\u00dea\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 bori\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed umr\u00e6\u00f0unni um biskupskj\u00f6r og reyndar \u00ed allri umfj\u00f6llun um \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjuna, hugmyndin um a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan s\u00e9 meira en tr\u00faf\u00e9lag. \u00deessi hugmynd felur \u00ed s\u00e9r a\u00f0 tr\u00faf\u00e9lag s\u00e9 einhvers konar endanlegur veruleiki og utan tr\u00faar s\u00e9 annar heimur, v\u00e6ntanlega \u00ed huga f\u00f3lks heimurinn sem vi\u00f0 lifum \u00ed.<\/p>\n
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Hins vegar fylgir oft or\u00f0unum um a\u00f0 kirkjan s\u00e9 meira en tr\u00faf\u00e9lag, v\u00e6ntingar um a\u00f0 kirkjan finni s\u00e9r farveg \u00ed \u00feessum utantr\u00faarheimi. Reyndar vir\u00f0ist \u00e6tlast til a\u00f0 \u00feessi farvegur s\u00e9 \u00e1 svi\u00f0i menningar, \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arstolts og einhvers konar “vertu g\u00f3\u00f0 vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ra \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e6tlast til a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 s\u00e9um \u00fea\u00f0.”<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er sjaldan sem vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1um a\u00f0 v\u00e6ntingarnar um kirkjuna sem meira en tr\u00faf\u00e9lag, felist \u00ed kr\u00f6funni um a\u00f0 barist s\u00e9 \u00e1 \u00f6llum v\u00edgst\u00f6\u00f0vum fyrir r\u00e9tti hinna f\u00e1t\u00e6ku, barna e\u00f0a einfeldninga. Nei, vissulega \u00e1 kirkjan a\u00f0 vera g\u00f3\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00feetta f\u00f3lk en s\u00edst af \u00f6llu berjast fyrir r\u00e9tti \u00feeirra, \u00fea\u00f0 er nefnilega p\u00f3l\u00edt\u00edk og r\u00edkiskirkja \u00e1 aldrei a\u00f0 vera \u00fear.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er margt a\u00f0 \u00feessum hugsunum. Fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 fyrsta er kristin tr\u00fa ekki eitthva\u00f0 skilgreint hugar\u00e1stand utan vi\u00f0 hi\u00f0 daglega l\u00edf. \u00deetta s\u00e9st sk\u00fdrt \u00ed l\u00edfi og starfi Jes\u00fa Krists. \u00de\u00e1 er einnig sk\u00fdrt \u00ed l\u00edfi og starfi Krists a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki n\u00f3g a\u00f0 “vera bara svona g\u00f3\u00f0ur.” Okkur ber a\u00f0 kalla eftir r\u00e9ttl\u00e6ti og berjast fyrir ekkjuna og f\u00e1t\u00e6klinginn. S\u00ed\u00f0ast en ekki s\u00edst \u00fe\u00e1 hika\u00f0i Kristur ekki vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 gagnr\u00fdna sj\u00e1lfhverfan menningarheim sinn og benda \u00e1 hr\u00e6snina \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arstoltinu og undirgefninni vi\u00f0 valdast\u00e9ttir.<\/p>\n
Kirkja sem tr\u00faf\u00e9lag hefur fj\u00f6gur meginhlutverk, bo\u00f0un, fr\u00e6\u00f0slu, helgihald og samf\u00e9lag (sj\u00e1 t.d. P 2.42). Innan hvers \u00fe\u00e1ttar r\u00famast l\u00edfi\u00f0 allt. Bo\u00f0un er \u00feannig ekki s\u00e9rgreint verkefni heldur endurspeglast \u00ed atferli l\u00edfsins alls. Fr\u00e6\u00f0slan er \u00e1 sama h\u00e1tt k\u00f6llun til a\u00f0 n\u00e1lgast l\u00edfi\u00f0 allt me\u00f0 opnum huga. Helgihaldi\u00f0 er k\u00f6llun til au\u00f0m\u00fdktar og skilnings \u00e1 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 erum ekki mi\u00f0punktur veraldarinnar. Loks kallar samf\u00e9lags\u00fe\u00e1tturinn okkur til \u00e1byrg\u00f0ar gagnvart hvort \u00f6\u00f0ru, alltaf alsta\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 “kirkjul\u00edki” sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum leitast vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 skapa h\u00e9r \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, f\u00e6rir bo\u00f0unina fr\u00e1 daglegu atferli okkur \u00ed hendur s\u00e9rmennta\u00f0ra “g\u00f3\u00f0menna”. Fr\u00e6\u00f0slan hefur s\u00f6mulei\u00f0is or\u00f0i\u00f0 afst\u00f6\u00f0uleysinu a\u00f0 br\u00e1\u00f0. Helgihaldi\u00f0 hefur glata\u00f0 merkingu sinni og samf\u00e9lags\u00fe\u00e1tturinn er \u00ed besta falli bundinn vi\u00f0 kaffibolla eftir messu, og stundum ekki einu sinni \u00fea\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar “kirkjus\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingarnir” sj\u00e1 tilgangsleysi\u00f0 \u00ed st\u00f6rfum s\u00ednum er hlaupi\u00f0 af sta\u00f0 \u00ed leit a\u00f0 merkingu. Menningararfurinn, s\u00e1lg\u00e6sluhlutverki\u00f0, tungan, hef\u00f0in og hver veit hva\u00f0 kemur n\u00e6st. Kirkjan ja\u00f0arsetur sig \u00ed leit a\u00f0 merkingu, vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gleymt hver vi\u00f0 erum.