Jacek Woroniecki o modlitwie jako czynniku doskonalącym naturę człowieka

• Authors: Boużyk Maria M.

Title variants

EN

Jacek Woroniecki on Prayer as a Factor Improving Human Nature

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article investigates the educational role of prayer in Jacek Woroniecki’s works. As Woroniecki (1878–1949) was a Thomist, his philosophical and theological reflection was complementary. In order to reveal the humanism of Christian formation the article concentrates on Woroniecki’s philosophical claims. It consists of six parts. Part 1 defines prayer as a practice and shows that prayer is an important part of human inner culture (formation). Part 2 reveals a relationship, which is vital for prayer, between man and God as a relation between two real and personal beings. Part 3 discusses the topic of relations between grace and nature in man’s growth. Part 4 studies the mysticism of everyday life if man’s actions are considered as a prayer. Part 5 deals with the forms of prayer in the context of the ontic status of man and Part 6 – with the human factors of prayer: the will, the mind, senses and the body. The findings of all those analyses confirm that in the philosophical (i.e. Thomistic) approach prayer is the core of human spiritual growth.

Keywords

PL

tomizm; modlitwa; humanizm; wychowanie; filozofia

EN

thomism; prayer; humanism; education; philosophy

• Publisher: Naukowe Towarzystwo Tomistyczne
• Journal: Rocznik Tomistyczny
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 357-373

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Boużyk Maria M.

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, Wydział Nauk Pedagogicznych