01970cam a2200349 a 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200015000890200022001040400033001260410013001590500024001720820016001961000038002122400049002502450096002992500013003952600047004082640011004553000024004663360026004903370028005163380027005445000056005715040051006275200846006786100032015246500045015566500019016012313962PUCPR20231114114305.0810303s1981    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a   81002261   a0374192472  a0374516855 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLCdBETbspaerda1 aenghpol00aBT 708b.J6313 198100a241/.662190 aJohn PaulbII,cPope,d1920-2005.10aMiłość i odpowiedzialność.lEnglish10aLove and responsibility /cKarol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) ; translated by H.T. Willetts.  aRev. ed.  aNew York :bFarrar, Straus, Giroux,c1981.  3©1981  a319 pages ;c21 cm.  2rdacontentbtxtatext  2rdamediabnaunmediated  2rdacarrierbncavolume  aTranslation of: Miłość i odpowiedzialność.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aIt is not an exposition of doctrine.  It is, rather, the result above all of an incessant confrontation of doctrine with life (which is just what the work of a spiritual adviser consists of).  Doctrine–the teaching of the Church–in the sphere of "sexual" morality is based upon the New Testament, the pronouncements of which on this subject are brief but also sufficient.  It is a marvel that a system so complete can be based on such a small number of statements... But although it is easy to draw up a set of rules makes itself felt at every step.  For the rules often run up against greater difficulties in practice than in theory, and the spiritual adviser, who is concerned above all with the practical, must seek ways of justifying them.  For his task is not only to command or forbid but also to justify, to interpret, to explain.20aCatholic ChurchxDoctrines. 0aSexxReligious aspectsxCatholic Church. 0aSexual ethics.