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EcumenyandLaw,vol.4(2016)
pp.19—40
JeRZYSZYMIK
UniversityofSilesiainKatowice,Poland
FreedomandChristologyaccordingto
TheologiaeBenedictae
TwoConcepts,TwoAnthropologies,
OneLogos/Son
Keywords:Christ,HolySpirit,Christianity,Christocentrism,truth,freedom,liberalism,
modernity,ideologies,dialogue,anthropology,creation
“Jesus’messageistheGospelnotbecausewelikeitwithoutreserva-
tionorbecauseitiscomfortableandnice,butbecauseitcomesfromthe
Onewhoholdsthekeystoauthenticjoy
.Thetruthisnotalwaysconve-
nientforman,howeveronlythetruthsetsonefreeandonlyfreedom
giveshappiness.”1Themeaningoflife,thatis,agenuinejoyoflife,comes
fromthebondbetweenthetruthandfreedom.Forthetruthsetsonefree
andfreedomobtainedthisway(thereisnootherway)givesonehappi-
ness,whichisjoycomingfromthesenseofmeaning(otherjoyshappen
inlifeaswell,butincomparisontothejoyofthemeaning,theyappear
tobesuperficial).Therefore:fromthetruthtofreedom,fromthetruth
intofreedom.Thankstothetruthfreedom.
Butthereisalsoanegativesideofthisinterrelation,andmorespecifi-
cally
,oftheabsencethereof,theefectofatrophyofunderstandingofan
internaldependenceofthetruthandfreedomortheefectoflifeinfalse-
hoodandslaveryquiteoftenamixtureoftheboth,invariouspropor-
tions.JosephRatzingerwrites:“[…]anarchisticpseudo-freedomremains
activewheretherelationbetweenthetruthanditsrequirements[…]is
1
BeNedYKTXVI/J.RATZINGeR:Formalnezasadychrześcijaństwa.Szkicedoteologii
fundamentalnej.Trans.W.SZYMONA.Poznań2009(hereafter:FZC),p.101.