The Synodal Method in Building Marital and Family Community
Łukasz Borowski
Cadinal Stefan Wyszynski Uniwersity in Warsaw , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-8899
Dariusz Lipiec
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-2062
Abstract
The aim of the article is to present the use of synodal method in building the family community. The method was developed for the use of the Synod about the synodality, initiated in 2021 in the Catholic Church. Documents of the church indicate the need for using the method within the universal Church as well as the local Churches. However, due to the fact that a Christian family is also a domestic Church, the method can also be used in building the marital-family community. The research conducted for the use of this article was based mainly on the documents of the Catholic Church devoted to the synod on synodality. They became the source of the undertaken analyses. The authors also used the elaborations regarding the research problem and the marriage and family issues. The aim of the article and the nature of the source materials suggest the use of the adapted research methods. The leading method was the monographic method in some of its dimensions. Moreover, the other research methods include: descriptive method, the method of the analysis of documents and the analysis of the contents. The article consists of three parts. The first part presents the novelty and characteristics of the synodal method. The second part was devoted to the applicability of the method in building the community of marriage and the third part was devoted to the applicability of the method in deepening the bond between parents and their children.
Keywords:
synodal method, synod, marriage, family, domestic ChurchReferences
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