Chap., §
1 Bles | intelligence and shapes his freedom, leading him to know and
2 Int, 1 | in search of an illusory freedom apart from truth itself. ~
3 Int, 4 | which end by detaching human freedom from its essential and constitutive
4 1, 7 | interior prompting which sets freedom in motion. This question
5 1, 12 | would be able to live in freedom and in accordance with righteousness (
6 1, 13 | step on the journey towards freedom, its starting-point. "The
7 1, 13 | starting-point. "The beginning of freedom", Saint Augustine writes, "
8 1, 13 | lift up one's head towards freedom. But this is only the beginning
9 1, 13 | is only the beginning of freedom, not perfect freedom...".23 ~
10 1, 13 | of freedom, not perfect freedom...".23 ~
11 1, 17 | so requires mature human freedom ("If you wish to be perfect")
12 1, 17 | self-giving to which human freedom is called. Jesus points
13 1, 17 | the particular dynamic of freedom's growth towards maturity,
14 1, 17 | fundamental relationship between freedom and divine law. Human freedom
15 1, 17 | freedom and divine law. Human freedom and God's law are not in
16 1, 17 | that his vocation is to freedom. "You were called to freedom,
17 1, 17 | freedom. "You were called to freedom, brethren" (Gal 5:13), proclaims
18 1, 17 | adds: "only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the
19 1, 17 | of incipient, imperfect freedom, goes on to say: "Why, someone
20 1, 17 | of my reason'... In part freedom, in part slavery: not yet
21 1, 17 | slavery: not yet complete freedom, not yet pure, not yet whole,
22 1, 17 | in part we have attained freedom. All our sins were destroyed
23 1, 18 | restriction of their own freedom. On the other hand, those
24 1, 18 | enables us to possess the full freedom of the children of God (
25 1, 24 | the Lord's grace and human freedom, between gift and task,
26 1, 27 | journey towards truth and freedom. ~
27 2, 30 | questions, such as: what is freedom and what is its relationship
28 2, 31 | to a crucial issue: human freedom. ~Certainly people today
29 2, 31 | particularly strong sense of freedom. As the Council's Declaration
30 2, 31 | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae had already
31 2, 31 | responsible judgment and freedom, and decide on their actions
32 2, 31(52) | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 1, referring
33 2, 31 | the right to religious freedom and to respect for conscience
34 2, 31(53) | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitaries Humane, 1.~
35 2, 31(54) | Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation Libertatis
36 2, 32 | gone so far as to exalt freedom to such an extent that it
37 2, 32 | and between nature and freedom. ~
38 2, 33 | side with its exaltation of freedom, yet oddly in contrast with
39 2, 33 | the very existence of this freedom. A number of disciplines,
40 2, 33 | influence the exercise of human freedom. Knowledge of these conditionings
41 2, 33 | the very reality of human freedom. ~Mention should also be
42 2, 34 | prescind from the issue of freedom. Indeed, it considers that
43 2, 34 | can be no morality without freedom: "It is only in freedom
44 2, 34 | freedom: "It is only in freedom that man can turn to what
45 2, 34 | good".56 But what sort of freedom? The Council, considering
46 2, 34 | contemporaries who "highly regard" freedom and "assiduously pursue"
47 2, 34 | evil", speaks of "genuine" freedom: "Genuine freedom is an
48 2, 34 | genuine" freedom: "Genuine freedom is an outstanding manifestation
49 2, 34(58) | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 2; cf.
