Chrystusowy Duch a nowe życie człowieka. Zasadnicze orędzie encykliki „Dominum et Vivificantem”

Abstract

The article presents the main core of John Paul Il's thought in the encyclical Dominimi et Vivificantem. In the author's opinion it is concerned with the Person and the salutary mission of the Holy Spirit and the results of His action. After a brief presentation of the rich contents of the encyclical subsequent paragraphs show the basic elements of the Pope’s teaching about who the Holy Spirit is, what His salutary mission in the world consists in. what content is hidden behind Christ’s message about the Spirit who gives life (cf. John 6, 63) and what issues from these for the Christian existence. The whole is concluded with the Pope’s program of developing the civilization of life that can be inferred from the encyclical.