Centesimus annus
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1 Int, 3 | will also manifest the true meaning of the Church's Tradition
2 3, 24 | facing the question of the meaning of personal existence. When
3 3, 24 | personal identity and for the meaning of life, to rediscover the
4 4, 41 | the loss of the authentic meaning of life — is a reality in
5 6, 55 | The Church receives "the meaning of man" from Divine Revelation. "
Dives in misericordia
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6 1, 2 | God's mercy a definitive meaning. Not only does He speak
7 2, 3 | importance with reference to the meaning of terms and the content
8 2, 3 | say, to establishing the meaning of the vocabulary and the
9 3, 4 | term justice ended up by meaning the salvation accomplished
10 4, 5(61)| is a case of mercy in the meaning of hesed, insofar as in
11 4, 5(61)| clearly expressed the second meaning, namely, rahamim (Latin
12 4, 6 | world. The true and proper meaning of mercy does not consist
13 5, 9 | there is a deep theological meaning, for they express the special
14 6, 10 | What is man? What is the meaning of suffering, evil, death,
15 7, 14 | seventy times seven,"131 meaning that he must be able to
16 8, 15 | loses its sense of the very meaning of the word "mercy," moves
Dominum et vivificantem
Chap., §
17 1, 4 | to understand the correct meaning of the content of Christ'
18 1, 6 | explains the definitive meaning of that history. ~ ~
19 2, 27 | judgment have a very precise meaning, different from the meaning
20 2, 27 | meaning, different from the meaning that one might be inclined
21 2, 27 | the Holy Spirit. Both the meaning of the individual words
22 2, 29 | given the widest possible meaning, insofar as it includes
23 2, 29 | not believe in him," this meaning seems to apply only to those
24 2, 29 | and historically specified meaning of sin expands, until it
25 3, 59 | the full discovery of the meaning of humanity - God comes
26 3, 61 | we also grasp the full meaning of what Jesus says, also
27 3, 64 | all the fullness of its meaning in this phase of transition
28 3, 66 | destined to give fullness of meaning to the celebration of the
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
Chap., §
29 Int, 2 | Last Supper understand the meaning of the words spoken by Christ?
30 Int, 10 | Stripped of its sacrificial meaning, it is celebrated as if
31 1, 12 | expressed its sacrificial meaning and made sacramentally present
32 1, 20 | bringing out its profound meaning, the account of the “washing
33 5, 50 | in all its elements, the meaning of the Eucharist in accordance
34 5, 52 | Eucharist; this is their deepest meaning. Liturgy is never anyone'
35 5, 52 | more clearly this deeper meaning of liturgical norms, I have
Evangelium vitae
Chap., §
36 Int, 1 | Christmas also reveals the full meaning of every human birth, and
37 1, 11 | difficult to grasp clearly the meaning of what man is, the meaning
38 1, 11 | meaning of what man is, the meaning of his rights and his duties.
39 1, 15 | which fails to perceive any meaning or value in suffering, but
40 1, 15 | deprived of any prospect of meaning or hope. We see a tragic
41 1, 18 | of jeopardizing the very meaning of democratic coexistence:
42 1, 19 | original content, and its very meaning and dignity are contradicted.~
43 1, 22 | the question of the truest meaning of his own existence, nor
44 1, 22 | not surprising that the meaning of everything else becomes
45 1, 23 | appears to have lost all meaning and the temptation grows
46 1, 26 | habits and discover anew the meaning of life.~Medical science,
47 1, 28 | full religious and moral meaning when it flows from, is formed
48 2, 30 | deepest and most original meaning of this meditation on what
49 2, 30 | acquires its full value and meaning, for God's eternal life
50 2, 31 | in its perception of the meaning and value of life itself.
51 2 | life, Jesus brings life's meaning to fulfilment ~ ~
52 2, 32 | the Father's love gives meaning and value.~"The blind receive
53 2, 32 | 1), Jesus sets forth the meaning of his own mission: all
54 2, 32 | level they affect the very meaning of every person's life in
55 2, 32 | having appreciated its real meaning: "Fool! This night your
56 2, 34 | would ponder at length the meaning of this particular bond
57 2, 36 | acknowledged as God, the profound meaning of man is betrayed and communion
58 2, 43 | human and full of religious meaning, insofar as it involves
59 2, 48 | which life finds its full meaning.~It is not surprising, therefore,
60 2, 49 | deepest and most authentic meaning of life: namely, that of
61 2, 50 | revealed as the centre, meaning and goal of all history
62 2, 50 | Jesus sheds light on the meaning of the life and death of
63 2, 51 | life finds its centre, its meaning and its fulfilment when
64 2, 51 | the fullness of truth the meaning and destiny of our existence.~
65 3, 74 | freedom itself, the authentic meaning and purpose of which are
66 3, 76 | Christ gives new content and meaning to the law of reciprocity,
67 4, 80 | earthly life acquires its full meaning.~Enlightened by this Gospel
68 4, 81 | with loving concern. The meaning of life is found in giving
69 4, 81 | significance. Love also gives meaning to suffering and death;
70 4, 82 | reveals what man is and the meaning of his being and existence.
