LOVE AND TRUTH AS HISTORICAL CATEGORIES IN THE ENCYCLICAŁ LETTER CARITAS IN VERITATE Cover Image

Miłość i prawda jako kategorie historyczne w encyklice Benedykta XVI „Caritas in veritate”
LOVE AND TRUTH AS HISTORICAL CATEGORIES IN THE ENCYCLICAŁ LETTER CARITAS IN VERITATE

Author(s): Mirosław Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: love; truth; economy of salvation; history; historical process; globalization; common good; human person; Benedict XVI; encyclical letter; Caritas in veritate

Summary/Abstract: Pope Benedict XVI is a theologian of history eyen in his encyclical letter Caritas in veri¬tate (2009). This encyclical is on principle social and draws on to St. Augustine and to the pope’s habilitation entitled Die Geschichitstheologie des heiligen Bonaventura (München 1959). According to the pope, the main trend of the history of man and mankind is spiritual in which the principal drive and at the same time the most ultimate content is “love in truth” and “truth in love”. They fulfil humankind in the present time and lead to eternity.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2 (57)
  • Page Range: 67-75
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish