Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie (Dec 2021)
Teologiczne podstawy miłości w „społecznej krucjacie miłości” kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego
Abstract
The Social Crusade of Love is a Polish model for the renewal of Christian life in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. On the threshold of the second millennium of Christianity in Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński brought it into practice. His Letter for Lent from 1967 is considered to be the program document of the Social Crusade of Love. Numerous further statements, in particular documents of the Polish Episcopate, constitute an important complement. The overriding objective of the “Social Crusade of Love” is the revival of Christian love in the Polish nation. The necessity to reach for sources is best expressed in the first part of the program document, in which they are included in four points: God-Love, Jesus Christ – the Messenger of the Father’s love, the Church – the proclaimer and defender of love, and the penetration of the Spirit of Love into the human family. This specific theological tractate on the “Social Crusade of Love” must necessarily be complemented by the presence of Mary, who is the Mother of Beautiful Love. The Primate of the Millennium, knowing perfectly how to connect religiousness with national identity in difficult times, incarnated the theology of love in the daily life of the Nation. The title of the action in the field of ordinary pastoral work includes the word “crusade”, which comes from the Latin word crux, because this action is synonymous with the fight for the living God who is Love in the souls of all God’s children.
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