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A Review of the Significance of the Apostolic Letter Mulieris dignitatem
Ema Vesely
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The text is primarily concerned with the significance of the Pope's letter because Mulieris dignitatem is the first document Pope John Paul II has written exclusively about women. The author cautions that when this letter was first issued, an impression was created in the public mind that it merely contained arguments against the ordination of women as priests, so that its other messages were ignored. Although in this letter the Pope continues to defend and explain the traditional Catholic opposition to the ordination of women as ministerial priests, he actually stresses the extremely important role of woman in the Church as the bride of Christ, struggling for her affirmation within the Church and within civilization. In this sense, the author emphasizes, the Pope's letter opens new possibilities that within the Church and in the world a woman's role can be understood and accepted more deeply, in the same way that Christ accepted woman — on an equal footing with man but with a separate mission, arising from her specific femininity and maternity: to serve as the protectress of the human being. After careful reading, the Pope's letter was well-received not only by Catholic and other Christian commentators but also by communists and liberals. The general opinion is that this Papal letter is the strongest and best formulated document in existence concerning the dignity and rights of woman, a liverly and passionate defense of her dignity and calling — to always place love first and permeate everyday life with it.
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Hrčak ID:
53364
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Datum izdavanja:
20.2.1989.
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