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Theology of the Body:
Teachings of Pope John Paul II

 

Theology of the Body

13. Papal Documents - JP2TB89.HTM - A Deeper Understanding of the Church and Marriage
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 18 August 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body, looking more closely at the two-way analogy found in Ephesians 5, between the relationship of husband and wife and the relationship of Christ and His Church. MARRIAGE

15. Papal Documents - JP2TB27.HTM - A Fundamental Disquiet in All Human Existence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 2 June 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. The shame experienced by man after his fall expressed a deeper shame, called "cosmic," reflecting a new disorder in his nature, by which not only was the relationship between man and woman affected, but the relationship between body and spirit. ORIGINAL SIN SEX

67. Papal Documents - JP2TB35.HTM - Adultery According to the Law and as Spoken by the Prophets
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 20 August 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He examines the emphasis of the matrimonial law on the "procreative end of marriage," and of the prophets on the uniqueness of the spousal relationship between God and Israel, contrary to the prevailing polygamy. ONANISM NUDITY COVENANT

68. Papal Documents - JP2TB36.HTM - Adultery: A Breakdown of the Personal Covenant
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 27 August 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechetical cycle on Theology of the Body, on the subject of adultery. Adultery is a sin of the body, violating exclusive matrimonial rights between a man and a woman, which constitutes a breakdown of the personal covenant between them. MONOGAMY IDOLATRY HOSEA PROPHETS MARRIAGE

73. Papal Documents - JP2TB19.HTM - Analysis of Knowledge and of Procreation
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 5 March 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on the Theology of the Body, by examining the meaning of the biblical statement that "Adam knew Eve his wife" (Gn 4:1-2). SEX MARRIAGE PERSON

85. Papal Documents - JP2TB61.HTM - Art Must Not Violate the Right to Privacy
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 29 April 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining the limits beyond which art must not go in depicting masculinity or femininity. SHAME PORNOGRAPHY COMMUNION OF PERSONS NAKEDNESS NATURALISM

102. Papal Documents - JP2TB2.HTM - Biblical Account of Creation Analysed
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 12 September 1979, the Holy Father compared two accounts of man's creation from Genesis, establishing basic principles for his study of the Theology of the Body. METAPHYSICS BEING EXISTENCE MALE FEMALE IMAGE OF GOD

128. Papal Documents - JP2TB71.HTM - Body's Spiritualization Will Be Source of Its Power and Incorruptibility
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 10 February 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by concluding his study of St. Paul's teaching on the general resurrection. Resurrected man, no longer weakened through his resistance to the Spirit, will be fully vivified, attaining the fullness for which he was created. ESCHATOLOGY ADAM ANIMAL BODY SPIRITUAL HOLY SPIRIT

129. Papal Documents - JP2TB4.HTM - Boundary Between Original Innocence and Redemption
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience on 26 September 1979, the Holy Father considered a continuity between man's state of original innocence and the state of original sin, which left him open to the grace of redemption. PROTO-GOSPEL MESSIAH THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

138. Papal Documents - JP2TB80.HTM - Celibacy for the Kingdom Affirms Marriage
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 5 May 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by concluding his considerations on Christ's words recommending continence for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Renunciation of marriage for the sake of the Kingdom affirms the value of what is renounced, in the gift of self to God. VIRGINITY CELIBACY FAMILY

139. Papal Documents - JP2TB79.HTM - Celibacy Is a Particular Response to the Love of the Divine Spouse
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 28 April 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by further explaining continence for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven as the particular response of virginity/celibacy to the self-gift of the divine Spouse in the Paschal and Eucharistic Mystery. SEXUALITY MARRIAGE

143. Papal Documents - JP2TB23.HTM - Christ Appeals to Man's Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 16 April 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by turning to Christ's teaching, in the Sermon on the Mount, on adultery in the heart. ETHOS DECALOGUE MORAL LAW

