A Philosophical Analysis of Dignitas Infinita

The orthodox spirit cowers under the looming Kantian sense of "dignity."

A Philosophical Analysis of Dignitas Infinita

A glance at the Wikipedia entry for the Vatican II constitution Gaudium et Spes reveals a rather shocking but telling claim. “It was the first time that the church took explicit responsibility for its role in the larger world.”[1] To all who grasp the irony of this claim, certain lines from that constitution itself––for instance, that the Church “is truly linked with mankind and its history by the…

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