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John Paul II’s Instructions for the Theology of the Body Foreword by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn Preface by Christopher West Introduction by Michael Waldstein

1. The Text a. Textual Basis b. Translation c. Literary Genre, Intended Audience, and Authority d. Reading of Scripture 2. Wojtyła’s Carmelite Personalism a. Gaudium et Spes 24:3, and the Sanjuanist Triangle b. Wojtyła’s Encounter with St. John of the Cross c. The Sanjuanist Triangle in Detail 3. Wojtyła and Kant a. Bacon, Descartes, and a New Subjectivity b. Kant’s Anti-Trinitarian Personalism c. Kant and John Paul II on Sex and Marriage 4. Wojtyła and Scheler a. Scheler’s Essentialist Personalism b. Wojtyła’s Critique of Scheler 5. An Overview of Wojtyła’s Concerns a. Wojtyła’s Seven Major Works b. Faith, Experience, and Personal Subjectivity c. The Trinitarian Nucleus of the Council 6. The Purpose of the Theology of the Body a. Why Theology “of the Body” in Particular? b. Why Humanae Vitae in Particular? 7. Structure and Argument a. The Overall Structure b. Alternate Structures c. The Structure in Detail d. The Main Argument e. A Guiding Star for Reading TOB

Part One: The Words of Christ Chapter One: Christ Appeals to the “Beginning”

1. What Is Meant by “Beginning”? Approaching Genesis First Account of the Creation of Man Second Account of the Creation of Man The Perspective of the “Redemption of the Body” (Rom 8:23) 2. The Meaning of Original Solitude A Twofold Context Man in Search of His Essence Solitude and Subjectivity Solitude and the Meaning of the Body The Alternative between Death and Immortality 3. The Meaning of Original Unity The Unity of the Two Dimensions of Homogeneity “Communion of Persons” “Flesh from My Flesh” (Gen 2:23) The Unity of Becoming “One Flesh” 4. The Meaning of Original Nakedness Introductory Observations about Genesis 2:25 Shame—A “Boundary” Experience Attempted Reconstruction Participation in the Visibility of the World The Inner Dimension of Vision Intimacy—The Hidden Meaning of Vision 5. Man in the Dimension of Gift A. The Spousal Meaning of the Body Creation as Giving Giving and Man Gift—Mystery of a Beatifying Beginning Discovery of the “Spousal” Meaning of the Body “Freedom of the Gift”—Foundation of the Spousal Meaning of the Body The “Spousal Character” of the Body and the Revelation of the Person The Spousal Meaning of the Body as the Fruit of Rootedness in Love B. The Mystery of Original Innocence Gift to the Human Heart Original Innocence and Consciousness of the Spousal Meaning of the Body Innocence at the Foundation of the Exchange of the Gift Exchange of the Gift—Interpretation of Genesis 2:25 Theology of Original Innocence The Root of the Ethos of the Human Body The Foundation of the Primordial Sacrament—The Body as Sign 6. “Knowledge” and Procreation (Gen 4:1) Between Poverty of Expression and Depth of Meaning “Knowledge” as Personal Archetype Fatherhood and Motherhood as the Human Meaning of “Knowledge” Knowledge and Possession Knowledge Stronger than Death 7. [Conclusion: An Integral Vision]

Chapter Two: Christ Appeals to the Human Heart

1. In the Light of the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:27–28—“Whoever Looks to Desire…” Matthew 5:27–28—Ethical Meaning Matthew 5:27–28—Anthropological Meaning Matthew 5:27–28 Indicates a Further Dimension 2. The Man of Concupiscence A. The Meaning of Original Shame Casting Doubt on the Gift Man Alienated from Original Love Change in the Meaning of Original Nakedness “Immanent” Shame Sexual Shame B. Insatiability of the Union Corruption of the Consciousness of the Unitive Meaning of the Body A Deeper Dimension of Shame The Meaning of “Insatiability of the Union” Where Does the Insatiability of the Union Come From? C. The Corruption of the Spousal Meaning of the Body Meaning—“Measure of the Heart” Threat Against the Expression of the Spirit in the Body Loss of the Freedom of the Gift The Inner Measure of Belonging 3. Commandment and Ethos A. It Was Said, “Do Not Commit Adultery” (Mt 5:27) The History of a People Legislation The Prophets Covenant B. “Whoever Looks to Desire…” Shift in the Center of Gravity The Wisdom Tradition The Inner State of the Man of Concupiscence (Sir 23:16–24) Christ’s Call to Halt at the Threshold of the Look Concupiscence—Reduction of a Perennial Call Concupiscence—“Communion” of Persons Versus “Urge” of Nature C. “Has Committed Adultery in the Heart…” The “Key” Phrase A First Reading A Second Reading Purity of Heart as the Fulfillment of the Commandment 4. The “Heart”—Accused or Called? A. Condemnation of the Body? Manichaeism The Correct Understanding Anti-Value or Value not Sufficiently Appreciated? B. The “Heart” Under Suspicion? “Masters of Suspicion” Essential Divergence C. Eros and Ethos Eros as the Source of the “Erotic” Ethos as an Inner Power of Eros The Problem of Erotic Spontaneity 5. The Ethos of the Redemption of the Body 6. Purity as “Life according to the Spirit” “Purity” and “Heart” “Body” and “Spirit” according to St. Paul “Works of the Flesh” and “Fruit of the Spirit” “Flesh” and “The Freedom for Which Christ Set Us Free” Purity—“Keeping the Passions Away” or “Keeping the Body with Holiness and Reverence”? Analysis of the Pauline “Description of the Body” (1 Cor 12:18–27) Purity as a Virtue and a Gift Purity and Wisdom 7. The Gospel of Purity of Heart—Yesterday and Today Theology of the Body Theology and Pedagogy Appendix: The Ethos of the Body in Art and Media

