ABOUT GOD’S JUDGMENT, HEAVEN AND HELL IN THE WRITINGS OF LESZEK KOŁAKOWSKI Cover Image

O SĄDZIE BOŻYM, NIEBIE I PIEKLE W PISMACH LESZKA KOŁAKOWSKIEGO
ABOUT GOD’S JUDGMENT, HEAVEN AND HELL IN THE WRITINGS OF LESZEK KOŁAKOWSKI

Author(s): Mariusz Chrostowski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie
Keywords: Leszek Kołakowski; hell; heaven; God’s Judgment; Last Judgment; final things; destiny of man;

Summary/Abstract: The Catholic Church believes in the posthumous God’s judgment, heaven or hell. A man who is seeking God will sooner or later realize, that the question, about his existence is closely related to the question about the final destiny of man: death and what next? Leszek Kołakowski (1927−2009) repeatedly referred to the eschatological dimension of human existence, based mainly on the Christian tradition, which sees the purpose of the earthly pilgrimage of man in eternal bliss or eternal damnation. In his opinion, the man participates in the eternal struggle between God and the devil. It is not just a passive observer in it, but it is in the very centre of it, it is a victim of these struggles, although our fate also influences the course of this battle.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 67-75
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish