Today I finally finished reading the 130 or so pages of the introduction to Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II . So I continued on into the actual text.
The actual text, although written before Karol Wojtyla (? I hope that's the correct spelling) became Pope John Paul II, was presented by Pope John Paul II as a series of weekly Wednesday addresses in St. Peter's Square in Rome from September 5th, 1979, to Novermber 28th, 1984, with a break in 1981 from the 13th of May until the 4th of November, when he was shot and recovered.
I began, today, reading the first address, made on Wednesday, September 5th, 1979, exactly 33 years to the day that Pope John Paul II presented it !
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Here is a link to the entire text as presented to the Wednesday General Audiences:
http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tbind.htm
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Here is a link to my reference to Theology of the Body on my website :
https://www.sites.google.com/site/hesusjoychrist/theology-of-the-body-by-pope-john-paul-ii
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Here, courtesy of Amazon.com, is a peek inside my copy of Michael Waldstein's translation.
( I probably got my copy from Amazon.com around 2005, and have only begun to attempt to read it. It's just like being back in University, but way cheaper !! )
Here is the link to Amazon.com : http://www.amazon.com/Man-Woman-He-Created-Them/dp/0819874213#_
“The publication of this new
translation of John Paul II’s extraordinary catechesis on Man and Woman He
Created Them: A Theology of the Body is almost as important an event as its
appearance in English for the first time in 1981. Not only is it an accurate,
consistent translation from the official Italian text, but it reintroduces the
author’s own original emphases. It clears up the confusion caused by
indiscriminate use of words such as ‘lust’ for ‘desiderio’ and
‘concupiscenza,’ mistranslations that have gravely obscured key aspects
of the redemption of the body. Above all, through research in the papal archives
and recourse to John Paul II himself, Waldstein has supplied the original
headings from the Polish edition, which enable the reader to grasp the work’s
structure as a whole and the integration of its parts. Waldstein’s introduction
is, in its own right, a significant contribution to the thought of John Paul II.
Scholar and lay reader alike have reason to be profoundly
grateful.”
—Mary Shivanandan, S.T.D.
Professor of Theology, John Paul II
Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC
“Professor Michael Waldstein’s new
translation of the audiences given by Pope John Paul II on the theology of the
body is absolutely superb. I have worked with the text over the past two and a
half decades and compared the existing English translation with the Italian. I
discovered many inconsistencies in the existing translation. Waldstein has given
us a text faithful to the original and extremely helpful.”
—William E. May
Michael J. McGivney Professor of
Moral Theology, Professor of Theology, John Paul II Institute for Studies on
Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America, Washington,
DC
“[Michael Waldstein’s introduction]
is nothing less than stunning in its completeness, insight, and integrating
power. I have rarely read a text with such pleasure! It modestly puts itself in
the service of an introduction to the papal text, but could stand by itself as
an interpretive monograph of the scope and depth of John Paul II’s thought—not
only in regard to the express topic, but more generally. Indeed, it articulates
a quite general critique of the ‘depersonalized’ character of much of modern
thought while at the same time formulating a positive understanding of the human
person, and precisely regarding the role of the human body.”
—Kenneth Schmitz
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and
Fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto John Paul II
Man and Woman: He Created Them
John Paul II
Man and Woman: He Created
Them
A Theology of the Body
Translation, Introduction, and Index
by Michael Waldstein
Nihil Obstat: William E. May,
Ph.D.
Imprimatur: His Eminence Seán
Cardinal O’Malley, OFM, Cap.
Archbishop of Boston
August 10, 2006
Library of Congress information on
file.
ISBN-10 Print:
0-8198-7421-3
ISBN-10 eBook:
0-8198-4874-3
ISBN-13 eBook:
978-0-8198-4874-1
Cover design by Rosana
Usselmann
Cover art: Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475–1564). The Sistine Chapel; ceiling frescoes after restoration. The
Creation of Adam. Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican State. Photo
Credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
Note on the cover art: In the Sistine
Chapel’s The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, we see that as God looks
down at the passage of energy from his right arm through his index finger into
Adam’s left hand, he affectionately holds Eve under his other arm, her left hand
resting gently above his wrist with her index finger slightly raised. Though she
is still only an idea in God’s mind, her eyes are intensely fixed on the eyes of
Adam, who turns toward God’s face and returns her look.
