"The person does not realize himself in himself. He finds himself only by overcoming himself and is self-realized outside himself, that is going towards God and men. He can achieve happiness only indirectly through this double transcendence. In this sense, there is no need to condemn the entire process of individualism; it must be oriented towards the correctly understood Christian faith and the human personality."
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H. Exc. Most Rev. Karl LEHMANN, Bishop of Mainz (8 October 1999) Press Office of the Holy See
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Karl Lehmann
1936 – 2018
deutscher kath. Theologe und Kardinal
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