Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
--
and it should be eternal; that
the Christ should be glorious, mighty, strong, and yet so poor that He would
not be recognised, nor taken for what He is, but rejected and slain; that
His people who denied Him should no longer be His people; that the idolaters
should receive Him, and take refuge in Him; that He should leave Zion to
reign in the centre of idolatry; that nevertheless the Jews should continue
for ever; that He should be of Judah, and when there should be no longer a
king.
SECTION XII: PROOFS OF JESUS CHRIST
737. Therefore I reject all other religions. In that way I find an answer to
all objections. It is right that a God so pure should only reveal Himself to
those whose hearts are purified. Hence this religion is lovable to me, and I
find it now sufficiently justified by so divine a morality. But I find more
in it.
I find it convincing that, since the memory of man has lasted, it was
constantly announced to men that they were universally corrupt, but that a
Redeemer should come; that it is not one man who said it, but