145. Papal Documents - JP2TB48.HTM - Christ Calls Us to Rediscover the Living Forms of the New Man
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 3 December 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, with regard to adultery in the heart, by focusing on the ethos of redemption, which calls for temperance in the natural erotic attraction between a man and a woman. ESCHATOLOGY MARRIAGE LUST SEX PURITY

152. Papal Documents - JP2TB92.HTM - Christ's Redemptive Love Has Spousal Nature
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 8 September 1982, the Holy Father continued his exposition of the fifth chapter of Ephesians, focusing on the meaning of the word "mystery," as it applies to God's plan, its revelation in Christ, Christ's relationship to the Church, and the sacraments of the Church. MARRIAGE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY SACRAMENTALITY

154. Papal Documents - JP2TB67.HTM - Christ's Words on the Resurrection Complete the Revelation of the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 16 December 1981, the Holy Father continued his focus on Christ's words about our condition after the general resurrection in his catechesis on theology of the body. Each person sharing in the beatific vision will have his own subjectivity perfected, and yet, in view of the Communion of the Trinity, experience a new depth of intersubjectivity which is the Communion of Saints. It will be virginal, and yet reveal the full nuptial meaning of the body, as a gift to God first, and through Him to others. MARRIAGE PSYCHOSOMATIC VIRGINITY

188. Papal Documents - JP2TB38.HTM - Concupiscence as a Separation From Matrimonial Significance of the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 10 September 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on Theology of the Body. He gave a description of the inner effects of lust from the Wisdom tradition and then compared it with the teaching of Christ on "adultery in the heart." NUPTIAL MEANING PROCREATION

192. Papal Documents - JP2TB34.HTM - Content of the Commandment: You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 13 August 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He presented Our Lord's teaching against adultery "in the heart" as a return to the spirit of the law, whose letter had been stretched to allow polygamy. CASUISTRY MONOGAMY

194. Papal Documents - JP2TB74.HTM - Continence for the Sake of the Kingdom Meant to Have Spiritual Fulfillment
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 24 March 1982, the Holy Father continued his talks on celibacy/virginity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. It is a charismatic sign that in heaven people will no longer marry, because God will be everything to everyone. Departure from the Old Testament tradition of marriage and procreation was effected especially by the example of Christ himself. CONTINENCE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

200. Papal Documents - JP2TB13.HTM - Creation as a Fundamental and Original Gift
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 2 January 1980, the Holy Father continued his study of the Theology of the Body, analyzing the consciousness of our first parents, in how they perceived each other, without shame in their nakedness, as good, and a mutual gift, part of the good gift of God's creation. COMPLEMENTARITY IMAGE OF GOD

214. Papal Documents - JP2TB40.HTM - Depersonalizing Effect of Concupiscence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 24 September 1980, the Holy Father further examined "adultery in the heart," spoken of by Our Lord in His Sermon on the Mount. When a woman is looked at lustfully by a man, she ceases to be regarded as a subject of personal attraction or communion, but only as an object of sexual satisfaction. And when this "intention" reaches the will, the man himself becomes enslaved. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

230. Papal Documents - JP2TB69.HTM - Doctrine of the Resurrection according to St. Paul
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 27 January 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by further examining St. Paul's teaching, in 1 Corinthians 15, on the general resurrection. The resurrection of the body completes man's redemption from the effects of sin. CREATION COSMOS DEATH

231. Papal Documents - JP2TB29.HTM - Dominion Over the Other in the Interpersonal Relation
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 18 June 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on Theology of the Body. Because of their sin, the man and woman feel shame toward each other, their communion is weakened, and he will exercise dominion over her. EQUALITY LUST MALE FEMALE

248. Papal Documents - JP2TB46.HTM - Eros and Ethos Meet and Bear Fruit in the Human Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 5 November 2004, the Holy Father explained that the warning of Christ against looking lustfully at a woman is less an accusation than an appeal, that what the heart desires (eros) should also be what is right (ethos). SEX PLATO PHILOSOPHY THEOLOGY OF THE BODY EROTIC ETHICS