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er vert a\u00f0 velta fyrir s\u00e9r hvort a\u00f0 \u00e1herslan \u00ed akadem\u00edsku n\u00e1mi “kirkjus\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inganna” lei\u00f0i til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feeir tapa \u00e1 stundum “barnslegum” hugmyndum um vin\u00e1ttuna vi\u00f0 Jes\u00fas og finni henni ekki n\u00fdjan farveg \u00ed \u00ferosku\u00f0um tr\u00faarskilningi, enda er enginn \u00e1hersla l\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00ed kirkjunni \u00e1 a\u00f0 vera vettvangur fyrir tr\u00faar\u00feroska. Anna\u00f0 tveggja h\u00f6ngum vi\u00f0 \u00e1 “barnslegum” hugmyndum um Gu\u00f0 (sem er anna\u00f0 en a\u00f0 n\u00e1lgast Gu\u00f0 sem barn) sem lei\u00f0a \u00e1 stundum \u00ed \u00f3g\u00f6ngur, e\u00f0a vi\u00f0 gl\u00f6tum hugmyndinni um skapara, frelsara og lausnara. \u00deetta er hugsanlega ein \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0a \u00feess a\u00f0 tilgangsleysi\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur jafn \u00e1berandi \u00ed st\u00f6rfum “kirkjus\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inganna” og raun ber vitni.<\/p>\n
Tr\u00faar\u00feroskaskorturinn stafar e.t.v. a\u00f0 hluta af \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6kustefnu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunnar. \u00dea\u00f0 er sl\u00e1andi \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunni hversu \u00fe\u00e1tttakan er l\u00edtils ver\u00f0. \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan hefur byggt upp starf sitt sem leikh\u00fas sem \u00e1horfendum er \u00e6tla\u00f0 a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta me\u00f0an \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed stendur og svo ekkert meir. \u00deegar r\u00edki\u00f0 dregur \u00far styrkveitingum til s\u00fdningarinnar, vir\u00f0ist sj\u00e1lfh\u00e6tt \u00ed hugum margra. Innan kirkjunnar vir\u00f0ist ekki einu sinni gert r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 \u00e1horfendurnir g\u00e6tu vilja\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed kostna\u00f0inum, \u00fea\u00f0 vir\u00f0ist \u00f3hugsandi. S\u00fdningin er nefnilega ekki \u00fea\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0, e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n
Hvernig v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 vakna upp. Kenna hvort \u00f6\u00f0ru, gera sakramentin og \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku mi\u00f0l\u00e6g \u00ed starfi okkar. Kalla f\u00f3lk \u00fat \u00ed samf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 til a\u00f0 breyta \u00fev\u00ed. Bj\u00f3\u00f0a f\u00f3lki a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed l\u00edfi alv\u00f6ru tr\u00faf\u00e9lags, t.d. me\u00f0 samskotum og samf\u00e9lagsverkefnum. Bj\u00f3\u00f0a f\u00f3lki lei\u00f0 til aukins \u00feroska og n\u00fds l\u00edfs.<\/p>\n
Hvernig v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 kirkjan h\u00e6tti a\u00f0 l\u00edta \u00e1 hlutverk sitt a\u00f0 halda \u00ed hef\u00f0ir, en t\u00e6ki \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00f3ta framt\u00ed\u00f0ina \u00ed \u00feessu landi. Hvernig v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 biskupskand\u00eddatarnir h\u00e6ttu a\u00f0 tala um sj\u00e1lfa sig og byrju\u00f0u \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 tala um Jes\u00fas Krists sem er og var og ver\u00f0ur um eil\u00edf\u00f0. Hvernig v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 hugsa \u00ed framt\u00ed\u00f0 en ekki fort\u00ed\u00f0. Tala um r\u00edki Gu\u00f0s, en ekki r\u00edkiskassann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00dea\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 bori\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed umr\u00e6\u00f0unni um biskupskj\u00f6r og reyndar \u00ed allri umfj\u00f6llun um \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjuna, hugmyndin um a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan s\u00e9 meira en tr\u00faf\u00e9lag. \u00deessi hugmynd felur \u00ed s\u00e9r a\u00f0 tr\u00faf\u00e9lag s\u00e9 einhvers konar endanlegur veruleiki og utan tr\u00faar s\u00e9 annar heimur, v\u00e6ntanlega \u00ed huga f\u00f3lks heimurinn sem vi\u00f0 lifum \u00ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,31,36,39,45,70,89,145,150],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-church","tag-clergy","tag-consumerism","tag-crap","tag-deeds","tag-gods-plan","tag-injustice","tag-state-church","tag-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}