čuda i ne prihvaćati olako ozdravljujuću moć svetih moći relikvija koje ne smiju biti poput nekih demijurga, te privatnih zavjeta i zavjetnih darova. As a religion based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, from the outset Christianity has developed a completely different attitude toward health and illness than the old Testament. Health and illness are now viewed through the eyes of Jesus Christ the redeemer, who accepted each and every man. The history of Christianity has had its episodes of masochistic attitude toward illness, but today it clearly underscores the need to fight it with any means available, but it also teaches to accept what can not be changed. saints are often patrons against diseases they had to endure. However, this is not their main role. To this day many seem to miss the main point their heritage, but see them as miracle healers. This misperception of miracle needs revising as well as the simplistic interpretation of the healing powers of relics (viewed as a demiurge of sort) and of the private vows and votive offerings.