Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation
should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and
princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include
our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of
the spirit of God a divide."
Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
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not think, seeing us compose all things of mind and body, but that
this mixture would be quite intelligible to us? Yet it is the very thing we
least understand. Man is to himself the most wonderful object in nature; for
he cannot conceive what the body is, still less what the mind is, and least
of all how a body should be united to a mind. This is the consummation of
his difficulties, and yet it is his very being. Modus quo corporibus
adhaerent spiritus comprehendi ab hominibus non potest, et hoc tamen homo
est.7 Finally, to complete the proof of our weakness, I shall conclude with
these two considerations...
73. But perhaps this subject goes beyond the capacity of reason. Let us
therefore examine her solutions to problems within her powers. If there be
anything to which her own interest must have made her apply herself most
seriously, it is the inquiry into her own sovereign good. Let us see, then,
wherein these strong and clear-sighted souls have placed it and whether they
agree.
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