CONTENTS
"Ethos" 15:2002 Nos. 1-2 (57-58)
FOR THE SOLIDARITY OF THE FAMILY OF EUROPEAN NATIONS
From the Editors – Europe: The Call for Solidarity (C. R.)
JohnPaul II – "The New European Home Needs Freedom and Solidarity" (the address delivered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on 23rd June 1996)
"FOR THE SOLIDARITY OF THE FAMILY OF EUROPEAN NATIONS"
Symposium held by the John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of Lublin and the John Paul II Home on 14th May 2001
Bp. Stanisław Dziwisz,
Doctor honoris causa of the Catholic University of Lublin
13th May 2001
Letter by Fr. Prof. Tadeusz Styczeń to Fr. Prof. Andrzej Szostek, Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, with regard to the conferral of an honorary doctorate of the Catholic University of Lublin to Bp Stanisław Dziwisz
Stanisław Nagy, SCJ – Witness to the Gift and Mystery. Laudation on the Conferring the Title of Doctor honoris causa on His Excellency Bp. Stanisław Dziwisz, Ph.D., ProPrefect of the Papal Household
Bp. Stanisław Dziwisz – Gift and Mystery
For the Moral Foundation of Europe
Round Table Debate
Abp. Józef Życiński – Message to the Participants of the Symposium "For the Solidarity of the Family of European Nations"
Tadeusz Styczeń, SDS, Stanisław Majdański, Cezary Ritter – The Moral Foundation of Europe, or: For the Civilization of Life. Introduction to the Symposium "For the Solidarity of the Family of European Nations"
Bp. Egon Kapellari – The Europe of 2001: Hopes, Experiences and Challenges
Abp. Henryk Muszyński – The Unity of Europe with a Particular Reference to the Historic Role of Gniezno
Abp. Kazimierz Majdański – To Save Mankind
Card. Marian Jaworski – The Metaphore of the "Two Lungs" of Europe
Fr. Stefan Batruch – John Paul II's Prophetic Vision of the "Two Lungs" of the Church as Seen from the Perspective of the Greek Catholic Church
Natalia Gorbaniewska – Solidarity: A Little Bit of History
Andrzej Zoll – The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Common Heritage
Maciej Bednarkiewicz – The Ability to Resolve Conflicts is the Power of Europe
Jerzy Kłoczowski – Some Reflections of a Historian on the Present Moral and Political Significance of the Lublin Union
Manuel Herder – Europe Needs Theology
Fr. Stanislav Èegovnik – Let Us Contribute to This Construction
Fr. Erich Aichh olzer – "It Is for God’s Grace That I Am What I Am"
Alphons Horten – The Duties of a Christian in the Democratic State
Cezary Ritter - "Ethics is the Power of the Pope" or: John Paul II's Vision of the United Europe
Tadeusz Styczeń, SDS – Between Concern and Hope. A Family Gathering in the Heart of Europe, around the Pope of the Family – on the 20th Anniversary of the Attempted Assassination of John Paul II. A Coincidence?
Card. Franciszek Macharski – The Striving for Unity Is a Challenge to Our Faith. Homily delivered during the Holy Mass celebrated to conclude the session "For the Solidarity of the Family of European Nations"
"The True Unity of Europe Is Necessarily the Unity of Spirit"
Addresses Delivered by His Holiness Pope John Paul II
The True Dignity of Europe Lies in the Respect for the Right to Life (Rome, 18 Dec. 1987)
The Widely Open Upper Room of History (Gniezno, 3 June 1979)
It Is Only with Christ that the New Home for Europe Can Be Built (Gniezno, 3 June 1997)
Responsibility for the Recognized and Conveyed Truth (Lublin, 9 June 1987)
The Cultural Community of the Continent Cannot Be Understood without the Christian Manifesto (Vienna, 10 Sept. 1983)
Responsibility for a New Epoch of Culture (Vilnius, 10 Sept. 1993)
Here Lies the Corner Stone of European Solidarity (Welehrad, 22 April 1990)
"THE PRIMATE OF TRUTH OVER POWER
NON POSSUMUS IN POLITICS… WHY?"
Symposium held by the Chairperson of the Lublin City Council
and the John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of Lublin
on 16th Oct. 2001
Helena Pietraszkiewicz – The Opening Speech
Bp. Mieczysław Cisło – A Word to the Participants of the Session at the Crown Tribunal
Abp. Józef Życiński – Message for the Participants of the Symposium "The Primate of Truth over Power. Non possumus in Politics… Why?"
