HISTORIA SACRA A HISTORIA PROFANA. SZKIC Z TEOLOGII HISTORII
Abstract
The 20th century brought about an exceptional increase in the interest in historical studies.
The history of salvation (historia sacra) coincides with the secular, universal history (historia
profana). The coextensiveness of the historia sacra and the historia profana is a consequence of the
order of Incarnation. This does not mean that the history of salvation should be identified with the
purely secular history. God uses the confluence of particular secular events to manifest Himself, His
will and His plans. The universal history is not merely a platform on which revelation and salvation
take place, but rather serves as the medium demonstrationis of Revelation. For God manifested
Himself in history and through history, through particular events and words. He used the ordinary
flow of universal history to assign a particular value to its facts. In this way, He also manifested His
presence in the world. Jesus Christs – the embodiment of God – is not only the beginning, center and
completion of the historia sacra, but also of the historia profana.
