The Human Condition

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The title of the document is known as “The Human Condition.” It was
written on August 12, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. It was written about
false opinions threatening to undermine the foundations of catholic
doctrine. The catholic people during this time, were starting to form
their own ideas about Catholicism. This caused a huge problem
between church leaders and their parishes because they simply did
not take the Bible seriously and did not believe or have faith in the
many things Catholics are called to believe.


There were many things happening during this time that may
have caused many Catholics to change their beliefs such as the
Korean War and the Cold War. Both wars were causing an immense
amount of bloodshed and many Americans were thinking about how
the wars would affect America and God’s plan. The 1950’s was also a
time for individual thinking and humanist ideas. This caused Catholics
to question every aspect of their daily lives including religion.

There are four major aspects of this document. The Pope used
these points to attempt making a point to Catholics everywhere about
their faith. The first major point is that humans today easily persuade
themselves in matters that they do not wish to believe are false or at
least doubtful. So, for this reason, divine revelation must be
considered morally necessary for humans everywhere so that the
religious and moral truths of life are realized and this therefore, would
make humans free from all error. This would have an impact globally
and there would be no violent acts, no hunger and wealth would be
possible for the whole world today if each human thought morally and
religiously about each and every matter and situation in life.

The second major point is that human nature causes us not to
believe anything unless we see it for ourselves. Humans must believe
there is a presence of God in our world without seeing Him. If hu...