Love and Responsibility Chapter 1
Love and Responsibility Chapter 1 Karol Wojtyla (who becomes Pope John Paul II), wrote Love and Responsibility in 1960. This blog post summarizes the salient points from the author's Introduction and Chapter 1. The key Biblical texts for sexual morality are Matthew 5:27-28; 19:1-13, Mark 10:1-12, Luke 20:27-35, John 8:1-11, I Corinthians 7, Ephesians 5:22-33 (page 16). Chapter 1 - The Personal and the Sexual Urge Analysis of the Verb 'To Use' Every subject also exists as an object (page 21). A person is an individual being of a rational nature (page 22). The person, as subject, is distinguished from animals by having an inner life which revolves around truth and goodness, and can communicate with God (page 22-23). Man has the power of self-determination or free will (page 24). 1st definition of "to use" - to employ some object of action as a means to an end (page 25). 2nd definition of "to use" - to experience pleasure, the pleasure which is slightly ...