Homilia jako wartość – wartości w homilii – homiletyczne wartościowanie

Maria WOJTAK

Zakład Historii Języka Polskiego i Dialektologii, Instytut Filologii Polskiej, Wydział Humanistyczny, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej; Plac Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4a; 20-031 Lublin, Poland , Polska

Abstrakt

The article focuses on some chosen axiological issues characteristic of homilies. The problems in question are considered from the philological point of view and with reference to a transdisciplinary perspective due to the status of the object of research. In homilies, which are considered by the believers as the Word of God present in the human word, the axiological horizon is outlined precisely. The axiological sphere exhibits permanence both in the respect of the set of values it comprises and in the respect of their hierarchy, the shape of this sphere being determined by the Gospel. The transcendent values are duly conceptualized and as such they remain the measure and the source of all other valuation procedures. It is in the light of these values, above all, that moral norms are interpreted. Particular values are given a more detailed aspectual reference in separate messages, or preaching units, yet it is always done in accordance with the doctrine. The process of more detailed value description involves the means of valuation which are to a large extent unchangeable (in particular the lexical ones). The hierarchy of values which is considered as model comprises significant revaluations, as it describes as good such vital values as old age, illness or death and such material ones as poverty, and in doing so invokes the authority of Christ
and his axiological judgments as they appear in the Gospel. While presenting various duties of the followers of Christ, preachers interpret particular elements of values typical of the individuals (functioning in particular conditions) within the axiological space laid out by God himself for the community of believers. Homilies as such happen to be better or worse as far as their stylistic and linguistic aspects are concerned. They are also subject to the norm of multi-sector propriety, so judgments pertaining to their correctness in the above-mentioned aspects need to be formulated carefully.

Translated by Dorota Chabrajska

Słowa kluczowe:

preaching, preaching unit, homily, sermon, value, valuation, genre of expression, language, style