71 4, 83 | who see life in its deeper meaning, who grasp its utter gratuitousness,
72 4, 83 | feels challenged to find meaning, and precisely in these
73 4, 84 | and death in their fullest meaning. Thanks to a genuine rediscovery
74 4, 85 | society a recognition of the meaning and value of human life
75 4, 88 | help in rediscovering the meaning of love and life, and in
76 4, 88 | and specifically Christian meaning. This must be especially
77 4, 92 | greater awareness of the meaning of procreation as a unique
78 4, 92 | children an example of the true meaning of suffering and death.
79 4, 93 | celebration which gives meaning to every other form of prayer
80 4, 96 | the person their truest meaning.~No less critical in the
81 4, 97 | according to their true meaning and in their close interconnection.
82 4, 97 | person, "manifests its inmost meaning in leading the person to
83 4, 97 | respecting the "spousal" meaning of the body.~The work of
84 4, 97 | procreation. In its true meaning, responsible procreation
85 4, 97 | pain and suffering have meaning and value when they are
86 4, 99 | called to bear witness to the meaning of genuine love, of that
87 Conc, 102 | motherhood, she discovers the meaning of her own motherhood and
Fides et ratio
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88 Int, 1 | with the question of the meaning of things and of their very
89 Int, 1 | source in the quest for meaning which has always compelled
90 Int, 3 | asking the question of life's meaning and sketching an answer
91 Int, 5 | radical questions about the meaning and ultimate foundation
92 Int, 6 | of discovering the real meaning of life is cast into doubt.
93 1, 7 | human mind can know of the meaning of life.~
94 1, 12 | absolutely valid source of meaning for human life. Now, in
95 1, 13 | to embrace its profound meaning. This is why the Church
96 1, 13 | order to grasp the deeper meaning which they bear. They contain
97 1, 15 | and we understand the full meaning of the Lord's words: “You
98 2, 20 | results acquire their true meaning only if they are set within
99 2, 20 | everything acquires true meaning. In brief, human beings
100 2, 20 | they discover the deeper meaning of all things and most especially
101 2, 23 | adequate explanation of the meaning of existence upon merely
102 3, 26 | question: Does life have a meaning? Where is it going? At first
103 3, 26 | have doubts about life's meaning. The daily experience of
104 3, 26 | dramatic as the question of meaning cannot be evaded.26 Moreover,
105 3, 26 | with the question of the meaning of life and immortality.~
106 3, 27 | to all their searching a meaning and an answer—something
107 3, 27 | journeys in search of life's meaning under the guidance of a
108 3, 30 | to the question of life's meaning; and in the light of this
109 3, 33 | which would explain the meaning of life. And it is therefore
110 3, 33(28) | which can reveal the full meaning of life. These enquiries,
111 4, 38 | unresolved question of life's meaning that delving into the philosophers
112 4, 39 | gods assumed a wholly new meaning, signifying now the reflection
113 4, 42 | function is rather to find meaning, to discover explanations
114 4, 43 | the depths and explain the meaning of this reasonableness.
115 4, 47 | for the ultimate goal and meaning of life; but instead, as “
116 4, 48 | within themselves the true meaning of their own life. But this
117 5, 56 | acknowledge the full and ultimate meaning of life which has traditionally
118 5, 56 | Jesus Christ this ultimate meaning, I cannot but encourage
119 6, 66 | bringing to light the salvific meaning of these propositions for
120 6, 66 | articulate the universal meaning of the mystery of the One
121 6, 67 | truths with their fullest meaning, directing them towards
122 6, 67(90) | basic questions about the meaning of life, the purpose he
123 6, 76 | and the question of the meaning of life or, more directly,
124 7, 80 | for the harmony and the meaning of human life.~The problem
125 7, 80 | poses the problem of the meaning of life and proffers its
126 7, 80 | and human life do have a meaning and look towards their fulfilment,
127 7, 80 | only at this point does the meaning of life reach its defining
128 7, 81 | noted, is the “crisis of meaning”. Perspectives on life and
129 7, 81 | This makes the search for meaning difficult and often fruitless.
