Benedict XVI’s Assessment of Contemporary Threats to Peace

• Authors: Józef Warzeszak

Abstracts

EN

Since God created man for peace, the question arises: What are the causes of wars? Benedict XVI often spoke about the threats to peace to diplomats, people who are especially responsible for building peace. The author of the article examined these statements in terms of threats to peace and systematized them according to a theological key. Thus, for Benedict XVI, who put God first in the life of man and society, it was evident that the source of threats to peace is the rejection of God the Creator and Giver of the natural moral law, the deprivation of religious freedom, reductionism of man and his life, as well as erroneous ideologies. From this rejection of the transcendent dimension of reality comes social disorder, that is: injustice, deception leading to violence, evil as a source of further evil, terrorism, the struggle for access to natural resources, and poverty – all of these are direct or indirect threats to peace.

PL

Skoro Bóg stworzył człowieka dla pokoju, to powstaje pytanie: Jakie są przyczyny wojen? O zagrożeniach dla pokoju często mówił Benedykt XVI do dyplomatów, osób szczególnie odpowiedzialnych za budowanie pokoju. Autor artykułu przebadał te wypowiedzi pod kątem zagrożeń dla pokoju i usystematyzował je według klucza teologicznego. I tak, dla Benedykta XVI, który stawiał Boga na pierwszym miejscu w życiu człowieka i społeczeństwa, było zrozumiałe, że źródłem zagrożeń dla pokoju jest odrzucenie Boga Stwórcy i Dawcy naturalnego prawa moralnego, pozbawianie wolności religijnej, redukcjonizm człowieka i jego życia, błędne ideologie. Z tego odrzucenia wymiaru transcendentnego rzeczywistości pochodzi nieporządek społeczny, a więc niesprawiedliwość, kłamstwo prowadzące do przemocy, zło jako źródło dalszego zła, terroryzm, walka o dostęp do zasobów naturalnych oraz ubóstwo – wszystko to stanowi pośrednie lub bezpośrednie zagrożenie dla pokoju.

Keywords

PL

pokój; zagrożenie; negacja Boga; niesprawiedliwość; Joseph Ratzinger; Benedykt XVI

EN

peace; threat; negation of God; injustice; Joseph Ratzinger; Benedict XVI

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Collectanea Theologica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 185-228

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Józef Warzeszak

• Akademia Katolicka w Warszawie

• https://orcid.org/000000022301817X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/ct.2023.93.4.11

Biblioteka Nauki

28328362