Святой Иоанн XXIII — римский папа с 1958 по 1963 год. Дипломат Ватикана, исполнял обязанности папского нунция в Болгарии, Греции, Турции и Франции. Взойдя на папский престол, выступал за мир и мирное сосуществование государств с различными социальными системами. Стремился модернизировать Католическую церковь в связи с изменившимися в мире условиями. В 1962 году созвал Второй Ватиканский собор.
В консервативных кругах имел прозвище «Красный Папа» — в связи с мягкой позицией в отношении СССР, социалистических стран и прокоммунистических сил на Западе, а также с проповедью мира во всем мире в условиях холодной войны.
С 26 апреля 1960 года, после отставки президента Южной Кореи — Ли Сын Мана и до 3 июня 1963 года, то есть до своей кончины, являлся самым пожилым действующим главой государства на планете. Wikipedia
“[Peace must be] founded on truth, built according to justice, vivified and integrated by charity, and put into practice in freedom.”
[Pacem esse] dicimus in veritate positam, ad iustitiae praecepta constitutam, caritate altam et expletam, libertate postremo auspice effectam.
Pope John XXIII Pacem in Terris
Pacem in Terris (11 April 1963), ¶ 167
“From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues.”
Journal of a Soul (1903)
Контексте: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.
Journal entry on the day Pope Pius XII died (9 October 1958); published in Journal of a Soul (1965)
Контексте: One of my favorite phrases that brings me great comfort: We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!
Journal of a Soul (1903)
Контексте: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.