249. Papal Documents - JP2TB41.HTM - Establishing the Ethical Sense
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 1 October 1980, the Holy Father continued his analysis of the words of Our Lord, in His Sermon on the Mount, concerning adultery in the heart. It is not merely a matter of lusting after a woman who is not one's wife, but of looking at her in a way dismissive of her dignity as well as of one's own. MARRIAGE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY SEX

253. Papal Documents - JP2TB24.HTM - Ethical and Anthropological Content of the Commandment: You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Pope John Paul II

At his General Audience of 23 April 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on Theology of the Body. He examined the meaning of adultery, which is a breach in the unity of husband and wife, even if only by an interior act ("adultery in the heart"). He cited the case of David and Bathsheba. MARRIAGE SEX UNITIVE

254. Papal Documents - JP2TB62.HTM - Ethical Responsibilities in Art
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 6 May 1981, the Holy Father concluded his reflections on looking lustfully (from the Sermon on the Mount) with respect to artistic depictions of the human body. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CULTURE PORNOGRAPHY NAKEDNESS SUBLIMATION CONCUPISCENCE CHASTITY

258. Papal Documents - JP2TB83.HTM - Everyone Has His Own Gift from God, Suited to His Vocation
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 7 July 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by further examination of St. Paul's statement that it is better to choose continence than to marry. While the gift of continence allows an undivided love for God, the grace of marriage is a true gift, suited to that state in life. CELIBACY

289. Papal Documents - JP2TB12.HTM - Fullness of Interpersonal Communication
Pope John Paul II

At his General Audience of 19 December 1979, the Holy Father continued his series on the Theology of the Body, analyzing the absence of shame in our first parents, despite their nakedness, and its bearing on their communication with each other. COMMUNION PERSONS

296. Papal Documents - JP2TBIND.HTM - General Audiences: John Paul II's Theology of the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audiences, from September 1979, intermittently over a period of three years, and again in 1988, Pope John Paul II explained his Theology of the Body. Starting with the creation of man and woman as recorded in the Book of Genesis, he drew all the implications of that record for human love in the plan of God. This is an index page (in development) for the Holy Father's series of teachings on this subject. MARRIAGE UNITIVE MALE FEMALE SEX PROCREATION PERSONS METAPHYSICS BEING EXISTENCE IMAGE OF GOD ADAM MYTH ORIGINAL INNOCENCE SIN PROTO-GOSPEL MESSIAH SOLITUDE ANTHROPOLOGY LOGIC FREE WILL COVENANT PRAXIS COMMUNION CORPORALITY MOTHERHOOD FATHERHOOD MASCULINITY FEMININITY ADAM EVE MARY EUSEBEIA WISDOM REDEMPTION BEATITUDES HOLINESS LUST UNCHASTITY MODESTY TEMPERANCE PIETY FAMILY PEDAGOGY CULTURE OBJECTIVIZATION NUDITY PORNOGRAPHY NATURALISM NAKEDNESS SUBLIMATION LIFE DEATH REVELATION PHARISEES LEVIRATE LAW PLATO ARISTOTLE THOMAS AQUINAS GRACE SOUL SPIRIT PSYCHOSOMATIC ESCHATOLOGY BEATIFIC VISION WIVES HUSBANDS CHILDREN MASTERS SLAVES SERVANTS

306. Papal Documents - JP2TB43.HTM - Gospel Values and Duties of the Human Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 15 October 1980, the Holy Father continued his analysis of "adultery in the heart" by distinguishing condemnation of lust from a condemnation of the body. MANICHAEISM GNOSIS THEOLOGY OF THE BODY MASCULINE FEMININE

368. Papal Documents - JP2TB7.HTM - In the Very Definition of Man, the Alternative Between Death and Immortality
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience on 31 October 1979, the Holy Father addressed again the solitude in which man was created, in relation to other creatures, but also with regard to his freedom of moral choice. The alternatives of death and immortality lay with him. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY PRAXIS PERSON WILL

