theology of the body

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Theology of the Body is Pope John Paul II’s influential series of teachings that presents a Christian understanding of human sexuality, the body, and marital love as reflections of divine love and purpose.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic theological teaching
Christian anthropology
series of catecheses
author Pope John Paul II
countryOfOrigin Vatican City
editor Michael Waldstein
endTime 1984
formOfWork Wednesday general audience catecheses
hasAuthor Pope John Paul II
surface form: Karol Józef Wojtyła
hasReception basis for many marriage preparation programs
influential in Catholic teaching on sexuality
subject of academic conferences and institutes
influencedBy Gaudium et Spes
Humanae vitae
surface form: Humanae Vitae

Sacred Scripture
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

personalism
phenomenology
keyConcept chastity
communion of persons
conjugal love
gift of self
image of God in man and woman
nuptial meaning of the body
original nakedness
original solitude
original unity
redemption of the body
sacramentality of the body
spousal love
theology of marriage
languageOfWork English
Italian
Polish language
surface form: Polish
mainSubject Christian marriage
divine love
human sexuality
marital love
the human body
theology of the body
numberOfParts 129
placeOfPresentation Paul VI Audience Hall
St. Peter's Square
surface form: St. Peter’s Square
publicationInBookForm theology of the body self-linksurface differs
surface form: Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
startTime 1979
theologicalDiscipline Christian anthropology
fundamental theology
moral theology
sacramental theology
viewsMarriageAs sign of Christ’s love for the Church
viewsSexualityAs participation in divine love

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Humanae vitae influenced theology of the body
this entity surface form: Theology of the Body
Pope John Paul II notableWork theology of the body
theology of the body publicationInBookForm theology of the body self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Theology of the Body
this entity surface form: Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body