“I Know your Works…” (Rev 2,2.19; 3,1.8.15) Some Brief Considerations on the “Community” and “Evangelizing” Dimension of Martyrdom Fidelity According to the Apocalypse of John

Claudía Beatriz Mendoza

doi:10.46553/teo.59.139.2022.p101-116

Authors

Claudía Beatriz Mendoza Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Teología http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-4202

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46553/teo.59.139.2022.p101-116

Keywords:

Apocalyptic, Revelation (Book of), Apocalyptic Worldview, to Preach the Gospel, Witnessing Church, Martyrdom, Individual or Personal Eschatology, Determinism, Dualism, Pessimism

Abstract

The paper aims to distinguish one of the outstanding characteristics of the apocalyptic literary genre (the mediated character of revelation) and, above all, four features considered proper to the apocalyptic worldview (determinism - dualism - pessimism - individual or personal eschatology) to observe the nuances they acquire in the Apocalypse according to St. John, in the light of their intra-community parenthetical interest and their imperative requirement to proclaim the Gospel.

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Author Biography

Claudía Beatriz Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Teología

Profesora Pro-titular de Sagradas Escrituras de la Facultad de Teología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.

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