50 2, 34 | interpretations of the relationship of freedom to the moral law, human
51 2, 34 | denying the dependence of freedom on truth. ~If we wish to
52 2, 34 | fundamental dependence of freedom upon truth, a dependence
53 2 | I. Freedom and Law ~
54 2, 35 | an extremely far-reaching freedom, since he can eat "of every
55 2, 35 | of the garden". But his freedom is not unlimited: it must
56 2, 35 | given by God. In fact, human freedom finds its authentic and
57 2, 35 | less do away with human freedom; rather, it protects and
58 2, 35 | protects and promotes that freedom. In contrast, however, some
59 2, 35 | alleged conflict between freedom and law. These doctrines
60 2, 35 | what is good or evil. Human freedom would thus be able to "create
61 2, 35 | considered a creation of freedom. Freedom would thus lay
62 2, 35 | considered a creation of freedom. Freedom would thus lay claim to
63 2, 36 | never attempted to set human freedom against the divine law or
64 2, 37 | fundamental notions of human freedom and of the moral law, as
65 2, 38 | meaning of that "genuine freedom" which is "an outstanding
66 2, 38 | theological reflection on human freedom, which is described as a
67 2, 38 | one which involves his freedom in obedience to the Creator'
68 2, 40 | or were it to suggest a freedom which creates moral norms,
69 2, 40 | would be the death of true freedom: "But of the tree of the
70 2, 41 | man..." (Gen 2:16). Human freedom and God's law meet and are
71 2, 41 | man and intolerant of his freedom. If in fact a heteronomy
72 2, 41 | by submitting to the law, freedom submits to the truth of
73 2, 41 | must acknowledge in the freedom of the human person the
74 2, 42 | 42. Patterned on God's freedom, man's freedom is not negated
75 2, 42 | on God's freedom, man's freedom is not negated by his obedience
76 2, 43(78) | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 3.~
77 2, 44 | which our spirit and our freedom must be subject". Indeed,
78 2, 45 | law of perfection and of freedom (cf 2 Cor 3:17); "the law
79 2, 45 | threat to man's genuine freedom; on the contrary, the acceptance
80 2, 45 | only way to affirm that freedom. ~
81 2, 46 | alleged conflict between freedom and law is forcefully brought
82 2, 46 | Debates about nature and freedom have always marked the history
83 2, 46 | absolute conflict, between freedom and nature were characteristic
84 2, 46 | sensitive to the dignity of freedom, but they frequently conceive
85 2, 46 | they frequently conceive of freedom as somehow in opposition
86 2, 46 | and indeed overcome by freedom, inasmuch as it represents
87 2, 46 | limitation and denial of freedom. For others, it is in the
88 2, 46 | of man's power, or of his freedom, that economic, cultural,
89 2, 46 | and the world apart from freedom. In such an understanding,
90 2, 46 | the product and result of freedom. Human nature, understood
91 2, 46 | ultimately means making freedom selfdefining and a phenomenon
92 2, 46 | nothing more than his own freedom! ~
93 2, 47 | exclusively respect for his freedom to make his own decisions.
94 2, 48 | relationship existing between freedom and human nature, and in
95 2, 48 | questions of natural law. ~A freedom which claims to be absolute
96 2, 48 | meaning and moral values until freedom has shaped it in accordance
97 2, 48 | materially necessary for freedom to make its choice, yet
98 2, 48 | thinking, the tension between freedom and a nature conceived of
99 2, 48 | truth about man and his freedom. It contradicts the Church'
100 2, 48 | person cannot be reduced to a freedom which is self-designing,
101 2, 49 | spiritual" and purely formal freedom. This reduction misunderstands
102 2, 50 | for any division between freedom and nature. Indeed, these
103 2, 51 | alleged conflict between freedom and nature also has repercussions
104 2, 51 | have posited between the freedom of individuals and the nature
105 2, 54 | relationship between man's freedom and God's law is most deeply
106 2, 54 | the relationship between freedom and law is thus intimately
107 2, 54 | referred to above — in which freedom and law are set in opposition
108 2, 54 | other and kept apart, and freedom is exalted almost to the
109 2, 56 | conscience in relation to human freedom and God's law. Only the
110 2, 56 | based on truth, between freedom and law makes possible a
111 2, 60(106)| Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 3.~
112 2, 61 | given act, the link between freedom and truth is made manifest.
113 2, 64 | in no way undermines the freedom of conscience of Christians.
114 2, 64 | This is so not only because freedom of conscience is never freedom "
115 2, 64 | freedom of conscience is never freedom "from" the truth but always
116 2, 64 | truth but always and only freedom "in" the truth, but also
117 2, 64(111)| Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 14.~
118 2 | Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the
119 2, 65 | The heightened concern for freedom in our own day has led many
120 2, 65 | rightly pointed out that freedom is not only the choice for
121 2, 65 | speak of a "fundamental freedom", deeper than and different
122 2, 65 | than and different from freedom of choice, which needs to
123 2, 65 | about by that fundamental freedom whereby the person makes
124 2, 65 | absolute Good (before which the freedom of the person would be expressed
125 2, 65 | partial, could determine the freedom of man as a person in his
126 2, 66 | the moral life and engages freedom on a radical level before
127 2, 66 | possible exaltation of human freedom, yet at the same time it
128 2, 66 | similar exaltation of human freedom in the words of Saint Paul: "
129 2, 66 | Paul: "You were called to freedom, brethren" (Gal 5:13). But
130 2, 66 | warning: "Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the
131 2, 66 | his earlier words: "For freedom Christ has set us free;
132 2, 66 | to be watchful, because freedom is always threatened by
133 2, 67 | option as a genuine choice of freedom and links that choice profoundly
134 2, 67 | determined in such a way that freedom is obligated, is always
135 2, 67 | revoked when man engages his freedom in conscious decisions to
136 2, 69 | carried out at a level of freedom which is neither to be identified
137 2, 69 | degree of engagement of the freedom of the person performing
138 2, 71 | relationship between man's freedom and God's law, which has
139 2, 72 | the relationship of man's freedom with the authentic good.
