CHURCH_DOCUMENT
Veritatis Splendor
Document of the Catholic Church
Pope John Paul II's foundational moral encyclical. Reaffirms the existence of universal and unchanging moral norms knowable by reason and confirmed by revelation. Critiques proportionalism and other forms of consequentialism.
key Themes
- The foundations of moral theology
- Intrinsically evil acts
- The relation between freedom and truth
- Faith and morality
document Type
encyclical
issuing Authority
Pope John Paul II
issued Date
1993-08-06
canonical Url
https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor.html