130 7, 81 | makes sense to ask about meaning. The array of theories which
131 7, 81 | asks the question of the meaning of life would be in grave
132 7, 81 | ultimate and overarching meaning of life. This first requirement
133 7, 81 | towards a final goal and meaning. This sapiential dimension
134 7, 81 | natural foundation of this meaning, which corresponds to the
135 7, 81 | ultimate and overarching meaning would be not only ill-adapted
136 7, 84 | thought and speech and the meaning which language bears. However,
137 7, 85 | consequent fragmentation of meaning, keeps people today from
138 7, 88 | with the question of the meaning of life to the realm of
139 7, 89 | existential analyses of the meaning of suffering and sacrifice,
140 7, 91 | horizon of total absence of meaning, where everything is provisional
141 7, 94 | the relationship between meaning and truth. Like every other
142 7, 94 | interprets primarily transmit a meaning which needs to be grasped
143 7, 94 | grasped and explained. This meaning presents itself as the truth
144 7, 94 | relate lies rather in the meaning they have in and for the
145 7, 94 | preserves intact their original meaning. There is a pressing need,
146 7, 94 | relationship between fact and meaning, a relationship which constitutes
147 7, 96 | reckon seriously with the meaning which words assume in different
148 7, 96 | does not exclude that their meaning is often imperfect. This
149 7, 96(113)| As for the meaning of dogmatic formulas, this
150 Conc, 102 | ultimate and definitive meaning of life. In the light of
151 Conc, 102 | the human and humanizing meaning of God's word also emerges
152 Conc, 107 | unceasing search for truth and meaning. Different philosophical
Laborem exercens
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153 1, 2 | deeper and fuller way the meaning of the previous analysis
154 1, 2 | injustices; and it is the meaning that must be given today
155 2, 5 | There thus emerges the meaning of work in an objective
156 2, 6 | pre-eminence of the subjective meaning of work over the objective
157 2, 6 | not possess a definitive meaning in itself. In fact, in the
158 2, 7 | has a definite historical meaning as a system, an economic
159 2, 9 | more clearly the ethical meaning of work, it is this truth
160 2, 9 | impossible to understand the meaning of the virtue of industriousness,
161 3, 11 | strongly affects its value and meaning. Even when it is accompanied
162 3, 12 | connected with these means (meaning the capability to use them
163 4, 23 | values and the profound meaning of work itself require that
164 5, 24 | human being may be given the meaning which it has in the eyes
165 5, 25 | must learn the deepest meaning and the value of all creation,
166 5, 26 | with regard to the right meaning of progress: "A person is
Redemptor hominis
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167 2, 7 | times: "Feed my lambs"22, meaning: Be the shepherd of my sheepfold,
168 2, 9 | Redemption, explain the meaning of the Cross and death of
169 2, 10 | dignity to man and given back meaning to his life in the world,
170 2, 10 | his life in the world, a meaning that was lost to a considerable
171 2, 11 | other words for the full meaning of human life. The Council
172 2, 11 | own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.~All of
173 3, 15 | often seems to see no other meaning in his natural environment
174 3, 16 | himself101. The essential meaning of this "kingship" and "
175 4, 18 | all inwardly and giving meaning to all her activity. Through
176 4, 19 | never lose sight of the meaning of their service in the
177 4, 20 | the stupendous content and meaning of which have often been
178 4, 20 | magnitude and its essential meaning. It is at one and the same
179 4, 20 | respected, as must the full meaning of this sacramental sign
180 4, 21 | community life - in the human meaning of this word - is a community
Redemptoris Mater
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181 1, 12 | greeting is filled with meaning, her final words would seem
182 1, 15 | abandoning herself to the meaning which was given to the words
183 1, 16 | Simeon's words match the meaning of this name, which is Savior: "
184 1, 18 | blessing reaches its full meaning when Mary stands beneath
185 1, 20 | add a new dimension and meaning to everything human, and
186 1, 20 | himself, takes on another meaning. In the words reported by
187 1, 20 | teaches precisely this new meaning of motherhood.~Is Jesus
188 1, 21 | the new dimension, the new meaning of Mary's motherhood. Her
189 1, 23(47) | Gospels: no one can grasp its meaning without having leaned his
190 2, 37 | connected with the Christian meaning of freedom and liberation. "
191 2, 37 | in its completeness the meaning of her own mission."93~
192 3, 46 | fullness and the definitive meaning of his vocation, for "Christ...
