Transcendencja osoby centralnym elementem antropologii Jana Pawła II

Abstract

The category of a person belongs to one of the key notions in the philosophical and theological reflection and pastoral service of Karol Wojtyła, later John Paul II. Man is not a self-sufficient entity here, but one that is rational, dialogical and rooted in God. Various manifestations of false anthropologies are juxtaposed with integral humanism, in which religion unfolds for a man-person almost unlimited perspectives, while often popular trends of atheist humanism deprive man of his transcendence, annihilate its ultimate goal, make him unable to learn good and truth and experience beauty. In this context the pope draws our attention to the fact that the source of man's transcendence is the transcendence of God. God, who surpasses the world, calls man, who was created to His likeness, to surpass the world, too. Amidst various anxieties troubling mankind today John Paul II appears as a harbinger of Christ and, at the same time, a protector of man, who bears a special semblance to God.