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The first edition of Theology of the Body Explained quickly became a bestseller, serving as a standard reference text in universities, seminaries, and private study. This newly revised and expanded edition is based on Michael Waldstein’s much improved translation of John Paul II’s catechesis published by Pauline Books & Media under the title Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body. ...

to the Holy Spirit” so that they might come to experience eros according to its original “inflated” meaning. Christ’s words appeal to that “echo” in each of us of God’s original plan. The more we tap into that echo, the more we realize that lust not only radically betrays authentic eros; it also radically betrays our authentic humanity. As the primordial plagiarization of love, lust can never satisfy our desire for communion with an “other.” Love and all life together in truth requires liberation
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