Deliberations of John Paul II on the Essence of the Church’s Social Teaching Cover Image

Rozważania Jana Pawła II o istocie nauki społecznej Kościoła
Deliberations of John Paul II on the Essence of the Church’s Social Teaching

Author(s): Wiesław Piątkowski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: church social teaching; John Paul II; Karol Wojtyla;

Summary/Abstract: The source basis of the article is composed of pope John Paul’s II encyclicals – Laborem exercens (1981), Solicitudo rei socialis (1987), Centesimus annus (1991), Fides et ratio (1998), the Apostle’s Letter Tertio Millennio adveniente (1994) as well as the interview with priest cardinal Karol Wojtyla given to Vittorio Possenti on 21st June 1978 in Mediolan. I shall separate the following issues:1) relations of concepts: social teaching of the Church, social doctrine of the Church and catholic social teaching; 2) relation theory – practice from the point of view of social doctrine of the Church; 3) social doctrine of the Church versus ideology; 4) in what sense may we talk about the historism of social doctrine of the Church?; 5) periodisation of the development of social doctrine of the Church.

  • Issue Year: 15/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-40
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish