The Church's position as regard to the ecology issue
| dc.contributor.author | Dziedzic, Jan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-08T10:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-08T10:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Many a time has the Church raised environmental issues in its teaching. The basic assumption concerning the respect for the natural environment are the biblical words that God created the world out of nothing, and man was made in the image and likeness of God. Earthly goods are at our disposal as a gift from the Creator. However, they should be used wisely because, being the heirs of past centuries, we have obligations to future generations.The responsibility we have towards the environment is closely related to the duties we have towards the human person. If the right to life is not respected, the notion of environmental protection is lost as a consequence”. The Church is against those ecological movements that intend to assign divine rank to Nature itself. The Church also rejects the concepts that try to change the ethical para-digm of human dignity and thus allow for equal status of humans and animals.Taking into account the above, we will try to present in the article the ecolo-gical ideas included in teaching of the Church. First, we will introduce the very concept of ecology, showing its biblical context. Then we will discuss the po-sition of the Church on the protection of the natural environment and human ecology. Finally, we will discuss the issue of environmental education. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.15633/9788363241414.13 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/74 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie Wydawnictwo Naukowe | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Homo viator. Człowiek - duszpasterstwo - Kościół. Od pielgrzymki do ekologii, red. J. Brusiło OFMConv, Kraków 2022, s. 369-381 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | The Church's position as regard to the ecology issue | |
| dc.title.alternative | Kościół wobec kwestii ekologicznej | |
| dc.type | bookPart |