378. Papal Documents - JP2TB42.HTM - Interpreting the Concept of Concupiscence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 8 October 1980, the Holy Father concluded his analysis of adultery in the heart, by observing that it is an attitude of a man toward a woman (or vice versa) which reduces the communion of persons to satisfaction of an instinct. One may be guilty of this attitude towards one's own spouse. MARRIAGE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY LUST

405. Papal Documents - JP2TB50.HTM - Justification in Christ
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 17 December 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining the conflict between "flesh" and "spirit" in the teaching of St. Paul. The lusts of the worldly man can be overcome by his spirit when empowered by the Holy Spirit. FRUITS WORKS VIRTUES SARX ARETE

407. Papal Documents - JP2TB21.HTM - Knowledge-Generation Cycle and Perspective of Death
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 26 March 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He further examined biblical "knowledge," as the nuptial relationship before the fall, a mutual, disinterested gift of self between spouses, contrasting it with the same relationship as a remedy for death after the fall. EROS MASCULINE FEMININE SEX

432. Papal Documents - JP2TB52.HTM - Life in the Spirit Based on True Freedom
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 14 January 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by further examination of St. Paul's teaching on life according to the Spirit. It is purity of heart, which is the necessary condition for charity and true freedom. LAW LUST SELF-CONTROL TEMPERANCE HOLINESS

441. Papal Documents - JP2TB25.HTM - Lust is the Fruit of the Breach of the Covenant With God
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 30 April 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He examined the three-fold lust, of the flesh, of the eyes, and the pride of life, by which man broke God's original covenant. ELOHIM ORIGINAL INNOCENCE SIN

442. Papal Documents - JP2TB30.HTM - Lust Limits Nuptial Meaning of the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 25 June 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. The sin of Adam and Eve distorted the "nuptial meaning of the body," its masculinity/femininity, which was meant to shape their communion. Their relationship was corrupted by lust, which includes the desire to possess the other, rather than receive him/her as a free gift. SEX DOMINATION

446. Papal Documents - JP2TB16.HTM - Man and Woman: A Mutual Gift for Each Other
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 6 February 1980, the Holy Father reexamined the nuptial meaning of the body, in the mutual gift of self by our first parents, in the context of their original innocence. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY COMMUNION PERSONS DONATION SHAME SEX

447. Papal Documents - JP2TB9.HTM - Man Becomes the Image of God by Communion of Persons
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 14 November 1979, the Holy Father located the image of God, in which man was created, not only in the solitude of his humanity, but also in the communion of persons, in the creation of the first man and woman in relation to each other. MASCULINE FEMININE COMMUNION THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CORPORALITY

448. Papal Documents - JP2TB18.HTM - Man Enters the World as a Subject of Truth and Love
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 20 February 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on the Theology of the Body. Created in the image of God, man (Adam and Eve) entered the world as a primordial sacrament, a sign to the visible world of the invisible mystery hidden in God, the mystery of truth and love, the mystery of divine life, in which man really participates. MARRIAGE PROCREATION SUBJECTIVITY OBJECTIVITY SHAME

449. Papal Documents - JP2TB6.HTM - Man's Awareness of Being a Person
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience on 24 October 1979, the Holy Father linked "man's original solitude," as different from and superior to other living creatures, with consciousness of his body. ANTHROPOLOGY FREE WILL COVENANT THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

453. Papal Documents - JP2TB86.HTM - Marital Love Reflects God's Love for His People
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 28 July 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body by laying the groundwork for an examination of St. Paul's teaching on marriage in the fifth chapter of Ephesians. Marriage, as a sacrament, signifies the relationship between Christ and His Church, and before that, the spousal love between God and his chosen people. WIVES HUSBANDS

454. Papal Documents - JP2TB63.HTM - Marriage and Celibacy in the Light of the Resurrection of the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 11 November 1981, the Holy Father began a new segment of his catechesis on theology of the body, basing his talk on the words of Christ to the Sadducees on the general resurrection. "These words are of fundamental importance for understanding marriage in the Christian sense and also the renunciation of conjugal life for the kingdom of heaven." PHARISEES LEVIRATE LAW

