CYRILOMETODĚJSKÉ IDEJE VE SLUŽBĚ POLITICKÉ UTOPIE, NEBO ESCHATOLOGICKÉ NADĚJE?

The Cyrilomethodian tradition has been expressed in various forms of political strategies. Based on the methodological approach of B. Lonergan our study examines the Cyril and Methodius tradition from a threefold perspective: It takes into account the complexity of the relationship between the interpreting subject and the past that is the object of interpretation; it defines this relationship as mutual distance between the historical event of the Byzantine mission to Great Moravia and the Cyrilomethodian tradition which grew out of that event in Europe; it further defines a certain belonging (continuity) between this historical event and the tradition; finally, it outlines the “osmosis” (fusion of horizons) of these two different levels in the process of awareness of the past, which evokes a new and normative understanding of the future of the tradition. The creativity of the Cyrilomethodian tradition is manifested in its pluriformity. The aim of the study is to contribute to the understanding of the past based on the hypothesis of the relationship between political utopia and the Christian concept of eschatological hope.