https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41404 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:27:22 GMT 2026-04-04T03:27:22Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36750 Title: Book reviews [Melita Theologica, 43(1)] Abstract: Michael Galea/Canon John Ciarlo (eds), ST. PAUL IN MALTA: A COMPENDIUM OF PAULINE STUDIES. (Veritas Press; Malta 1992) 132pp. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36750 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36618 Title: The homily : communicating the word of God to today's world Abstract: Two disciples of Christ, walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, met the Risen Lord, listened to him announcing and explaining the Good News, and received him as their host during the breaking of the bread. At first they did not recognize him. But he was really present amongst them. Then, still not knowing who he was, their hearts were burning within them as he was explaining to them the Scripture. And finally, at the table, when he broke the bread, their eyes were opened. And they wanted to share their joy of meeting the Lord by relating this experience to the other disciples This is an account of a liturgical assembly and celebration which took place on a Sunday evening in the first century. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36618 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36605 Title: Participation, property and work in Catholic social teaching Abstract: Catholic social teaching developed mainly as 'an answer' to what has been traditionally called 'the social question'. Put simply, this question is about how people can live together and collaborate in a way as to ensure and promote not only their own individual interest but also the common rood. As Pius XI wrote, it is basically "the problem of human fellowship." Human fellowship is problematic for the simple reason that it is a fellowship which needs to be re-affIrmed and built up again and again in the face of continuous conflict and oppression. The status quo is questionable in so far as it constitutes a state in which individuals, classes, regions or countries are somehow excluded from adequate participation. As the Church became more aware of the conflictual aspect of the social reality, the more it perceived the need of emphasizing and encouraging participation. Paul VI spoke of the aspiration to equality and participation that is becoming increasingly more widespread today and represents a constant living protest against discrimination, marginalization and other forms of oppression. Having sketched the extensive and pervading network of domination existing in the contemporary world, the Bishops' Synod of 1971 declared that participation "constitutes a right which is to be applied both in the economic and in the social and political field. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36605 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36604 Title: The social teaching of the Church as a living tradition 100 years after Rerum Novarum Abstract: Catholic social doctrine is often said to be just a logically coherent system, which started to develop with the first social encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII in 1891 and which has been based, since then, on the several papal documents dealing with social problems in politics and economics. But in such a statement there is little consideration of the fact that Rerum Novarum already was a synthesis of different currents of Christian social questioning and reflecting on different cultural backgrounds, different historical and political experiences and also on different philosophical traditions. Catholic social doctrine is - according to the German scholar H.J. Wallraff - a "network of open sentences" (ein Gefuge offener Satze) rather than a closed system. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36604 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z