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fromGodcomesthisinseparablecloseness.Inthedeepestsensefreedom
cannotbe“takenthepossessionof”(reached,obtained,regained,etc.)
neitherbyviolence,courage,deceit,norbywork.Indeed,partlythrough
allthesemeans(andthroughmanyother,moreorlessefectiveactions),
butonlypartially—asamatteroffact—andnotwithrespecttothe
heartoffreedomreachingitsonticsubstance:thisoneisrelatedtolove.
BecauseitisthegiftofGod-Love,whomadefreedomanindeliblemark
ofpurityofhiscreativeact,andthereforetheimageandlikeness.Joseph
RatzingerontheexodusfromEgypt,theparadigmofallkindsoflibera-
tionofman,nationsandmankind,withaclearreferencetotheDivine
“heartoffreedom”:freedomcanbeaccomplishedonlybylovethatsac-
rificesitselfandbindsmentogetherintheirowndepth,andthisbecause
itallowsthemtomaintainthedivinedimension.”9
Thisdependenceis,whichistheologicallyobvious,mutual.Free-
domisthebasisofthemysteryoflove.10Andthisalsoincludes“Divine”
(ofGod).WhatisimportantinthisrelationshipisitsDivinesource:Logos.
TheChristianfaith,containingcomprehensiveunderstandingoffreedom,
seesthefoundationoffreedominLogos—withinthelogicoftheall-
comprising-realitythatitimplies,theChristianfaithseesthefoundation
offreedom,justificationofitsprimacyinthestructureofcreation:“Only
relationshipwithLogosestablishesfreedomasastructuralprincipleof
reality.”11How?
Sincethelogosofallexistence,whichsupportsandembracesevery-
thing,isconsciousness,freedom,andlove,itfollowsthatfreedom(reason-
able,opentoloveandbeingaprerequisiteoflove)isthehighestinthe
world,higherthanacosmicnecessityandfateofdetermination.Freedom
isthestructureoftheworldthat—forthisreason,forreasonsoffree-
domandlove—isimpossibletocomprehend,unpredictable.Itcannotbe
reducedtothemathematicallogic.
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Theo-logyissomethingmorewhen
comparedtothelogic,butforthepriceofmystery
.Equallytoamysteryof
itsnameandunpredictabilityofapersoncontrarytobanalityofanumber.
True,namesintheBiblearegivenbytheindefinitelyfreeGod,whilenum-
bersarebestowedbysomeoneelse,someoneheldcaptivebyevil.However,
theworld,thankstothismystery
,asthefieldoflove,isthespaceopento
9J.RATZINGeR:Kościół—Ekumenizm—Polityka.Ed.andtrans.byL.BAlTeRand
others.Poznań—Warszawa1990(hereinafter:KEP),p.298.
10
J.RATZINGeR/BeNedYKTXVI:WczasBożegoNarodzenia.Trans.K.WóJTOWICZ.
Kraków2001,p.15.
11J.RATZINGeR:CzasprzemianwEuropie.MiejsceKościołaiświata.Trans.M.MIJAl-
SKA.Kraków2001,pp.99—100.
12
IdeM:Wprowadzeniewchrześcijaństwo.Trans.Z.WŁOdKOWA.Kraków2006
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(hereinafter:WwCh),p.161.
