Selections from Section 14
Human beings, in a certain sense,
are unknown to themselves.
Jesus Christ not only reveals God,
but “fully reveals man to man”…..
All believers are called to bear witness to this;
but it is up to you, men and women
who have given your lives to art,
to declare with all the wealth of your ingenuity
that in Christ the world is redeemed:
the human person is redeemed,
the human body is redeemed,
and the whole creation which,
according to Saint Paul,
“awaits impatiently the revelation
of the children of God” (Rom 8:19),
is redeemed.
The creation awaits the revelation
of the children of God also
through art and in art.
This is your task.
Humanity in every age, and even today,
looks to works of art to shed light
upon its path and its destiny.