Persona humana
Encyclopedia
Persona Humana is a CDF
document published in 1975. It is a declaration on certain questions concerning sexual ethics
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Persona Humana regards human sexuality
as a central element of the person
because it gives the person's life the principle traits that distinguish it. The exaltation of sex in contemporary society occasioned the CDF
to deal with sexual ethics
so that we can understand with our own intelligence the values innate in our nature. The line of thought of Persona Humana revolves around the observation that "Man has been made by God to participate in His Divine Law
with the result that, under the gentle disposition of Divine Providence, he can come to perceive ever increasingly the unchanging truth. Since this Divine Law is accessible to our minds, we cannot make value judgments according to our personal whim in in moral matters."
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition , and after 1904 called the Supreme...
document published in 1975. It is a declaration on certain questions concerning sexual ethics
Sexual ethics
Sexual ethics refers to those aspects of ethics that deal with issues arising from all aspects of sexuality and human sexual behavior...
.
Persona Humana regards human sexuality
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
as a central element of the person
Person
A person is a human being, or an entity that has certain capacities or attributes strongly associated with being human , for example in a particular moral or legal context...
because it gives the person's life the principle traits that distinguish it. The exaltation of sex in contemporary society occasioned the CDF
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition , and after 1904 called the Supreme...
to deal with sexual ethics
Sexual ethics
Sexual ethics refers to those aspects of ethics that deal with issues arising from all aspects of sexuality and human sexual behavior...
so that we can understand with our own intelligence the values innate in our nature. The line of thought of Persona Humana revolves around the observation that "Man has been made by God to participate in His Divine Law
Divine law
Divine law is any law that in the opinion of believers, comes directly from the will of God . Like natural law it is independent of the will of man, who cannot change it. However it may be revealed or not, so it may change in human perception in time through new revelation...
with the result that, under the gentle disposition of Divine Providence, he can come to perceive ever increasingly the unchanging truth. Since this Divine Law is accessible to our minds, we cannot make value judgments according to our personal whim in in moral matters."