A Theocentric Vision of Culture in John Paul II

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Steven J. Meyer ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Intellectual Legacy

This essay explores John Paul II’s intellectual legacy as a champion for a theocentric view of culture that emphasizes the human person and human dignity in quest for human self-realization in a community that seeks the transcendence of God. His theopocentric vision for culture is defined in the context of the teaching of the Second Vatican Council. John Paul’s theological anthropology is grounded in personalism, communion, dialogue, and freedom. When God is eclipsed from human activity, particularly via the “shadow” of secularism, it engenders the crisis of culture. John Paul’s articulation of dialogue emphasizes inculturation and evangelization. His Trinitarian and social encyclicals reflect a theocentric and anthropocentric vision for culture, while his Polish and literary background show his thoughts on culture not as teachings but as integrated into his life experience. The essay concludes with reflections on Mary and the challenge of dialogue in a multicultural world.

scholarly journals “The Hour of Woman” and Edith Stein: Catholic New Feminist Responses to Essentialism

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Renée Köhler-Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Theory ◽  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Feminist Theology ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Feminine

This article examines how Edith Stein’s philosophical and theological anthropology is foundational to the “new feminism” that both Paul VI and John Paul II called for in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. In particular, this article shows how Stein helps to respond to Simone de Beauvoir’s argument that taking women’s biology into consideration leads to essentialism with political implications. This article outlines main themes in the new feminism, and gives a brief overview of the ideas about the “hour of woman” and the “feminine genius” pronounced by popes Paul VI and John Paul II. This article then describes and analyzes Stein’s psycho-physical theory of the human person. Finally, this article considers the importance of Stein’s thought for feminist theology, with brief application to the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood.

The Statute of the Man in the Modern Catholic Anthropology

1998 ◽  
pp. 106-109
Author(s):  
Ivan Kaltchev
Keyword(s):  
Human Person ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Catholic Anthropology

In what follows, I examine the renaissance of the idea of freedom as a fundamental measure of humanity in the work of Karol Voitila (Pope John Paul II). I examine as well Karol Voitila's concept of the human person as found in his work "Love and Responsibility" as well as the encyclical Evangelium vitae, which affirms the incomparable value of the human person. I also consider the celestial predestination of the human person as discussed in the documents of the Second Vatican Council.

Human Person in the Code of Canon Law of John Paul II

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Stanislav Přibyl
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Code Of Canon Law ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Legal Standing ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Given

The Code of Canon Law, promulgated by John Paul II in 1983, is a synthesis of the earlier 1917 Code and the doctrine of the Second Vatican Council. The Code contains norms which go well beyond a reform of the inner legal relations within the Catholic Church. A lot of them deal with the value and dignity of the human person, which shows a clear impact of the pontificate of John Paul II, who put a lot of emphasis on the given issue. The article discusses the fields of legal regulations in the Code which touch upon the issue of the human person, esp. freedom of religion, protection of unborn life, social rights, legal standing of women and the education of future generations. It points out the main difference between civil law (which also serves the dignity of the human person) and canon law, namely, the latter aims at the salvation of souls.

scholarly journals Conversion as the Path to the Recovery of Humanity in the Context of St John Paul II’s Theology of Holiness

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Magda Bušková
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Internal Process ◽  
Christian Conversion ◽  
Gaudium Et Spes ◽  
Essential Aspect ◽  
Lumen Gentium ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Spiritual Theology

The study focuses on Pope John Paul II’s view of conversion as an essential aspect of holiness. It explores why he emphasises the personal conversion of a Christian to God, and in a broader context, how conversion relates to the recovery of humanity and human dignity. The reflection is based on the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, especially as presented in the documents Gaudium et Spes and Lumen Gentium. Conversion is viewed from the perspective of spiritual theology and the union between God and the human person and focuses on some related features from John Paul II’s ‘Trinitarian’ group of encyclicals. The reflection also examines the importance of Christian conversion to God as an internal process of transformation in the human person in the context of both internal ruptures and external existential threats.

scholarly journals Czwarty synod archidiecezji warszawskiej

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 23-49
Author(s):  
Janusz Gręźlikowski
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Moral Life ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Holy See ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Many ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
The Church

