Camouflaged sacredness

Camouflaged sacredness is artificially suppressed natural desire of human beings for the fellowship with God as their Creator that can never be completely dismissed but rather takes other forms of expression instead. According to Slovak theologian Ján Bohdan Hroboň the natural longing for holiness might be transposed and disguised, for example, under various secular, and often even quite drastic terms and expressions, or even under completely vulgar language, but the basic need for “something that goes beyond me” is equally strong, perhaps even stronger than in the traditional forms of the sacraments, and as such remains unfilled until a person reconciles with God. Nazi resister Wilhelm Bush points out that such reconciliation is portrayed in The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, where "publican, a man who was not a very commendable person", still in his deep longing for God could eventually only wring his hands and murmur this short prayer: "God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

The restless hearts
« You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. » — Saint Augustine

Examples

The curses of the godless vs. the hallelujahs of the pious
“Sometimes the curses of the godless sound better than the hallelujahs of the pious.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer's actualization of Martin Luther

Among typical examples of camouflaged sacredness would be a sentence presented in the following hyperlinked edit ************* (parental supervision advised). The sacral outflow of the same excitement of the author of the edit would be most likely something like “Hallelujah!” Hroboň mused that it would be interesting to examine and find out which of the two types of manifestation of the sacred amazement would eventually show the greater depth of awesome tribute and authentic praise.

See also

• Devil and Humor
• Nimrodian aspirations