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Din perspectiva mea, obstacolul care ne împiedică să căutăm din nou ceea ce considerăm a fi corect pentru fiecare dintre noi reprezintă, în realitate, o altă problemă, mai precis, o atitudine greșită față de nedreptățile comise. Această atitudine poate implica negarea, minimalizarea sau amplificarea gravității infracțiunilor, evitarea asumării responsabilităților sau transferul acestora către alții. O astfel de abordare a păcatului este una dintre cele care pot da naștere la situații foarte complexe și descurajatoare în consilierea pastorală (pastorație). În ceea ce privește cercetarea mea, voi concentra atenția asupra conceptului de speranță în contextul apariției acestor situații și voi căuta sursele valide ale acestei speranțe.

A könyörülő Úrról festett portré meghatározó vonása Máté Jézusról szóló beszámolójának. A Mt 8,1–15 éppen ezt az alapgondolatot villantja fel elsőként az evangéliumi elbeszélések sorában, hogy egyértelművé tegye: aki hatalommal tanít Isten akaratára, és aki ezt a hatalmat kézzelfoghatóvá is teszi gyógyító tettei-ben, nos ez a Jézus, a könyörülő Úr, Isten mennyei uralmának letéteményese az emberek között. Mindezt Máté úgy juttatja kifejezésre, hogy gondosan elkerüli, hogy a Jézus könyörülő jóindulatára konkrét fogalommal utaljon. Még ott sem él a kínálkozó lehetőséggel, ahol természetes módon követhetné forrása szóhasználatát. Inkább eltekint attól, talán azért, nehogy olvasói a Jézus irgalmasságának megnyilvánulását egyetlen konkrét egyéni gyógyítási esetre korlátozzák. E szakasznak éppen ez a fő jellegzetessége a Jézus könyörületét központba állító elbeszélő egységek között.

In this article we shortly introduce T. S. Eliot, noting some major themes he addresses, particularly in relation to religious faith and the search for meaning in life. In the second and third sections our article concentrates on the 1934 church pageant, called ‘The Rock’. This drama was only published once and is hard to find. However, the poetry Eliot included in the drama, called ‘Choruses from The Rock’, have been reprinted and included in various volumes so that these are readily available. But among those people who have read some or all of the ten Choruses from The Rock, very few have ever found a copy of the play in which these poems were situated.1 We present quotations from the ten choruses, with a few annotations at times concerning the context. In the fourth section we look at various aspects of Eliot’s Christology as found in The Rock.