I think what is missing from the notion of “good people/bad people” is the understanding that evil is corruptive"
This connects with JPII's system of ethics, expressed most fully in his book "Person and Act". He understood that the acts of a person help they themselves become more of the likeness of Christ or not become more of the likene…
I think what is missing from the notion of “good people/bad people” is the understanding that evil is corruptive"
This connects with JPII's system of ethics, expressed most fully in his book "Person and Act". He understood that the acts of a person help they themselves become more of the likeness of Christ or not become more of the likeness of Christ. Since the goal is to put on the human nature of Christ, the cost is more than the consequences of getting caught. Instead, the cost of evil deeds is the decrease of our divinization. The good news of course is that our acts of love increase our divinization as we become more Christlike.
I think what is missing from the notion of “good people/bad people” is the understanding that evil is corruptive"
This connects with JPII's system of ethics, expressed most fully in his book "Person and Act". He understood that the acts of a person help they themselves become more of the likeness of Christ or not become more of the likeness of Christ. Since the goal is to put on the human nature of Christ, the cost is more than the consequences of getting caught. Instead, the cost of evil deeds is the decrease of our divinization. The good news of course is that our acts of love increase our divinization as we become more Christlike.