New Theology of the Body Translation released

American Papist ^ | July 22, 2006 | Thomas

[NYer]

Via Amy Welborn:

... the new translation of John Paul II's Theology of the Body has been released by Pauline Media. For those not keeping track:

John Paul II’s The Theology of the Body remains a masterwork of Catholic teaching — an invaluable guide to understanding the spiritual communion of life, love, marriage, and sexuality. But previous editions of the work were based on individual Italian transcriptions of the 129 catecheses the Pope delivered between 1979 and 1984, resulting in many translation inconsistencies, inadvertent omissions, and intentional edits. While they were theologically true and pedagogically helpful, nevertheless these editions lacked the coherence originally conceived by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla.

Pauline Books and Media presents The Theology of the Body: A New Translation Based on the John Paul II Archives, a brand new translation based on a previously unknown version of the text discovered in Vatican Archives by acclaimed biblical scholar Michael M. Waldstein, Th.D. Now, for the first time in 22 years, the true beauty of The Theology of the Body can be appreciated.

[More great links at Amy's.]

[Click here to purchase the book at Amazon.]

I had the honor to take a class with Professor Waldstein at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family (ITI) in Gaming, Austria. A brilliant thinker, to be sure.

[Jaded]

I cheated and got the cd by Christopher West. There is a new version for teens, like they're gonna read the original documents.

[Salvation]

Ping list?

[Salvation]

Our church is doing the Christopher West cd series on this right now.

I truly believe that the young people who experience this series are the ones who understand the holiness of their bodies and keeping it for the marital status only.

[Salvation]

Buy it here and have the money go to supporting the ministry of Theology of the Body!

http://www.christopherwest.com/

[Salvation]

Man, though made of body and soul, is a unity. Through his very bodily condition he sums up in himself the elements of the material world. Through him they are thus brought to their highest perfection and can raise their voice in praise freely given to the Creator. For this reason man may not despise his bodily life. Rather he is obliged to regard his body as good and to hold it in honour since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day.

-- Gaudium et spes