Christian dimension of suffering
Kubik, K.
Przeglad Lekarski 56(7-8): 544-547
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 10575928 Document Number: 504849
Human existence is marked by imperfection, whose expression--among other things--is suffering. The problem of answering the question about the meaning of suffering for human life in its entirety is of great significance in philosophy and theology. In the Old Testament it meant God's punishment for the evil done by man. In Christianity this bleak notion of suffering has found a new dimension--suffering is creative, redemptive in character; it enables a man to surpass his limits. The understanding of suffering and its sense has a profound meaning in building a suitable attitude of a sick person towards his own weakness.