Heilige und vorletzte Wirklichkeit. Einsatz Johannes Pauls II. für die Würde des menschlichen Lebens
John Paul II could be rightly called the ‘Admirer of life’. His deep faith, along with the existential reasons, the sources of which could be traced back to his traumatic experiences during the Second World War, moulded him into a strong defender of human life. The Pope teaches that a civiliza...
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press
2012-12-01
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| Series: | The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/875/768 |
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| Summary: | John Paul II could be rightly called the ‘Admirer of life’. His deep faith, along with
the existential reasons, the sources of which could be traced back to his traumatic
experiences during the Second World War, moulded him into a strong defender of
human life. The Pope teaches that a civilization’s worth is determined by its attitude
towards human life; it is either the
civilization of life
, or the destructive
civilization
of death
. Since body constitutes an integral part of the whole human person, its
dignity is enhanced. In his ‘theology of the body’ John Paul II stressed not only the
sharing of the body in the dignity of the person, but also its importance as a sign and
a needle in the compass of the human intellect in its search for moral norms. The
Polish Pope insisted on the value of human life from its inception to natural death,
and often presented various ruling elites with a challenge:
Life is sacrosanct
and
this truth must be re
fl
ected in legislation. Human life is, according to John Paul II,
the penultimate things; life is
limited
, mortal. The value of human life is determined
by its destination: the human being is to
fi
nd his ful
fi
llment in eternity, where he
will have a share in the
everlasting life
. Thirty years after the elevation of Karol
Wojtyla to the Holy See we may con
fi
dently give him the credit for in
fl
uencing
the change in sensitivity to human life on a truly global scale. Though the contrary
tendencies are very strong, thanks to the Polish Pope the impact of the culture of
death has been signi
fi
cantly restricted. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-8018 2391-6559 |