The figure of St. John Paul II is colossal in modern times. As one of the most influential figures of the 20th century as well as one of Catholicism’s longest serving popes he sought to reconnect the Church with its congregation, other faiths and especially world youth and functioned as a great inspiration for positive social change. Due to his uncommonly long papacy he fully developed numerous theological ideas and promulgated numerous seminal encyclicals, some of which presented a somewhat revolutionary view for. The two most essential areas in which Pope John Paul II influenced Catholic theology where in his renewed emphasis on Mariology and his outreach and with other world-faiths and encouragement of Christian. As a young man the future
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The Catholic Church has always preserved and elevated role and great respect for the Virgin Mary; this is unique amount the Christian in its far-reaching extent and is often the basis for arguments of idolatry made against the Church by other denominations. Within the Church itself true veneration of the Virgin Mary is difficult to discern from “worship” of her figure, and Mariology has been developed extensively in the Church for centuries to clearly define that boundary. In respects to Mariology John Paul II the most recent articulation and reaffirmed Mary’s privileged role in the Church. An essential component towards the legitimization of Mary’s veneration in the Church is the basis of Mariology in Christology, as theologian Karl Rahner explains “Everything, no doubt, which is said of Mary occurs in a Christological context... on cannot reasonably speak of the Son of God made man... without thinking of how he was inserted in …show more content…
By admitting that other faith oftentimes hold fast to this truth when Christians are prone to doubt is even more revolutionary, and to some conservative elements, scandalous. Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, former President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, commenting on John Paul II’s legacy in this area comments on what he believed to be the intrinsic value of interreligious dialogue, something John Paul II evidently believed:
The first is the intrinsic value of interreligious dialogue. It is not to be considered as a mere preparation for the task of proclamation or announcing Jesus Christ and inviting people to become members of the Church through baptism. It has its own aim, which is to enable people of different religions to live in harmony and peace, to understand one another better, to work together on behalf of humanity and to help one another to respond to God's
The Catholic Church has always preserved and elevated role and great respect for the Virgin Mary; this is unique amount the Christian in its far-reaching extent and is often the basis for arguments of idolatry made against the Church by other denominations. Within the Church itself true veneration of the Virgin Mary is difficult to discern from “worship” of her figure, and Mariology has been developed extensively in the Church for centuries to clearly define that boundary. In respects to Mariology John Paul II the most recent articulation and reaffirmed Mary’s privileged role in the Church. An essential component towards the legitimization of Mary’s veneration in the Church is the basis of Mariology in Christology, as theologian Karl Rahner explains “Everything, no doubt, which is said of Mary occurs in a Christological context... on cannot reasonably speak of the Son of God made man... without thinking of how he was inserted in …show more content…
By admitting that other faith oftentimes hold fast to this truth when Christians are prone to doubt is even more revolutionary, and to some conservative elements, scandalous. Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, former President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, commenting on John Paul II’s legacy in this area comments on what he believed to be the intrinsic value of interreligious dialogue, something John Paul II evidently believed:
The first is the intrinsic value of interreligious dialogue. It is not to be considered as a mere preparation for the task of proclamation or announcing Jesus Christ and inviting people to become members of the Church through baptism. It has its own aim, which is to enable people of different religions to live in harmony and peace, to understand one another better, to work together on behalf of humanity and to help one another to respond to God's