Relacyjny i ekstatyczny charakter osoby ludzkiej w teologii Wacława Hryniewicza

Abstract

The ontology of the human person ranks among the most fundamental issues in theological anthropology. Wacław Hryniewicz, one of the most significant and original contemporary Polish theologians, stresses that understanding the person is key to the entire theology of the Christian mystery. The Christian ontology of the person becomes evident primarily through the Trinitarian and Christological dogma. It is this perspective that reveals God’s intended original truth about the human person – created in the image and likeness of God, open to God (capax Dei), and called to communion with Him and with people. The essential dimensions of the human person include its epicletic dimension, ethical rootedness and reference to the truth, goodness and beauty. Man is endowed with a mind, a will and emotions. He has been created free and called to freedom. He finds fulfillment in love. The most significant dimensions of the human person include its relation-oriented and ecstatic dimensions.