| Pope
John Paul
II's facination with the human person developed from his personal
experience
of a life lived under two of the most destructive regimes known to man
- fascism and communism. As a philospher he delved into the depths of
the
meaning of human existence, of the dignity of the human person, of
Christian
ethics, of Catholic sexual ethics, and of the meaning of marriage and
human sexuality.
From
September1979 until
November 1984, John Paul II delivered a series of teachings on the
bodily
dimension of human personhood, the meaning of human sexuality as God
intended
it to be and of the beauty of marriage likened to living in communion
with
the Trinity, and all based on scriptural revelation. These teachings
will
be used for many years to come as the world grapples with a distortion
of human dignity and sexuality through promiscuity, homosexuality,
pornography,
people-trafficking and prostitution, abortion, contraception, divorce,
sexually transmitted diseases particularly AIDS, child abuse, substance
abuse, so-called population control, euthanasia and suicide.
The
links below will
bring you to each of those teachings at the General audiences over the
5 years and offers a profound understanding of the true meaning of
'sexual freedom'. To put this series of teachings into perspective it
might be helpful first to read Pope Paul VI's Encyclical "On
Human
Life"; Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "On
the Dignity and
Vocation of Women", and Pope John Paul II's Papal Encyclical "The
Gospel of Life".
PART ONE
Original
Unity of Man and Woman
Catechesis on the
Book
of Genesis
1. Of the Unity and
Indissolubility of Marriage
2. Biblical Account
of Creation Analysed
3. The Second Account
of Creation: The Subjective Definition of Man
4. Boundary Between
Original Innocence and Redemption
5. Meaning of Man's
Original Solitude
6. Man's Awareness of
Being a Person
7. In the Very
Definition of man, the alternative Between Death and Immortality
8. Original Unity of
Man and Woman
9. Man Becomes the
Image of God by Communion of Persons
10. Marriage One and
Indissoluble in First Chapters of Genesis
11. Meaning of
Original Human Experiences
12. Fullness
of Interpersonal Communication
13. Creation
as a Fundamental and Original Gift
14. Revelation
and Discovery of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body
15. The
Man-Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love
16. Mystery of Man's
Original Innocence
17. Man and Woman: A
Mutual
Gift for Each Other
18. Original
Innocence and Man's Historical State
19. Man
Enters the World as a Subject of Truth and Love
20. Analysis of
Knowledge and
of Procreation
21. Mystery of Woman
Revealed
in Motherhood
22. Knowledge-Generation
Cycle
and Perspective of Death
23. Marriage in the
Integral
Vision of Man
Blessed Are The Pure of Heart
Catechesis on the Sermon on the
Mount
24. Christ
Appeals to Man's Heart
25. Ethical and
Anthropological Content of the Commandment: You Shall Not Commit
Adultery
26. Lust is the Fruit
of the
Breach of the Covenant With God
27. Real Significance
of
Original Nakedness
28. A Fundamental
Disquiet in
All Human Existence
29. Relationship of
Lust to
Communion of Persons
30. Dominion Over the
Other in
the Interpersonal Relation
31. Lust Limits
Nuptial
Meaning of the Body
32. The Heart a
Battlefield
Between Love and Lust
33. Opposition
in the Human Heart between the Spirit and the Body
34. Sermon on the
Mount to the
Men of Our Day
35. Content of the
Commandment: You Shall
Not Commit Adultery
36. Adultery
According to the Law and as Spoken by the Prophets
37. Adultery:
A Breakdown of the Personal Covenant
38. Meaning of
Adultery
Transferred from the Body to the Heart
39. Concupiscence
as
a
Separation From Matrimonial Significance of the Body
40. Mutual
Attraction Differs from Lust
41. Depersonalizing
Effect of Concupiscence
42. Establishing the
Ethical
Sense
43. Interpreting
the Concept of Concupiscence
44. Gospel Values and
Duties
of the Human Heart
45. Realization of
the Value
of the Body According to the Plan of the Creator
46. Power
of Redeeming Completes Power of Creating
47. Eros
and Ethos Meet and Bear Fruit in the Human Heart
48. Spontaneity:
The Mature Result of Conscience
49. Christ
Calls Us to Rediscover the Living Forms of the New Man
50. Purity
of Heart
PART
TWO
Life
According to the Spirit
St. Paul's Teaching on the Human
body
51. Justification in
Christ
52. Opposition
Between the
Flesh and the Spirit
53. Life in the
Spirit Based
on True Freedom
54. St.
Paul's Teaching on the Sanctity and Respect of the Human Body
55. St. Paul's
Description of the Body and
Teaching on Purity
56. The
