Browsing by Author "Łużyński, Wiesław"

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    Normatywna infrastruktura demokracji. Perspektywa teologiczna i społeczna
    (Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne i Kuria Metropolitalna Gdańska, 2019) Łużyński, Wiesław; Szymczak, Wioletta
    Warunkiem trwania demokracji jest powrót do wielkiej moralnej tradycji chrześcijaństwa oddziałującego przez wieki na kulturę i narody Europy i innych kontynentów. Depozytariuszem wyrosłej z chrześcijaństwa, ale należącej do kultury moralnej ludzkości tradycji, jest m.in. Kościół katolicki uznający autonomię porządku doczesnego, w tym politycznego, pełniący wobec demokracji i rzeczywistości politycznej rolę „korekcyjną” polegającą na oczyszczaniu rozumu, by ten nieustająco powracał do swego potencjału i mógł odczytać „gramatykę” norm moralnych zawartą w naturze. The condition for democracy to exist is the return to the great moral tradition of Christianity which has influenced the culture, European nations and countries of other continents for centuries. The depositary of the tradition which originates from Christianity but belongs to the moral culture of mankind is, among others, the Catholic Church, which recognizes the autonomy of the temporal order, including the political one. The Church plays a “corrective” role for democracy and political reality, which is based on purifying the reason so that it constantly returns to its potential and can interpret the “grammar” of moral norms contained in nature.
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    Public Witness of the Church. Inspiration of Benedict XVI
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2023) Łużyński, Wiesław
    Benedict XVI is a prominent theologian and an insightful observer of social life. One of the topics to which he devotes a great deal of attention is the presence of Christianity and the Church in the public sphere. The title of this article refers to a speech made by the pope during the ad lamina visit of the bishops of the United States, in which he explicitly states that “the Church’s witness is of its nature public”. This article aims to answer the question: What role do the Church and Christianity play in the public sphere? This is a very topical issue that is worth exploring more thoroughly. Particularly inspiring here is the teaching of Benedict XVI, who presents the topic in an interesting and original way. The descriptive analytical method was used in the preparation of the text. The following detailed issues will be submitted in the presentation of the topic: characterization of the public sphere, the place of the Church in this sphere, and the inspiring character of Christianity in the culture of nations that remain in an invigorating dialogue with Christianity and the Church. This article intends to shed light on the inalienability of Christianity in the socio-political culture of the West.