주제: 세속화 시대와 기독교영성 : 기독교 영성의 길: 이원론적인 영혼의 정화에서 성령에의 전인적 순종으로 = Secularization and Christian Spirituality : A Way to Christian Spirituality: From Dualistic Purification of Spirit to The Holistic Obedience to the Holy Spirit

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The purpose of this article is to suggest the true way of Christian spiritual ethics by comparing and analyzing the spiritual ethical frames of Basil the Great representing the Roman Catholic spirituality, Francis Schaeffer representing the conservative and reformed protestant spirituality, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer representing the progressive protestant spirituality. The true spiritual ethics, i.e., the true Christian life can be summed up as the life responding by personal decision to the work of the Trinitarian God, chiefly done through the Holy Spirit. Several questions arise from the above three ethicists in relation with this definition. First, Basil`s frame suggesting spiritual practice as the way to get salvation, eternal life, divine life, and Bonhoeffer`s frame interpreting life participating in suffering as the way making us Christians, are far from the reformed position suggesting spiritual practice not as the way to salvation but the normative lifestyle of the people of God saved freely by the grace. Secondly, Bonhoeffer rightly emphasized that the core of the personal decision and obedience to the work of the Trinitarian God done through the Holy Spirit is the decision and obedience to the call to bear our own cross and follow Christ. However, this call must be applied not to a special class alone (in this sense Basil must be criticized) but to all believers. The calling of Christ must be followed even in the midst of worldly life(Bonhoeffer) and in the spheres of society and culture (Schaeffer). Thirdly, Basil, Bonhoeffer, and Schaeffer understood the way of spiritual ethic not as a private matter in a place of seclusion but life in a community. Communal life makes us aware that we are dependent beings, helps us to overcome various temptations, and provides the scene for showing love(Basil). Believers become the members of a church, i.e., the body of Christ. Church must serve the world(Bonhoeffer) and show the personality and love of God to the world through the practice of love(Schaeffer). Fourthly, the way of natural spirituality attempting to reach ultimate slavation must be rejected. However, obedience to the work of the Holy Spirit means not just obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit doing the special work by which He leads believers to the sanctified life but also obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit doing the general work in all spheres of life.