Przybyłowski, Jan (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2007)
The Church conducts a salvific activity – this is its principal mission. In the pastoral activity, which is to fulfil the salvific mission, there is a need to place the formative function. The Church brings up people, but pedagogical tasks belong to a human activity, in accord with the principle of relative autonomy of the human person. Christian formation in its essence is formation to faith which comes from listening. Owing to Christian formation, the human being may grow in faith by learning the commandments, being open to the truth and beauty, and also by his moral sense, his freedom and voice of conscience, his way to everlasting happiness. Participation in the plan of creation may lead man to know God the Creator, whereas the recognition of God the Saviour and following the way of salvation are possible only because of the co-operation between man and the grace of faith.