Chapter Three: Christ Appeals to the Resurrection

1. The Resurrection of the Body as a Reality of the “Future World” A. The Synoptics: “He Is Not God of the Dead but of the Living” The Third Part of the Triptych Witness to the Power of the Living God The New Meaning of the Body Spiritualization Divinization B. Pauline Interpretation of the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:42–49 Final Victory over Death The First Adam and the Last Adam 2. Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven A. The Words of Christ in Matthew 19:11–12 Christ’s Word and the Rule for Understanding Three Kinds of “Eunuchs”—Why? Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven and “Fruitfulness from the Spirit” The Expression “For the Kingdom of Heaven” Indicates Motivation Continence and Marriage—Vocation of “Historical” Man Right Understanding of the “Superiority” of Continence for the Kingdom of Heaven Continence for the Kingdom—Between Renunciation and Love The Spousal Meaning of the Body as the Foundation of Christ’s Call to Continence Renunciation in the Service of Affirmation B. Paul’s Understanding of the Relation between Virginity and Marriage (1 Cor 7) Christ’s Statement and the Teaching of the Apostles Paul’s Argumentation “Concupiscence” and “Gift from God”

Conclusion of Part One: The Redemption of the Body Part Two: The Sacrament Chapter One: The Dimension of Covenant and of Grace

1. Ephesians 5:21–33 A. Introduction and Connection The Text of Ephesians 5:21–33 Ephesians 5:21–33 and Christ’s Words Ephesians 5:21–33—Two Meanings of “Body” Does Ephesians 5:21–33 Speak about the Sacramentality of Marriage? Sacrament and Body Direction of the Following Analyses B. Detailed Analysis Ephesians 5:21–33 in the Context of Ephesians as a Whole The Mystery of Christ and the Vocation of the Christian The Atmosphere of the Christian Community’s Life Indications for the Community of the Family The Spouses: “Reciprocally Subject in the Fear of Christ” Analogy and Mystery (At the Foundation of the Sacramentality of Marriage) An Additional Aspect of the Analogy—Head and Body Two Subjects or One? “…As Their Own Body” (Eph 5:28) “This Mystery Is Great” 2. Sacrament and Mystery The Mystery Hidden from Ages Revealed and Active in Christ The Analogy of Spousal Love Isaiah and Ephesians The Reality of the Gift, The Meaning of Grace Marriage as the Primordial Sacrament “The Sacrament of Redemption” Marriage as Figure and as Sacrament of the New Covenant The Sacraments of the Church 3. Sacrament and “Redemption of the Body” A. The Gospel The Words of Christ and the Mystery of Redemption The Sacrament of Redemption and the Indissolubility of Marriage Sacrament—Given as Grace and Assigned as an Ethos Sacrament—Call to “Life according to the Spirit” Sacrament and the Eschatological Hope of the “Redemption of the Body” B. Ephesians The Spousal and Redemptive Meaning of Love Redemption of the Body and “The Sacrament of Man”

Chapter Two: The Dimension of Sign

1. “Language of the Body” and the Reality of the Sign The Marital Promise “Prophetism of the Body” “Language of the Body” Reread in the Truth “Language of the Body” and the Concupiscence of the Flesh “Language of the Body” and “Hermeneutics of the Sacrament” 2. The Song of Songs Resuming Genesis: Wonder “My Sister, My Bride” “A Garden Closed, A Fountain Sealed” Eros or Agape? 3. When the “Language of the Body” Becomes the Language of the Liturgy (Reflections on Tobit) The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah Love as a Test The Prayer of the New Spouses When the Language of the Liturgy Becomes the “Language of the Body” The Sacramental Sign—“ Mysterium ” and “Ethos”

Chapter Three: He Gave Them the Law of Life as Their Inheritance

1. The Ethical Problem The Moral Norm and the Truth of the “Language of the Body” The Rightness of the Norm and Its “Practicability” Responsible Parenthood The Truth of the “Language of the Body” and the Evil of Contraception Ethical Regulation of Fertility (The Primacy of Virtue) Ethical Regulation of Fertility: Person, Nature, and Method 2. Outline of Conjugal Spirituality The Power that Flows from Sacramental “Consecration” Analysis of the Virtue of Continence Continence between “Arousal” and “Emotion” The Gift of Reverence

Conclusion Bibliography Index of Words and Phrases Scripture Index Systems of Reference to TOB Notes to “From Archives” Section Notes

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