Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has written a new book with the help of Father José Granados explaining John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Here is a description of the book titled “Called to Love“:
Christianity has long been regarded as viewing the body as a threat to a person’s spiritual nature and of denying its sexual dimension. In 1979, Pope John Paul II departed from this traditional dichotomy and offered an integrated vision of the human body and soul. In a series of talks that came to be known as “the theology of the body,” he explained the divine meaning of human sexuality and why the body provides answers to fundamental questions about our lives. In Called to Love, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and Father José Granados discuss the philosophical and religious significance of “the theology of the body” in language at once poetic and profound. As they explain, the body speaks of God, it reveals His goodness, and it also speaks of man and women and their vocation to love. Called to Love brings to life the tremendous gift John Paul II bestowed on humanity and gives readers a new understanding of the Christian way of love and how to embrace it fully in their lives.
In an interview with the Knights magazine the Columbian, Anderson explains that, because the TOB reveals that the human person is meant to image the Trinitarian love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, it is “an important concept for the work of the Knights of Columbus” since the order is “based upon the principles of charity, unity and fraternity.” As an explanation of the dignity of the human person and true meaning of sexuality, the TOB is also essential to the Knights’ work in defending the sanctity of marriage and the right to life of all human beings.
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