CONCILIO CONSTANTINOPOLITANO I APOSTOLIC LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE 1600TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST COUNCIL OFCONSTANTINOPLE AND THE 1550TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
My dear brothers in the Episcopate, I. 1. I am impelled to write you this letter-which is both a theological reflection and a pastoral invitation coming from the depths of my heart-first of all, by the Sixteenth Centenary of the First Council of Constantinople, which was held in the year 381. As I pointed out […]
Proofs for God’s Existence are Many and Convergent.
Pope John Paul II General Audience of Wednesday, 10 July, 1985. This Papal catechesis on the subject of the existence of God was the second in a series, based on Psalm 18/19: 2-5.: 1. When we ask ourselves “Why do we believe in God?”, the first response is provided by our faith: God has revealed […]
Our knowledge of God and Nature: Physics, Philosophy and Theology
Letter of Pope John Paul II To the Reverend George V. Coyne, S.J.Directorof the Vatican Observatory “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph. 1:2). As you prepare to publish the papers presented at the study week held at Castelgandolfo Sept. 21-26, 1987, I take the occasion to […]
Motherhood: Woman’s Gift to Society
Pope John Paul IIDecember 7, 1996 Holy Father addresses international meeting on promoting the well-being of women “Motherhood shows a creativity on which the humanity of each human being largely depends; it also invites man to learn and to express his own fatherhood. Thus women contribute to society and to the Church their ability to […]
“You Shall not Kill”
Pope John Paul II “From man in regard to his fellow man I will demand an accounting for human life” (Gen 9:5): human life is sacred and inviolable” 53. “Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves “the creative action of God’, and it remains forever in a special relationship with the Creator, […]
The Gospel of Life
Pope John Paul II 1. The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’ message. Lovingly received day after day by the Church, it is to be preached with dauntless fidelity as “good news” to the people of every age and culture. At the dawn of salvation, it is the Birth of a Child […]
Pope John Paul II on Islam
“Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and then reads the Koran, clearly sees the process by which it completely reduces Divine Revelation. It is impossible not to note the movement away from what God said about Himself, first in the Old Testament through the Prophets, and then finally in the New Testament through His […]
Pope John Paul II and the Saints on Islam and Mohammed
Pope John Paul II on Islam “Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and then reads the Koran, clearly sees the process by which it completely reduces Divine Revelation. It is impossible not to note the movement away from what God said about Himself, first in the Old Testament through the Prophets, and then finally […]