456. Papal Documents - JP2TB22.HTM - Marriage in the Integral Vision of Man
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 2 April 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on Theology of the Body. Only by going back to the "beginning," as Christ did in answering the Pharisees on divorce, can we get a total vision of man, male and female, and only so can we adequately understand marriage and procreation. COMMUNION ANTHROPOLOGY

457. Papal Documents - JP2TB10.HTM - Marriage One and Indissoluble in First Chapters of Genesis
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 21 November 1979, the Holy Father spoke on the communion of the first man and woman, how it renewed their original unity before separation in creation, and revealed the meaning of their bodies by their complementarity. MALE FEMALE SEX PROCREATION THEOLOGY OF THE BODY PERSONS

532. Papal Documents - JP2TB37.HTM - Meaning of Adultery Transferred from the Body to the Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 3 September 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, focusing on adultery, its place in the Wisdom tradition, and the change in emphasis introduced by Christ. MARRIAGE LUST CONCUPISCENCE

534. Papal Documents - JP2TB11.HTM - Meaning of Original Human Experiences
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 12 December 1979, the Holy Father observed that, in the Genesis account, the shame at their nakedness, experienced by the first man and woman after the Fall, contrasts with their original innocence, which invites further study of their original consciousness of their bodies. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CREATION ANTHROPOLOGY

587. Papal Documents - JP2TB39.HTM - Mutual Attraction Differs from Lust
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 17 September 1980, the Holy Father continued his analysis of adultery in his series on Theology of the Body. The mutual attraction between a man and a woman, encompassing a "gamut of spiritual-corporal desires," to which a "proportionate pyramid of values" corresponds, differs from lust, in that the latter reduces the pyramid to one level, sex, as an object of gratification. MARRIAGE INTENTON AXIOLOGY CONCUPISCENCE

588. Papal Documents - JP2TB15.HTM - Mystery of Man's Original Innocence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 30 January 1980, the Holy Father pursued his examination of the Theology of the Body by dwelling on the mystery of man's original innocence, that purity of heart which enabled Adam and Eve to give themselves to each other in love, as the effect of grace. NUPTIAL ORIGINAL RIGHTEOUSNESS JUSTICE

589. Papal Documents - JP2TB85.HTM - Mystery of the Body's Redemption Basis of Teaching on Marriage and Voluntary Continence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 21 July 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. The eschatological redemption of the body, in victory over death, is the inspiration for man's victory over sin in daily life, whether in marriage or in celibacy. CONTINENCE VIRGINITY RESURRECTION CONCUPISCENCE

590. Papal Documents - JP2TB20.HTM - Mystery of Woman Revealed in Motherhood
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 12 March 1980, the Holy Father further examined the concept of mutual "knowledge" between the first man and woman. The woman is brought to full awareness of the mystery of creation, in its renewal in human generation. MARRIAGE SEX PROCREATION THEOLOGY OF THE BODY MOTHERHOOD FATHERHOOD MASCULINITY FEMININITY IMAGE OF GOD ADAM EVE MARY

596. Papal Documents - JP2TB68.HTM - New Threshold of Complete Truth About Man
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 13 January 1982, the Holy Father continued his exposition of the words of Christ on the general resurrection, as applied to Theology of the Body. In some way difficult to imagine, the meaning of the human body will be revealed as the means of mutual self-giving in the communion of Saints. MARRIAGE ESCHATOLOGY PERSONS MALE FEMALE DIVINIZATION GLORIFICATION

600. Papal Documents - JP2TB1.HTM - Of the Unity and Indissolubility of Marriage
Pope John Paul II

On 5 September 1979, in the first of his General Audiences on the Theology of the Body, the Holy Father expounded the words of Christ, "In the beginning the Creator made them male and female." MARRIAGE UNITIVE

630. Papal Documents - JP2TB51.HTM - Opposition Between the Flesh and the Spirit
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 7 January 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining St. Paul's doctrine of justification, and in particular the opposition between life according to the flesh and life according to the Spirit (of God). PURITY DEATH MORTAL SIN

