Prawa człowieka i prawa chrześcijanina. Problemy teoretyczno-prawne

Abstract

The article presents some problems connected with the project of the proclamation in Lex Ecclesiae Fundamentalis of two cathegories of historical rights of a human individual in social life, i.e. the basic rights of a man the basic rights of a Christian. First the principles of the Council and post-Council doctrine concerning the dignity of a human person in the natural and supernatural dimensions as well as the rights and duties of a person in social life (p. II) have been discussed. Then some chosen problems connected with the affirmation of these principles in the positive canonic law have been characterized. As it is known, the catalogue of the rights and duties of a Christian contained in the project of Lex Ecclesiae Fundamentalis met sharp criticism by many Catholic groups. The author mentions this criticism, but his main attention is drawn to the analysis of the mutual relations between „duty” and „authorization” in constructing a catalogue of rights of a man and rights of a Christian in the Catholic formulation.