| Abstract: | The basic thesis of the work was a statement that obedience to God, according to Joseph Ratzinger, has a salvific value thanks to Jesus Christ. For the author of this dissertation, the key to assess that thesis was primary the works of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI - since the most important goal of the study was to analyse how Ratzinger perceives obedience in relation to Christ's work of salvation. Thanks to the Opera Omnia collection the texts are easily accessible. The author of the dissertation also refers to other elaborations on the works of Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. The study was created on the ground of dogmatic theology, due to the research problem and the number of works that had been analysed. Those were issues mainly related to soteriology and christology since an important part of the study was the topic of the relationship between Jesus and God. It was examined how Christ understood his obedience and what meaning he attributed to it. Moreover, the way of getting to know the Father's will by Jesus and how he fulfilled it was also analysed. In terms of salvific obedience, the paschal events of passion, death and resurrection were also analysed, which Joseph Ratzinger associated with, inter alia., substitutionary atonement. An important part of the work are also the issues in the field of ecclesiology, pneumatology and theological anthropology, resulting from the study of the impact of salvific obedience of Jesus on a man and the Church that was established by Him and which - with the assistance of the delegated Holy Spirit - continues the mission of the Savior in the world. Due to the importance that Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI placed on obedience, his soteriology can be described as a "soteriology of obedience", which was the goal that this dissertation also aimed to achieve. |