140 2, 72 | good when the choices of freedom are in conformity with man'
141 2, 75 | inspired by a notion of freedom which prescinds from the
142 2, 82(135)| Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae, 7.~
143 2, 83 | actions, his vocation to freedom in obedience to the divine
144 2, 83 | the Spirit of truth, of freedom and of love: in him we are
145 2, 83 | motivating force of true personal freedom: "the perfect law, the law
146 3 | For freedom Christ has set us free" (
147 3, 84 | the relationship of man's freedom to God's law; it is ultimately
148 3, 84 | the relationship between freedom and truth. ~According to
149 3, 84 | Church's teaching, "only the freedom which submits to the Truth
150 3, 84 | between Truth, the Good and Freedom has been largely lost sight
151 3, 84 | truth is contested, and freedom alone, uprooted from any
152 3, 85 | represent a threat to his freedom and dignity? The Church
153 3, 85 | the authentic meaning of freedom; he lives it fully in the
154 3, 85 | disciples to share in his freedom. ~
155 3, 86 | weakness which marks man's freedom. That freedom is real but
156 3, 86 | marks man's freedom. That freedom is real but limited: its
157 3, 86 | and a possibility. Human freedom belongs to us as creatures;
158 3, 86 | us as creatures; it is a freedom which is given as a gift,
159 3, 86 | the person. Within that freedom there is an echo of the
160 3, 86 | and love of the other.138 Freedom then is rooted in the truth
161 3, 86 | confirm the weakness of human freedom; they also confirm its tragic
162 3, 86 | comes to realize that his freedom is in some mysterious way
163 3, 86 | Gen 3:5). Consequently, freedom itself needs to be set free.
164 3, 86 | he "has set us free for freedom" (cf Gal 5:1). ~
165 3, 87 | condition for authentic freedom: "You will know the truth,
166 3, 87 | the deepest foundation of freedom. ~Furthermore, Jesus reveals
167 3, 87 | only by his words, that freedom is acquired in love, that
168 3, 87 | understand the full meaning of freedom: the gift of self in service
169 3, 87 | unceasingly in order to live in freedom, to give of herself and
170 3, 87 | personal summation of perfect freedom in total obedience to the
171 3, 87 | unbreakable bond between freedom and truth, just as his Resurrection
172 3, 87 | fruitfulness and saving power of a freedom lived out in truth. ~
173 3, 88 | 88. The attempt to set freedom in opposition to truth,
174 3, 89 | 46) and of the authentic freedom which is manifested and
175 3, 95 | good, for his authentic freedom. And this does not result,
176 3, 95 | man, to the growth of his freedom and to the attainment of
177 3, 96 | purpose is to serve man's true freedom. Because there can be no
178 3, 96 | Because there can be no freedom apart from or in opposition
179 3, 96 | for the very existence of freedom. ~This service is directed
180 3, 99 | make way for the authentic freedom of the person. "Totalitarianism
181 3, 99 | connection between truth and freedom — which expresses the essential
182 3, 101 | open in truth to authentic freedom — renders a primordial,
183 3, 102 | maintaining a harmony between freedom and truth occasionally demands
184 3, 103 | the cooperation of human freedom. ~It is in the saving Cross
185 3, 103 | to bear and a source of freedom".163 ~Only in the mystery
186 3, 103 | our being; he has set our freedom free from the domination
187 3, 107 | the more one grows in the freedom to which he or she is called
188 3, 113 | expression either of Christian freedom or of the diversity of the
189 3, 115 | essential characteristics of freedom, as well as the fundamental
190 3, 117 | of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled
191 Conc, 120 | lived and exercised her freedom precisely by giving herself
192 Conc, 120 | him in that supreme act of freedom which is the complete sacrifice
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