631. Papal Documents - JP2TB32.HTM - Opposition in the Human Heart between the Spirit and the Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 30 July 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. The nuptial meaning of the body is destroyed when man or woman seeks to possess the other as an object, but not when each belongs to the other through self-giving. CONCUPISCENCE COMMUNION OF PERSONS

634. Papal Documents - JP2TB17.HTM - Original Innocence and Man's Historical State
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 13 February 1980, the Holy Father reexamined our first parents' original innocence, as their nature was originally graced, how it affected their relationship to each other and the nuptial meaning of their bodies as male and female. METAPHYSICS OBJECTIVIZATION PERSONALISM MARRIAGE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

635. Papal Documents - JP2TB8.HTM - Original Unity of Man and Woman
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 7 November 1979, the Holy Father continued to lay groundwork for his Theology of the Body, meditating on Adam's "sleep" from which the division of the sexes emerged. MYTH MAN WOMAN MALE FEMALE

673. Papal Documents - JP2TB57.HTM - Positive Function of Purity of Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience 1 April 1981, the Holy Father gathered the main threads of his teaching on Theology of the Body, as based on the words of Christ on man's creation as male and female, and his warning against adultery in the heart. Lust can be displaced only by purity of heart, which, in the teaching of St. Paul, is a gift of the Holy Spirit. ORIGINAL INNOCENCE SIN COVENANT LUST TEMPERANCE PIETY

674. Papal Documents - JP2TB45.HTM - Power of Redeeming Completes Power of Creating
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 29 October 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on "adultery in the heart" by examining the three forms of lust ("of the flesh," "of the eyes," and the "pride of life") spoken of by St. John (1 Jn 2:15-16), in relation to the skewed pictures of man presented by Freud, Marx and Nietzsche. The truth of his humanity, the ability to love, is deeper than the three lusts. SEX MASCULINE FEMININE MANICHAEISM PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOANALYSIS THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

688. Papal Documents - JP2TB58.HTM - Pronouncements of Magisterium Apply Christ's Words Today
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 8 April 1981, the Holy Father concluded his reflections on the words of Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, on adultery in the heart. These words are key to the Theology of the Body, which underlies the thinking of many recent magisterial pronouncements. PEDAGOGY MASCULINITY FEMININITY PERSON MARRIAGE FAMILY

689. Papal Documents - JP2TB49.HTM - Purity of Heart
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 10 December 1980, the Holy Father completed his study of adultery in the heart with a consideration of purity of heart, and how the Lord distinguished this from mere ritual purity. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY HYGIENE SPIRIT

694. Papal Documents - JP2TB26.HTM - Real Significance of Original Nakedness
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 14 May 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on Theology of the Body, explaining the nakedness of man after the fall as not merely physical. "...this man was deprived of the supernatural and preternatural gifts which were part of his endowment before sin. Furthermore, he suffered a loss in what belongs to his nature itself, to humanity in the original fullness of the image of God." SIN SHAME GRACE

695. Papal Documents - JP2TB44.HTM - Realization of the Value of the Body According to the Plan of the Creator
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 22 October 1980, the Holy Father clarified the meaning of lust, in his catechesis on Theology of the Body. Christ warned against lusting after a woman, not to condemn the body as evil (Manichaeism), but to condemn the devaluation of the body in its nuptial meaning, i.e., the manifestation of communion in spirit. MASCULINITY FEMININITY SEX CONCUPISCENCE ADULTERY

701. Papal Documents - JP2TB60.HTM - Reflections on the Ethos of the Human Body in Works of Artistic Culture
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 22 April 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, examining the implications of exposure of the human body in artistic culture for the mutual donation of husband and wife. SHAME NUDITY LUST OBJECTIVIZATION PORNOGRAPHY

704. Papal Documents - JP2TB28.HTM - Relationship of Lust to Communion of Persons
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 4 June 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He examined the radical transformation wrought by lust and shame in the original relationship between the first man and woman. MASCULINITY FEMININITY SEX COMMUNION ORIGINAL SIN

