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FreedomandChristologyaccordingtoTheologiaeBenedictae…
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inanextremeversionrejectsallbonds—religious,moral,socialand
familyones—understandingthemastiesthatrestrictfreedom.37Where
manisbeing“detached”fromGod(inallpossibleways:ontic,intel-
lectual,moral,symbolicone,etc.),wheremanis“thoughtof”without
God,whereanthropologydisassociatesitselffromtheology—automati-
callyarelationbetweenfreedomandthetruthanditsrequirementsis
questioned.Thisisthesoilonwhich“fakefreedoms”aregrown,and
(amongstthem)todaythe“anarchicpseudo-freedom”isonthetop.
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Possibilitiestostriveforanyvisionofgoodthatseemsattractivetousare
boundless,39andvalidityofchoiceisimpossibletoverify(thetruthdoes
notexistorisbeyondourreach).Ifweweretorefertofashionablecli-
chés,inthemodernPolishwewouldsaygrunttobunt(rebellioniswhat
reallycounts)40or,evenstronger,intheformofadisparagedmottoróbta,
cochceta(dowhateveryouwanttodo).
Ofcourse,criticismofanarchiccounterfeitsoffreedomisbynomeans
questioninga“holyandinviolable”41ruleofindividualandpersonalfree-
domofeveryman.Inthisarea,accordingtothepope,the“onlyabso-
lutelynecessaryandindisputablevalue,whichcanevenbecomeaverifi-
cationtoolforotherrights,istherighttoindividualfreedom,whichhas
tobeimplementedwithoutanyorders,providedthatthisdoesnotafect
therightofa/theneighbour”42—soitisdefined,accordingtothepope,
by“therationalismoftheEnlightenment.”Thisprinciple,legitimatein
itscoreandwithastrongChristianroot,isdangerousinitspursuitofits
ownabsolutisation.Forindividualfreedom“isimpossible”(literally
,inits
essenceandefects)inisolationfromGodand,therefore,thetruth.Sooner
orlateritshalltransforminthisdisconnection(rathersoonerthanlater)
intodictatorshipofegoandacentreofbuildingtyranny43;intoverbosity
,
andatragicone,too.Thisshallbeananti-familytyranny(afamilyshall
beannouncedanenvironmentofenslavementandoppression),
44
anti-
educational(educationismanipulation;childshouldbegivenonly“pure”
informationtodecidefreely),45etc.
37KEP,p.291.
38
J.RATZINGeR:Wykładybawarskiezlat1963—2004.Trans.A.CZARNOCKI.
Warszawa2009(hereinafter:WB).
39
T.ROWlANd:WiaraRatzingera.TeologiaBenedyktaXVI.Trans.A.GOMOlA.
Kraków2010,p.184.
40G.K.WITKOWSKI:Grunttobunt.RozmowyoJarocinie.Poznań2011.
41
M.PeRA:“Wprowadzenie.Propozycja.”In:J.RATZINGeR:EuropaBenedykta
wkryzysiekultur.Trans.W.DZIeżA.Częstochowa2005(hereinafter:EB),p.30.
42Ibidem.
43KEP,p.293.
44KEP,p.292.
45KEP,p.85.
