Vincent Chileya Moba, Cssp Healing as A Means of God's Communication; Theological Analysis of Luke 5, 17-26 And Pastoral Recommendations
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2004-01
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
This Essay is an interdisciplinary work drawn from Social Communications,
Theology and Scripture. It began with a reflection on the essence of the Blessed
Trinity. It drew its inspirations from the Constitution of the Second Vatican Council,
Dei Verbum, which addresses the `Divine revelation' or rather, the Selfcommunication
of God. The Essay therefore speaks of the Trinity as a community of
the three conscious divine persons of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit who
dwell in perfect communion. Besides, the Self-communication of God is also
extended to the human beings—created in the image and likeness of God. Hence, the
essence of God is communication, which creates communion within the Blessed
Trinity and with humanity. The Essay therefore regards Trinitarian communication
as the basis of human and Christian communications.
History of salvation is an unfolding communication process between God
and humanity towards a greater communion. The whole plan of God's salvation, in
various stages of history, had its climax in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Besides
the incarnation, the Church, which is under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the
continuation of God's communication in Jesus. She exits in order to bring human
beings into communion with God and with each other.
Bearing in mind many and varied ways in which God communicates
salvation to the human world, this Essay however, chooses the theme of 'healing'
and presents it as a means of communication. It approaches 'healing' from the
biblical point of view and analyses the Self-communication of God through Jesus' healing ministry—taking the healing episode of the paralytic in the Gospel of Luke
as the working text. The Essay is divided into four chapters. Each chapter has a
brief introduction and a conclusion
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Healing, God's Communication, Luke 5, 17-26