     |
|
|
|
    |
|
Background Reading
We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Art and Beauty Ethical Responsibilities in Art by Pope John Paul II Letter to Artists by Pope John Paul II The Feeling of Things, The Contemplation of Beauty by Pope Benedict XVI Art and Liturgy: The Question of Images by Pope Benedict XVI Beauty and the Franciscan Tradition in the Life of the Church
To admire the icons and the great masterpieces of Christian art in general, leads us on an inner way, a way of overcoming ourselves; thus in this purification of vision that is a purification of the heart, it reveals the beautiful to us, or at least a ray of it. In this way we are brought into contact with the power of the truth.
Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality’s surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of the human soul, where the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things. Beauty Will Save the World by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
John Paul II on Theology of the Body (online book) Retranslating the Theology of the Body (interview with Michael Waldstein) Body Talk: A Theology of the Body in Irenaeus Keith A. Fournier The Anti-Theology of the Body David B. Hart Theology of the body and purity of heart David Vincent Meconi Theological Perspectives on Marriage Marc Ouellet The Nuptial Mystery: A Perspective for Systematic Theology Angelo Scola
|
|
 |
|