Tadeusz Styczeń, SDS – Righteous Conscience in the Service of the Family and Jurisprudent State
For the Moral Foundation of Power
The Round Table Debate
Wojciech Chudy – Introduction
Mieczysław A. Krąpiec, OP – Non possumus!In the Defence of the Human Person
Tomasz Strzembosz – Two Faces of Censorship
Jerzy Umiastowski – Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko - One of Those Who Created the Solidarity Ethos
Andrzej Zoll – Human Dignity is the Source of Human Freedoms, Rights and Duties
Wojciech Ł ączkowski – For Righteous Law
Andrzej Szostek – Politics and Veracity
Alicja Grześkowiak – The Mission of a Parliamentary Representative in the Aspect of Defence of the Conceived Life
Discussion
Paweł Kawalec - Logical Presuppositions of the Non possumus! A Contribution to the Discussion
Helena Pietraszkiewicz – Concluding Reflection
Tadeusz Styczeń, SDS – For a Breakthrough in the History of the State of Righteous Law in Poland, in Europe, and in the World. Concluding Reflection
TRUTH – CONSCIENCE – POWER
Andrzej Szostek, MIC - St. Thomas More: the Rights of Power and the Rights of Conscience
Wiesław Chrzanowski – Primate Stefan Wyszyński as a Statesman
Rocco Buttiglione – Plus ratio quam vis. Reflections on Truth and Democracy on the Threshold of the 21st Century
Bp. Mieczysław Cisło - For the Primate of the Law of God (Homily delivered during the Holy Mass celebrated to conclude the session "The Primate of Truth over Power. Non possumus in Politics... Why?")
Thomas More, Card. Stefan Wyszyński – "We Must Be Free from Ourselves." Extracts from Writings
Apostolic Letter Issued motu proprio Proclaiming Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS OF ANTIGONE
15th December 2001
Holy Father John Paul II's Letter to Fr. Prof. Tadeusz Styczeń
Wojciech Chudy – Father Tadeusz Styczeń - Ambassador of the Republic of Conscience
Cezary Ritter – Within Personalism
The Letter of Fr. Prelate Prof. Josef Ziegler, Ph.D., Dr h.c., to Fr. Prof. Tadeusz Styczeń
THINKING ABOUT THE FATHERLAND…
Jerzy Umiastowski – The Gdańsk Rosary.Notes made between December 1981 and November 1982
NOTES AND REVIEWS
Piotr Ślęczka, SDS - Nine Lectures by Jacques Maritain (review of J. Maritain’s Dziewięć wykładów o podstawowych pojęciach filozofii moralnej, Lublin 2001)
Jarosław Kupczak, OP – On the Christian Motives of Death Penalty Rejection (review of T. Ślipko's, SJ, Kara śmierci z teologicznego i filozoficznego punktu widzenia, Kraków 2000)
Dorota Chabrajska - The Controversy over Person and Nature (review of J. Merecki's, SDS, Spór o prawo naturalne. Analiza modelu argumentacji etycznej Josefa Fuchsa, Lublin 2001)
Paweł Kawalec – Metaethics or the Prolegomena for Theodicy (review of R. M. Chisholm's Ethics and Intrinsic Values, Heidelberg 2001)
Adam Rodziński – A Crystal Person (review of K. Lanckorońska’s Wspomnienia wojenne, Kraków 2001)
Proposals of the "Ethos"
REPORTS
Fr. Krzysztof Mikołajczuk – Unitas in varietate (report on an international conference and the presentation of the Polish edition of the Code of Cannons of the Eastern Churches, KUL, 20 Feb. 2002)
Dariusz Skórczewski – A New Perspective of the Poetics of the "Martyrological Discourse" on the Other Side of the Ocean (report on the address given by Leonard Krążyński, Honorary Consul of Poland in Houston, on 25 Jan. 2001)
Andrzej Pryba – To Preach the Gospel of the Family (report on a research and formative meeting of diocesan chaplains dealing with pastoral care centred on the family and diocesan advisers on family life, Częstochowa, 21-22 Sept. 2001)
Katarzyna Kałduś – Reflections on Dziady as Seen on the Stage and in Life(report on the premiere showing of A. Mickiewicz's Dziady at the J. Osterwa Theatre, Lublin, 17 Nov. 2001, and on the session "Literature – Metaphysics – Theatre," Lublin, 30 Dec. 2001)
THE PONTIFICATE IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD
Fr. Marcin Brzeziński – The Vision of John Paul II’s Pilgrimages to His Homeland, as Seen by Polish Press
THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE ETHOS
Death is Part of Life. Mirosława Chuda Talks to Fr. Prelate Romuald Biniak, Director of the Jerzy Popiełuszko Hospice at the Saint Polish Martyr Brothers Parish in Bydgoszcz
THE CALENDAR
The Twenty Third Year of John Paul II's Pontificate, 16 Oct. 2000 - 15 Oct. 2001 (by Beata Bogusz)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Paul II on Europe. An Annotated Bibliography of John Paul II's Addresses from Years 1995-2001 (by Maria Filipiak and Cezary Ritter)
Notes about the Authors
Summary