193 3 | 3. The meaning of the Marian Year~
Redemptoris missio
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194 Int, 2 | his dignity and given back meaning to his life in the world."3~
195 Int, 3 | about man and about the meaning of life itself.~God is opening
196 1, 5 | not excluded, they acquire meaning and value only from Christ'
197 1, 11 | us" (2 Cor 5:14), giving meaning and joy to our life. Mission
198 2, 12 | election has a universal meaning (cf. for example Is 2:2-
199 2, 18 | result is a distortion of the meaning of the kingdom, which runs
200 3, 28 | always...want to know what meaning to give their life, their
201 4, 34 | deprived of its essential meaning and of the very activity
202 4, 36 | order to discover the deep meaning of their work, along the
203 4, 38 | witnessing a desperate search for meaning, the need for an inner life,
204 4, 38 | to the search for life's meaning. Here too there is an "Areopagus"
205 5, 47 | Baptism obscure its genuine meaning as an act of faith. This
206 6, 65 | longer to understand the meaning of their vocation and no
Slavorum apostoli
Chap., §
207 7, 25 | understood and when its value and meaning are properly considered,
Sollicitudo rei socialis
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208 4, 27(50) | development" its fullest meaning. ~
209 4, 31 | original ways a concept of the meaning of history and of human
210 4, 31 | goal which surpasses this meaning and which is always defined
211 5, 38 | the precise theological meaning of the word "sin," a change
212 7, 48 | sacrament, the profound meaning of our actions in the world
Ut unum sint
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213 Int, 1 | Cross, to empty it of its meaning, and to deny that in it
214 1, 9 | all eternity. Such is the meaning of Christ's prayer: "Ut
215 1, 18 | deposit of faith, changing the meaning of dogmas, eliminating essential
216 1, 19 | communion in truth is the meaning of truth. The expression
217 1, 19 | message in its unchanging meaning.38~"This renewal therefore
218 2, 54 | employed finds its deepest meaning: the Church must breathe
219 2, 67 | undertaken concerning the true meaning of the Lord's Supper, the
220 2, 72 | same gesture, so rich in meaning, was repeated in Rome at
221 3, 88 | would contradict the very meaning of power according to the
Veritatis splendor
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222 Int, 1 | more by his search for the meaning of life. The development
223 Int, 2 | efforts to discover the meaning of life, offers to everyone
224 Int, 2 | human questionings on the meaning of this life and the life
225 1, 7 | followed, but about the full meaning of life. This is in fact
226 1, 8 | carefully inquire into the meaning of the question asked by
227 1, 8 | Gospel and, even more, the meaning of Jesus' reply, allowing
228 1, 12 | light of truth, a source of meaning for life, an inchoate share
229 1, 15 | bringing out their fullest meaning. Love of neighbour springs
230 1, 15 | of respecting the spousal meaning of the body: "You have heard
231 1, 15 | he fulfils its authentic meaning by the total gift of himself:
232 1, 16 | understanding of the real meaning of the demands contained
233 1, 17 | desire, that is, for the meaning of the commandments to be
234 1, 18 | they bring out the full meaning of the commandment of love
235 1, 18 | Jesus makes even clearer the meaning of this perfection: "Be
236 2, 29 | expressed, keeping the same meaning and the same judgment".46
237 2, 30 | What is man? What is the meaning and purpose of our life?
238 2, 38 | Vatican Council explains the meaning of that "genuine freedom"
239 2, 47 | must freely determine the meaning of his behaviour. This process
240 2, 47 | process of "determining the meaning" would obviously have to
241 2, 48 | raw datum, devoid of any meaning and moral values until freedom
242 2, 49 | misunderstands the moral meaning of the body and of kinds
243 2, 50 | At this point the true meaning of the natural law can be
244 2, 50 | can the specifically human meaning of the body be grasped.
245 2, 50 | corporeity which alter its human meaning, the Church serves man and
246 2, 53 | distorted the primordial meaning and the role of certain
247 2, 53(100)| are set forth (with their meaning preserved intact) is something
248 2, 64 | and charity. This is the meaning of Jesus' saying: "He who
249 2, 66 | prescriptions their primordial meaning, gives the morality of the
250 3, 85 | Christ reveals the authentic meaning of freedom; he lives it
251 3, 87 | wishes to understand the full meaning of freedom: the gift of
252 3, 92 | illusory whatever "human meaning" one might claim to attribute,
253 3, 95 | it in its most profound meaning as an outpouring of God'
254 3, 97 | prohibiting evil, manifest their meaning and force, both personal
255 3, 114 | their spirit and deepest meaning by inviting the young man
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