The Christian Origins of Democracy and Human Rights. The Pontifical Gregorian University in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation has created a series of lectures entitled "Reflections on …More
The Christian Origins of Democracy and Human Rights.
The Pontifical Gregorian University in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation has created a series of lectures entitled "Reflections on the Christian Cultures of the World." A German political foundation of this kind is dedicated to the cardinal principles of freedom, justice and solidarity.
Wilhelm Staudacher, Head of the Kondrad Adenauer Foundation in Rome: "The Konrad Adenauer Foundation supports the Gregorian in this series of conferences. Our foundation is linked with, and harks back to, Christian values. So for us it is important to have information about different cultural assumptions and above all to know what the Christian faith has produced."
In the framework of these conferences a meeting was held on January 25 entitled "The Christian heritage in secular human rights" whose relator was Joseph Isensee, Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Philosophy. The Constitutional State and democracy are, according To Isensee, a product of Christianity although the Church misunderstood this until Vatican II. However, the Church has been critical in the defense of human rights and will continue to be their only remaining defender.
Prof. Joseph Isensee, Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Philosophy: "Without the Church we never had a formulation for human rights, which are essentially children of Christianity, because Christianity reawakens a sense of human dignity, the uniqueness of each person, the equality of all peoples, without discrimination on the basis of religious belief, sex or social position. And the concept of man as in the image of God is a religious thought that has produced, throughout history, effects on relations between persons and between citizens and the state. The evolution of human rights has been a long historical process, sometimes even at odds with the Church, but human rights as we know them today are a product of the Church."
According to Professor Isensee, human rights are not generators of meaning, but are based on the freedom of self-determination of people. In the search for meaning and truth, in fact, everyone must commit themselves in the first person. Because freedom means responsibility. This requires a critical look at the market of possibilities.
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The Pontifical Gregorian University in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation has created a series of lectures entitled "Reflections on the Christian Cultures of the World." A German political foundation of this kind is dedicated to the cardinal principles of freedom, justice and solidarity.
Wilhelm Staudacher, Head of the Kondrad Adenauer Foundation in Rome: "The Konrad Adenauer Foundation supports the Gregorian in this series of conferences. Our foundation is linked with, and harks back to, Christian values. So for us it is important to have information about different cultural assumptions and above all to know what the Christian faith has produced."
In the framework of these conferences a meeting was held on January 25 entitled "The Christian heritage in secular human rights" whose relator was Joseph Isensee, Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Philosophy. The Constitutional State and democracy are, according To Isensee, a product of Christianity although the Church misunderstood this until Vatican II. However, the Church has been critical in the defense of human rights and will continue to be their only remaining defender.
Prof. Joseph Isensee, Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Philosophy: "Without the Church we never had a formulation for human rights, which are essentially children of Christianity, because Christianity reawakens a sense of human dignity, the uniqueness of each person, the equality of all peoples, without discrimination on the basis of religious belief, sex or social position. And the concept of man as in the image of God is a religious thought that has produced, throughout history, effects on relations between persons and between citizens and the state. The evolution of human rights has been a long historical process, sometimes even at odds with the Church, but human rights as we know them today are a product of the Church."
According to Professor Isensee, human rights are not generators of meaning, but are based on the freedom of self-determination of people. In the search for meaning and truth, in fact, everyone must commit themselves in the first person. Because freedom means responsibility. This requires a critical look at the market of possibilities.
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