716. Papal Documents - JP2TB88.HTM - Reverence for Christ the Basis of Relationship Between Spouses
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 11 August 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body, by examining more closely the right relationship between husband and wife as described in the fifth chapter of the Letter to the Ephesians. PIETAS SUBORDINATION

730. Papal Documents - JP2TB33.HTM - Sermon on the Mount to the Men of Our Day
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 6 August 1980, the Holy Father, continuing his catechesis on Theology of the Body, examined the the "hardness of heart," which all men share with Our Lord's auditors, and its connection with the three-fold lust which is our heritage from Adam. ADULTERY ORIGINAL SIN

743. Papal Documents - JP2TB47.HTM - Spontaneity: The Mature Result of Conscience
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 12 November 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining the notion that subjection of an erotic attraction to an ethical form deprives it of its spontaneity. EROS ETHOS ADULTERY LUST MASCULINITY FEMININITY MARRIAGE SEX

746. Papal Documents - JP2TB90.HTM - St Paul's Analogy of the Union of Head and Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 25 August 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body, by further examination of Ephesians 5. He focussed attention on the analogy of head and body, as analogous to both the Christ-Church relationship and the husband-wife relationship. ECCLESIOLOGY MARRIAGE BAPTISM

747. Papal Documents - JP2TB54.HTM - St. Paul's Description of the Body and Teaching on Purity
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 4 February 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining St. Paul's teaching on the body from 1 Corinthians 12. The human body is more than the sum of its biological characteristics. It is permeated by the "whole reality of the person and of his dignity." SHAME INNOCENCE HONOUR HONOR

748. Papal Documents - JP2TB53.HTM - St. Paul's Teaching on the Sanctity and Respect of the Human Body
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 28 January 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by examining St. Paul's teaching on purity, in 1 Thessalonians 4, that we should control our bodies in holiness and honor. CHASTITY LUST TEMPERANCE

756. Papal Documents - JP2TB76.HTM - Superiority of Continence Does Not Devalue Marriage
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 7 April 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body, addressing the superiority of continence. It is superior to marriage, not based not on any devaluation of sexuality or of the human body, but on the motive for which continence is chosen, viz., the kingdom of heaven. CELIBACY VIRGINITY MANICHEISM

769. Papal Documents - JP2TB87.HTM - The Call to Be Imitators of God and to Walk in Love
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 4 August 1982, the Holy Father continued his examination of the fifth chapter of Ephesians as part of his ongoing catechesis on theology of the body. The prescriptions for family relationships should be understood in light of the Apostle's teaching on the Christian vocation. WIVES HUSBANDS CHILDREN SLAVES SERVANTS MASTERS

785. Papal Documents - JP2TB75.HTM - The Effective and Privileged Way of Continence
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 31 March 1982, the Holy Father continued his talks on celibacy/virginity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Marriage is not depreciated, but continence has an exceptional value, when chosen with a supernatural motive. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

788. Papal Documents - JP2TB31.HTM - The Heart a Battlefield Between Love and Lust
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 23 July 1980, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. After the fall, human sexuality was marked by a certain "coercion of the body," which subverts the expression of the spirit seeking the communion of persons, male and female, through a mutual gift of self. "The more lust dominates the heart, the less the heart experiences the nuptial meaning of the body." CONCUPISCENCE

789. Papal Documents - JP2TB59.HTM - The Human Body, Subject of Works of Art
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 15 April 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, laying groundwork for a consideration of the human body in aesthetic experience, and how it relates to Our Lord's warning against looking with lust. CULTURE OBJECTIVIZATION

792. Papal Documents - JP2TB84.HTM - The Kingdom of God, Not the World, Is Man's Eternal Destiny
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 14 July 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body. He further examined St. Paul's teaching on the complementarity of continence and marriage, both vocations having in view the future life. VIRGINITY CELIBACY ESCHATOLOGY