Reproduction of John Paul II’s
handwritten instructions for the theology of the body provided through the
courtesy of Fr. Jan Głowczyk, director of the John Paul II Archives, Dom Polski,
Rome.
Quotations from the works of St. John of
the Cross excerpted from The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross,
translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez, copyright © 1991 by
Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites. ICS Publications, 2131 Lincoln
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For this revised printing, the English
translation of the Italian text has been checked against the original Polish
text. Thanks are due to Grzegorz Ignatik for his painstaking work.
Copyright © 1986, 2006, Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Città del Vaticano, for the original catechetical texts
of John Paul II and the then Cardinal Karol Wojtyła. The texts may be found on
the Vatican website: www.vatican.va.
Introduction, index, and translator’s
notes accompanying text © 2006, Michael Waldstein
Edition copyright © 2006, 1997,
Daughters of St. Paul
Published by Pauline Books & Media,
50 Saint Paul’s Avenue, Boston, MA 02130-3491.
Pauline Books & Media is the
publishing house of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation of
women religious serving the Church with the communications media.
Contents
John Paul II’s Instructions for the Theology of the
Body
Foreword by Christoph Cardinal
Schönborn
Preface by Christopher West
Introduction by Michael
Waldstein
1. The Text
a. Textual Basis
b. Translation
c. Literary Genre, Intended Audience, and
Authority
d. Reading of Scripture
2. Wojtyła’s Carmelite
Personalism
a. Gaudium et Spes 24:3, and the Sanjuanist
Triangle
b. Wojtyła’s Encounter with St. John of the
Cross
c. The Sanjuanist Triangle in Detail
3. Wojtyła and Kant
a. Bacon, Descartes, and a New
Subjectivity
b. Kant’s Anti-Trinitarian
Personalism
c. Kant and John Paul II on Sex and
Marriage
4. Wojtyła and Scheler
a. Scheler’s Essentialist
Personalism
b. Wojtyła’s Critique of Scheler
5. An Overview of Wojtyła’s
Concerns
a. Wojtyła’s Seven Major Works
b. Faith, Experience, and Personal
Subjectivity
c. The Trinitarian Nucleus of the
Council
6. The Purpose of the Theology of the
Body
a. Why Theology “of the Body” in
Particular?
b. Why Humanae Vitae in
Particular?
7. Structure and Argument
a. The Overall Structure
b. Alternate Structures
c. The Structure in Detail
d. The Main Argument
e. A Guiding Star for Reading TOB
Part One: The Words of Christ
Chapter One: Christ Appeals to the
“Beginning”
1. What Is Meant by
“Beginning”?
Approaching Genesis
First Account of the Creation of Man
Second Account of the Creation of
Man
The Perspective of the “Redemption of the Body” (Rom
8:23)
2. The Meaning of Original
Solitude
A Twofold Context
Man in Search of His Essence
Solitude and Subjectivity
Solitude and the Meaning of the Body
The Alternative between Death and
Immortality
3. The Meaning of Original
Unity
The Unity of the Two
Dimensions of Homogeneity
“Communion of Persons”
“Flesh from My Flesh” (Gen 2:23)
The Unity of Becoming “One Flesh”
4. The Meaning of Original
Nakedness
Introductory Observations about Genesis
2:25
Shame—A “Boundary” Experience
Attempted Reconstruction
Participation in the Visibility of the
World
The Inner Dimension of Vision
Intimacy—The Hidden Meaning of
Vision
5. Man in the Dimension of
Gift
A. The Spousal Meaning of the
Body
Creation as Giving
Giving and Man
Gift—Mystery of a Beatifying
Beginning
Discovery of the “Spousal” Meaning of the
Body
“Freedom of the Gift”—Foundation of the Spousal Meaning of
the Body
The “Spousal Character” of the Body and the Revelation of