Virtue of Purity Is the Expression and Fruit of Life According to the
Spirit
57. The Pauline
Doctrine of
Purity as Life According to the Spirit
58. Positive Function
of
Purity of Heart
59. Pronouncements
of Magisterium Apply Christ's Words Today
60. The
Human Body, Subject of Works of Art
61. Reflections
on the Ethos of the Human Body in Works of Artistic Culture
62. Art Must Not
Violate the
Right to Privacy
63. Ethical
Responsibilities
in Art
The Resurrection of the Body
64. Marriage and
Celibacy in
the Light of the Resurrection of the Body
65. The Living God
Continually
Renews the Very Reality of Life
66. The
Resurrection and Theological Anthropology
67. The Resurrection
Perfects
the Person
68. Christ's
Words on the Resurrection Complete
the Revelation of the
Body
69. New
Threshold of Complete Truth About Man
70. Doctrine
of the Resurrection according to St. Paul
71. The
Risen Body Will Be Incorruptible, Glorious, Dynamic, and Spiritual
72. Body's
Spiritualization Will Be Source of Its Power and Incorruptibility
Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom
73. Virginity
or Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom
74. The
Vocation to Continence in This Earthly Life
75. Continence
for the Sake of the Kingdom Meant to Have Spiritual Fulfillment
76. The Effective and
Privileged Way of Continence
77. Superiority of
Continence
Does Not Devalue Marriage
78. Marriage
and Continence Complement Each Other
79. The
Value of Continence Is Found in Love
80. Celibacy
Is a Particular Response to the Love of the Divine Spouse
81. Celibacy
for the Kingdom Affirms Marriage
82. Voluntary
Continence Derives From a Counsel, Not From a Command
83. The
Unmarried Person Is Anxious to Please the Lord
84. Everyone
Has His Own Gift from God, Suited to His Vocation
85. The
Kingdom of God, Not the World, Is Man's Eternal Destiny
86. Mystery
of the Body's Redemption Basis of Teaching on Marriage and Voluntary
Continence
The Sacramentality of Marriage
87. Marital Love
Reflects
God's Love for His People
88. The
Call to Be Imitators of God and to Walk in Love
89. Reverence
for Christ the Basis of Relationship Between Spouses
90. A
Deeper Understanding of the Church and Marriage
91. St
Paul's Analogy of the Union of Head and Body
92. Sacredness
of the Human Body and Marriage
93. Christ's
Redemptive Love Has Spousal Nature
94. Moral
Aspects of the Christian's Vocation
95. Relationship
of Christ to the Church
Connected With the Tradition of the Prophets
96. Analogy
of Spousal Love Indicates the Radical Character of Grace
97. Marriage
Is the Central Point of the Sacrament of Creation
98. Loss
of Original Sacrament Restored with Redemption in Marriage-Sacrament
99. Marriage
an Integral Part of New Sacramental Economy
100. Indissolubility
of Sacrament of Marriage in Mystery of the Redemption of the Body
101. Christ
Opened Marriage to the Saving Action of God
102. Marriage
Sacrament an Effective Sign of God's
Saving Power
103. The Redemptive
and Spousal Dimensions of Love
104. The Substratum and Content of the
Sacramental Sign
of Spousal Communion
105. The Language of
the Body in the Structure of
Marriage
106. The Sacramental
Covenant in the Dimension of Sign
107. Language of the
Body Strengthens the Marriage
Covenant
108. Man Called to
Overcome Concupiscence
109. Return to the
Subject of Human Love in the Divine
Plan
110. Truth and
Freedom the Foundation of True Love
111. Love Is Ever
Seeking and Never Satisfied
112. Love Is
Victorious in the Struggle Between Good
and Evil
113. The Language of
the Body: Actions and Duties
Forming the Spirituality of Marriage
Reflections on "Humanae Vitae"
114. Morality of
Marriage Act Determined by Nature of
the Act and of the Subjects
115. The Norm of
Humanae Vitae Arises from the Natural
Law and the Revealed Order
116. Importance of Harmonizing Human Love with
Respect
for Life
117. Responsible
Parenthood
118. Faithfulness to
the Divine Plan in the
Transmission of Life
119. Church's
Position on Transmission of Life
120. A
Discipline That Ennobles Human Love
121. Responsible
Parenthood Linked to Moral Maturity
122. Prayer, Penance
and the Eucharist: Principal
Sources of Spirituality for Married Couples
123. The Power of
Love Is Given to Man and Woman as a
Share in God's Love
124. Continence
Protects the
Dignity of the Conjugal Act
125. Continence Frees
One from Inner Tension
126. Continence
Deepens Personal Communion
127. Christian
Spirituality of Marriage by Living
According to the Spirit
128. Respect for the
Work of God
129. Conclusion to
the Series: Redemption of the Body
and Sacramentality of Marriage
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