The 4th Synod of the Warsaw Archdioceses was debating during the five-year period, between 19th March 1998 and 19th March 2003 when the Warsaw Church had been run by the primate of Poland, cardinal Joseph Glemp. He proposed, summoned and carried out the synod and promulgated its resolutions. The initiative of summoning the synod was connected with the need for overall renewal of the religious and moral life of the Warsaw archdiocese. The synod’s deliberations and its resolutions were to cause the betterment of the organization and functioning of administrative and pastoral apparatus in the archdiocese, to normalize the many issues concerning the church and religious life, as well as to improve the laity and clergy’s religious, social and moral level. To achieve, a wide representation of clergy, catholic laity and monks were engaged. The synodical resolutions with its jurisdictional and pastoral nature are signified by strong setting in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, the Canon Law, the documents of the Holy See and John Paul II, as well as by the resolutions of the Second Polish Plenary Second and the instructions of the Conference of the Polish Episcopate. At the same time they refer to the tradition of the Warsaw archdiocese and remain fully opened for the “tomorrow” of the Church, evangelizing and pastoral objective. Furthermore they undertake, organize and regulate many difficult pastoral issues. Thus the synodical legislator contributed to the renewal, revival and activation of the church and administrative structures of the archdioceses, so they could serve to various pastoral, church and administrative assignments.

scholarly journals Transformations of Catholic denominations in the years of Ukraine's Independence

2005 ◽  
pp. 219-238
Author(s):  
Olga V. Nedavnya
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Phenomenon ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

Adequate study of Catholicism in Ukraine is impossible without taking into account its progress in the world, especially in the last century. The experience of comprehending the reality of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and rethinking its entire historical path led to qualitative transformations of this denomination. After the Second Vatican Council, and especially with the pontificate of Pope John Paul II on Catholicism, we can speak of a significant phenomenon of modern spiritual life.

John Paul II's Use of Scripture in His Moral Teaching

Horizons ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Charles E. Curran
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Scientific Presentation ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World

The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the College Theology Society naturally turns our focus to what has transpired in these fifty years. In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the two most significant historical realities are the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) and the now twenty-five-year pontificate of John Paul II as Bishop of Rome.In my discipline of moral theology, Vatican II and its document on the training of priests called for the renewal of moral theology with a special emphasis on its Scriptural bases. “Special care is to be taken for the improvement of moral theology. Its scientific presentation, drawing more fully on the teaching of holy Scripture should highlight the lofty vocation of the Christian faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit and charity for the life of the world.”John Paul II as pope has written and taught extensively in the area of morality. In the light of the Vatican II mandate to renew moral theology through a greater appreciation of its scriptural roots and bases, this essay will critically evaluate John Paul II's use of scripture in his teaching on morality.

The Catholic Church and the Other Religious Paths: Rejecting Nothing that is True and Holy

2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Catholic Church

[Catholic thinking about other religious traditions has continued to develop rapidly since the Second Vatican Council. The author discusses the impact of conciliar texts, the thought of John Paul II, the “pluralist” and “regnocentric” theologies of religion, and the practice of interreligious dialogue on Catholic views of other religious paths. The multiple issues selected for discussion reflect the controversy surrounding the declaration Dominus Iesus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.]

The Catholic Doctrine of God’s Irrevocable Covenant to the Jewish People

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Gavin D'Costa
Keyword(s):  
Jewish People ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Second Development ◽  
Rabbinic Judaism ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Wide Range

The first chapter establishes the method used in the book and the varying weights given to magisterial Catholic teachings. It traces the emergence of two teachings deriving from the Second Vatican Council. The first, rooted in the Council, is the reality of the irrevocable covenant God has made with biblical Israel. The second, developed by Pope John Paul II, is the application of this status to Rabbinic Judaism. However, this second development, while being welcomed, raises a wide range of unresolved questions regarding the Jewish people in contemporary Catholic theology.

scholarly journals Anthropocentrism and theocentrism as varied life purport paradigm of modern Catholic Church being (sacred-secular reversion)

2015 ◽  
pp. 229-235
Author(s):  
Olga Yarotska
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Traditional Theism ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Determining Factors

This article analyzes aggiornament reverse of Catholicism after the Second Vatican Council, the determining factors of which were anthropological theology with the discourse of humanism as human dignity and leveling exclusivity of traditional theism.

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