the Person
The Spousal Meaning of the Body as the Fruit of Rootedness
in Love
B. The Mystery of Original
Innocence
Gift to the Human Heart
Original Innocence and Consciousness of the Spousal Meaning
of the Body
Innocence at the Foundation of the Exchange of the
Gift
Exchange of the Gift—Interpretation of Genesis
2:25
Theology of Original Innocence
The Root of the Ethos of the Human
Body
The Foundation of the Primordial Sacrament—The Body as
Sign
6. “Knowledge” and Procreation (Gen
4:1)
Between Poverty of Expression and Depth of
Meaning
“Knowledge” as Personal Archetype
Fatherhood and Motherhood as the Human Meaning of
“Knowledge”
Knowledge and Possession
Knowledge Stronger than Death
7. [Conclusion: An Integral
Vision]
Chapter Two: Christ Appeals to the Human
Heart
1. In the Light of the Sermon on the
Mount
Matthew 5:27–28—“Whoever Looks to
Desire…”
Matthew 5:27–28—Ethical Meaning
Matthew 5:27–28—Anthropological
Meaning
Matthew 5:27–28 Indicates a Further
Dimension
2. The Man of Concupiscence
A. The Meaning of Original
Shame
Casting Doubt on the Gift
Man Alienated from Original Love
Change in the Meaning of Original
Nakedness
“Immanent” Shame
Sexual Shame
B. Insatiability of the Union
Corruption of the Consciousness of the Unitive Meaning of
the Body
A Deeper Dimension of Shame
The Meaning of “Insatiability of the
Union”
Where Does the Insatiability of the Union Come
From?
C. The Corruption of the Spousal Meaning of the
Body
Meaning—“Measure of the Heart”
Threat Against the Expression of the Spirit in the
Body
Loss of the Freedom of the Gift
The Inner Measure of Belonging
3. Commandment and Ethos
A. It Was Said, “Do Not Commit Adultery” (Mt
5:27)
The History of a People
Legislation
The Prophets
Covenant
B. “Whoever Looks to Desire…”
Shift in the Center of Gravity
The Wisdom Tradition
The Inner State of the Man of Concupiscence (Sir
23:16–24)
Christ’s Call to Halt at the Threshold of the
Look
Concupiscence—Reduction of a Perennial
Call
Concupiscence—“Communion” of Persons Versus “Urge” of
Nature
C. “Has Committed Adultery in the
Heart…”
The “Key” Phrase
A First Reading
A Second Reading
Purity of Heart as the Fulfillment of the
Commandment
4. The “Heart”—Accused or
Called?
A. Condemnation of the Body?
Manichaeism
The Correct Understanding
Anti-Value or Value not Sufficiently
Appreciated?
B. The “Heart” Under
Suspicion?
“Masters of Suspicion”
Essential Divergence
C. Eros and Ethos
Eros as the Source of the “Erotic”
Ethos as an Inner Power of Eros
The Problem of Erotic Spontaneity
5. The Ethos of the Redemption of the
Body
6. Purity as “Life according to the
Spirit”
“Purity” and “Heart”
“Body” and “Spirit” according to St.
Paul
“Works of the Flesh” and “Fruit of the
Spirit”
“Flesh” and “The Freedom for Which Christ Set Us
Free”
Purity—“Keeping the Passions Away” or “Keeping the Body with
Holiness and Reverence”?
Analysis of the Pauline “Description of the Body” (1 Cor
12:18–27)
Purity as a Virtue and a Gift
Purity and Wisdom
7. The Gospel of Purity of Heart—Yesterday and
Today
Theology of the Body
Theology and Pedagogy
Appendix: The Ethos of the Body in Art and
Media
Chapter Three: Christ Appeals to the
Resurrection
1. The Resurrection of the Body as a Reality of the
“Future World”
A. The Synoptics: “He Is Not God of the Dead but of the
Living”
The Third Part of the Triptych
Witness to the Power of the Living
God
The New Meaning of the Body
Spiritualization
Divinization
B. Pauline Interpretation of the Resurrection in 1
Corinthians 15:42–49
Final Victory over Death
The First Adam and the Last Adam
2. Continence for the Kingdom of
Heaven
A. The Words of Christ in Matthew
19:11–12
Christ’s Word and the Rule for
Understanding
Three Kinds of “Eunuchs”—Why?
Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven and “Fruitfulness from
the Spirit”
The Expression “For the Kingdom of Heaven” Indicates
Motivation
Continence and Marriage—Vocation of “Historical”
Man
Right Understanding of the “Superiority” of Continence for
the Kingdom of Heaven
Continence for the Kingdom—Between Renunciation and
Love
The Spousal Meaning of the Body as the Foundation of
Christ’s Call to Continence
Renunciation in the Service of
Affirmation
B. Paul’s Understanding of the Relation between Virginity
and Marriage (1 Cor 7)
Christ’s Statement and the Teaching of the
Apostles
Paul’s Argumentation
“Concupiscence” and “Gift from God”
Conclusion of Part One: The Redemption of the
Body
Part Two: The Sacrament
Chapter One: The Dimension of Covenant and of
Grace
1. Ephesians 5:21–33
A. Introduction and
Connection
The Text of Ephesians 5:21–33
Ephesians 5:21–33 and Christ’s Words
Ephesians 5:21–33—Two Meanings of
“Body”
Does Ephesians 5:21–33 Speak about the Sacramentality of
Marriage?
Sacrament and Body
Direction of the Following Analyses
B. Detailed Analysis
Ephesians 5:21–33 in the Context of Ephesians as a
Whole
The Mystery of Christ and the Vocation of the
Christian
The Atmosphere of the Christian Community’s
Life
Indications for the Community of the
Family
The Spouses: “Reciprocally Subject in the Fear of
Christ”
Analogy and Mystery (At the Foundation of the Sacramentality
of Marriage)
An Additional Aspect of the Analogy—Head and
Body
Two Subjects or One?
“…As Their Own Body” (Eph 5:28)
“This Mystery Is Great”
2. Sacrament and Mystery
The Mystery Hidden from Ages Revealed and Active in
Christ
The Analogy of Spousal Love
Isaiah and Ephesians
The Reality of the Gift, The Meaning of
Grace
Marriage as the Primordial Sacrament
“The Sacrament of Redemption”
Marriage as Figure and as Sacrament of the New
Covenant
The Sacraments of the Church
3. Sacrament and “Redemption of the
Body”
A. The Gospel
The Words of Christ and the Mystery of
Redemption
The Sacrament of Redemption and the Indissolubility of
Marriage
Sacrament—Given as Grace and Assigned as an
Ethos
Sacrament—Call to “Life according to the
Spirit”
Sacrament and the Eschatological Hope of the “Redemption of
the Body”
B. Ephesians
The Spousal and Redemptive Meaning of
Love
Redemption of the Body and “The Sacrament of
Man”
Chapter Two: The Dimension of
Sign
1. “Language of the Body” and the Reality of the
Sign
The Marital Promise
“Prophetism of the Body”
“Language of the Body” Reread in the
Truth
“Language of the Body” and the Concupiscence of the
Flesh
“Language of the Body” and “Hermeneutics of the
Sacrament”
2. The Song of Songs
Resuming Genesis: Wonder
“My Sister, My Bride”
“A Garden Closed, A Fountain Sealed”
Eros or Agape?
3. When the “Language of the Body” Becomes the Language
of the Liturgy (Reflections on Tobit)
The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah
Love as a Test
The Prayer of the New Spouses
When the Language of the Liturgy Becomes the “Language of
the Body”
The Sacramental Sign—“Mysterium” and
“Ethos”
Chapter Three: He Gave Them the Law of Life as Their
Inheritance
1. The Ethical Problem
The Moral Norm and the Truth of the “Language of the
Body”
The Rightness of the Norm and Its
“Practicability”
Responsible Parenthood
The Truth of the “Language of the Body” and the Evil of
Contraception
Ethical Regulation of Fertility (The Primacy of
Virtue)
Ethical Regulation of Fertility: Person, Nature, and
Method
2. Outline of Conjugal
Spirituality
The Power that Flows from Sacramental
“Consecration”
Analysis of the Virtue of Continence
Continence between “Arousal” and
“Emotion”
The Gift of Reverence
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Words and Phrases
Scripture Index
Systems of Reference to TOB
Notes to “From Archives” Section
Notes
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