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Holiness – the foundation of Church Renewal. The universal call to holiness

Author(s): Piotr Wróblewski
Subject(s): Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical studies, Sociology of Religion, Ontology
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi
Keywords: holiness; the Second Vatican Council; Dogmatic Constitution on the Church; John Paul II; renewal of the Church; universal call to holiness;

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author presented the biblical view of holiness. He presented also God’s call to holiness for every human being. The author focused on the universal call to holiness in the teaching of the Second Vatican Council which highlighted the universality and the need to pursue holiness in the Church by all people of all times and states. The author demonstrated that John Paul II developed the Council ideas about the call of all baptized people to holiness. He pointed out that the Holy Father acknowledged the holiness of life as the foundation of life and development of the whole Church community.

  • Issue Year: 24/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 161-174
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish