Man and Woman He Created Them
A Theology of the Body
Translation, Introduction, and Index by Michael Waldstein
BOOKS & MEDIA
Boston
Nihil Obstat: William E. May, Ph.D.
Imprimatur: His Eminence Sean Cardinal O’Malley, OFM, Cap.
Archbishop of Boston
August 10, 2006
Library of Congress information on file.
ISBN 0-8198-7421-3
Cover design by Rosana Usselmann
Cover art: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564). The Sistine Chapel; ceiling frescoes after restoration. The Creation of Adam. Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican State. Photo Credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
Note on the cover art: In the Sistine Chapel’s The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, we see that as God looks down at the passage of energy from his right arm through his index finger into Adam’s left hand, he affectionately holds Eve under his other arm, her left hand resting gently above his wrist with her index finger slightly raised. Though she is still only an idea in God’s mind, her eyes are intensely fixed on the eyes of Adam, who turns toward God’s face and returns her look.
Reproduction of John Paul II’s handwritten instructions for the theology of the body provided through the courtesy of Fr. Jan Glowczyk, director of the John Paul II Archives, Dom Polski, Rome.
Quotations from the works of St. John of the Cross excerpted from The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez, copyright © 1991 by Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites. ICS Publications, 2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-1199 U.S.A. www.icspublications.org.
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For this revised printing, the English translation of the Italian text has been checked against the original Polish text. Thanks are due to Grzegorz Ignatik for his painstaking work.
Copyright © 1986, 2006, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Città del Vaticano, for the original catechetical texts of John Paul II and the then Cardinal Karol Wojtyła. The texts may be found on the Vatican website: www.vatican.va.
Introduction, index, and translator’s notes accompanying text © 2006, Michael Waldstein
Edition copyright © 2006, 1997, Daughters of St. Paul
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About Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the BodyMan and Woman He Created Them is John Paul II’s seminal work on the bodily dimension of human identity, sexuality, marriage, and celibacy. First written while he was Archbishop of Kraków, then later revised and delivered as a series of catecheses after he became pope, this work was called “theology of the body” by John Paul II himself. In his momentous teaching, John Paul II has left us the core of his great vision, focused on the mystery of love extending from the Trinity, through Christ’s spousal relation with the Church, to the concrete bodies of men and women. With keen insight into the modern “split” between the person and the body, he presents an integral image of the human person, one rooted in Sacred Scripture and the Church’s living tradition. This translation of the pope’s work, prepared by biblical scholar Michael Waldstein, allows us to enter into John Paul II’s profound vision. With the inclusion of material previously unpublished in English, and the rediscovery of John Paul II’s own headings for the work, the reader is able to follow the pope’s thought with clarity and confidence. Complete with a comprehensive introduction, translator’s footnotes, and detailed index, this edition has been crafted with the kind of insight that builds more than 20 years of scholarship on John Paul II’s great gift to the Church. |
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