The Pope on Beauty
Letter to Artists of Pope John Paul II - every bit follows: "Beauty, whether that of the natural universe or that expressed inwards art, exactly because it opens upwards in addition to broadens the horizons of human awareness, pointing us beyond ourselves, bringing us facial expression upwards to facial expression upwards amongst the abyss of Infinity, tin run a path towards the transcendent, towards the ultimate Mystery, towards God.... In this regard, i may verbalize of a 'via pulchritudinis,' a path of beauty which is at the same fourth dimension an artistic in addition to aesthetic journey, a journeying of faith, of theological enquiry.... Simone Weil wrote inwards this regard: 'In all that awakens inside us the pure in addition to authentic persuasion of beauty, there, truly, is the presence of God. There is a form of incarnation of God inwards the world, of which beauty is the sign. Beauty is the experimental proof that incarnation is possible. For this argue all fine art of the commencement gild is, yesteryear its nature, religious.'"
The Pope has likewise latterly spoken rattling eloquently of the beauty of the medieval cathedrals, i of which, the Cathedral of Orvieto, is featured inwards the photograph. There he speaks of "a much broader assort of reason, inwards which the middle in addition to argue come upwards together. This is the point. This, I think, is inwards only about agency the proof of the truth of Christianity: the middle in addition to argue come upwards together, beauty in addition to truth touch. And to the extent that nosotros are able to alive inwards the beauty of truth, thus much to a greater extent than volition faith over again hold upwards able to hold upwards creative, inwards our ain fourth dimension every bit well, in addition to to limited itself inwards a convincing artistic form."
The Pope has likewise latterly spoken rattling eloquently of the beauty of the medieval cathedrals, i of which, the Cathedral of Orvieto, is featured inwards the photograph. There he speaks of "a much broader assort of reason, inwards which the middle in addition to argue come upwards together. This is the point. This, I think, is inwards only about agency the proof of the truth of Christianity: the middle in addition to argue come upwards together, beauty in addition to truth touch. And to the extent that nosotros are able to alive inwards the beauty of truth, thus much to a greater extent than volition faith over again hold upwards able to hold upwards creative, inwards our ain fourth dimension every bit well, in addition to to limited itself inwards a convincing artistic form."
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