794. Papal Documents - JP2TB64.HTM - The Living God Continually Renews the Very Reality of Life
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 18 November 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on theology of the body, by returning to the words of Christ to the Sadducees on the general resurrection. They deny the resurrection because they doubt the power of God. DEATH LIFE REVELATION

795. Papal Documents - JP2TB14.HTM - The Man-Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 16 January 1980, the Holy Father continued his series on the Theology of the Body, by examining the "nuptial meaning of the body." Through self-mastery, by which the purely physical side of sex was restrained, the first man and woman were free to give themselves totally to each other, and thereby discovered their true selves. CREATION MAN WOMAN MASCULINE FEMININE LOVE IMAGE OF GOD HAPPINESS BEATITUDE

801. Papal Documents - JP2TB56.HTM - The Pauline Doctrine of Purity as Life according to the Spirit
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 18 March 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body by further examination of St. Paul's teaching on purity. This virtue is reinforced by piety, a gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit, by which God is glorified. EUSEBEIA WISDOM REDEMPTION BEATITUDES HOLINESS

807. Papal Documents - JP2TB65.HTM - The Resurrection and Theological Anthropology
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 2 December 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by addressing the teaching of Christ on the relationship between male and female after the general resurrection. PLATO ARISTOTLE THOMAS AQUINAS SOUL

808. Papal Documents - JP2TB66.HTM - The Resurrection Perfects the Person
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 9 December 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, with particular regard for the general resurrection, in which the body will be spiritualized, and both body and spirit divinized, in the vision of God. PSYCHOSOMATIC ESCHATOLOGY BEATIFIC VISION GRACE

809. Papal Documents - JP2TB70.HTM - The Risen Body Will Be Incorruptible, Glorious, Dynamic, and Spiritual
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 3 February 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by describing the body, at the general resurrection, as the fulfillment of the human aspiration to glory. This aspiration reflects the potentiality with which we were created to become conformed to the risen Christ. ESCHATOLOGY COSMOS ANTHROPOLOGY

815. Papal Documents - JP2TB82.HTM - The Unmarried Person Is Anxious to Please the Lord
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 30 June 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by examining St. Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 7, that one who marries does well, but one who chooses continence or virginity does better. Continence makes more room to be anxious for "the things of the Lord," to please the Lord and work for the growth of His Church. CELIBACY MARRIAGE

816. Papal Documents - JP2TB78.HTM - The Value of Continence Is Found in Love
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 21 April 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, with regard to the choice of virginity or celibacy. Continence for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven is the nuptial gift of self to Christ, the Spouse of the soul. MARRIAGE FAMILY RENUNCIATION

818. Papal Documents - JP2TB55.HTM - The Virtue of Purity Is the Expression and Fruit of Life according to the Spirit
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 11 February 1981, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by further examining St. Paul's teaching on purity. It is identifiable as the virtue of temperance, but includes an element of respect for the body, as a temple of the Holy Spirit. LUST UNCHASTITY MODESTY REDEMPTION

819. Papal Documents - JP2TB73.HTM - The Vocation to Continence in This Earthly Life
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 17 March 1982, the Holy Father continued his talks on celibacy/virginity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. This new ideal, though a departure from the Old Testament tradition of marriage, shed light on the theology of the body. ESSENES CHASTITY

889. Papal Documents - JP2TB72.HTM - Virginity or Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 10 March 1982, the Holy Father began a new series on virginity/celibacy for the kingdom of heaven, in furtherance of his catechesis on theology of the body. A vocation to celibacy is an anticipation of that eschatological state when men "neither marry nor are given in marriage." CHASTITY CONTINENCE

913. Papal Documents - JP2TB81.HTM - Voluntary Continence Derives From a Counsel, Not From a Command
Pope John Paul II

In his General Audience of 23 June 1982, the Holy Father continued his catechesis on Theology of the Body, by addressing St. Paul's treatment of virginity and marriage. Consecrated virginity is a matter of counsel, not command, so that marriage is no sin, though voluntary virginity is better. CONTINENCE CELIBACY HELLENISM

 

 

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