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46 Theological Foundations while God guides man’s lot, He does not limit man’s rights, He does not impose the allegedly stifling norms of behavior upon him and does not take away man’s ability to make independent decisions. 85 It is worth mentioning that the principle of theocentrism proclaimed by Father Papczynski and Father Matulaitis-Matulewicz has always been alive in the world of Christian culture and that contemporary the- ology, too, emphasizes the importance of man’s appropriate relation to God. 86 Notes: 1 Cf. Y. Congar, Wierze w Ducha Swietego [ I Believe in the Holy Spirit ], vol. II, transl. By L. Rutowska, Warsaw, 1995, 86; cf. J. Nagorny, Opcja fundamentalna w praktyce zycia chrzescijan- skiego, in: B. Jurczyk, ed., Veritatis splendor. Przeslanie moralne Kosciola, Lublin, 1994, 98. 2 TDM 19. 3 Pos. 459-483. 4 “Vitae namque aeternae consecutio, meritorumque pretium in charitate situm est. Proinde quilibet Vestrum prae bonis omnibus hanc sibi gemmam pretiosissimam, hunc thesaurum in argo absconditum, studeat efficacissime comparare. Licet enim charitas DEI donum sit, orationis tamen et mortificationis assiduitate et obtinetur, et conservetur. Omnia ergo apud vos in caritate fiant.” NV c. II, no. 1, in: Pos. 464. 5 “Praecepta DEI et evangelica consilia, Ecclesiae S. Romanae Catholicae leges, instituta, sancita, ritus, consuetudines, dogmata; haec quoque praesens Norma, et si quando plures darentur ordina- tiones, ex amore DEI serventur.” Ibid., c. II, no. 2, in: Pos. 465. 6 “Considera, perfectae dilectionis esse, Divinos sermones CUS- TODIRE. Nam sicut filii, qui vero amore feruntur in Parentes suos, eorum ad unguem explere voluntatem satagunt: hoc modo, qui fil- iorumDei, Patris optimi ac maximi amantes esse voluerint, manda- torum ipsius diligentissimae executioni invigilare debent. Contra