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The Christian Nation in the Teachings of Primate Stefan Wyszyński
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński (1901-1981) created an original theology of the Christian nation. He spoke of the nation as an organic community possessing subjectivity and inalienable dignity. He deeply rooted his thought in the Bible and the social teaching of the Church. Alongside the family, the nation is the fundamental social structure. People create various communities, but the family and the nation are communities stemming from human nature, and therefore created by God. The nation also has a moral dimension, which is realized – analogously as in the individual human person – by defining itself in truth, good and evil, love and hatred. It lives in God’s environment. The entire national existence has two fundamental dimensions: the objective dimension, which comprises a shared history, common origins, a shared culture, economy, shared territory, and the subjective dimension, which can also be described as the spiritual dimension, which comprises a shared mentality, a shared spirit, self-rule, spiritual sovereignty, a community of spiritual and moral values, an awareness of belonging to a national community, and a community of feelings. Primate Wyszyński emphasized that what is important for a nation is its current identity, built through connection with its entire history.
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Christian nation, theology of the nation, personalism, subjectivity of the nation, dignity of the nation, social anthropologyDetails
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