Jacek Salij OP (born 19 August 1942, Budy,

Wołyń Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

) is a Polish

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and

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, philosopher,

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, Dominican, translator, writer and publicist.

Biography

During the years 1960-1967 he studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing th ...

at The Dominican Philosophical-Theological College in Cracow, followed by studies during the years 1968-1970 at The Academy of Catholic Theology in

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. In 1971, he obtained the title

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and obtained a post-doctorate diploma (

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) in 1979. In 1984, he worked at The Catholic University of

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(

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). In 1990, he was appointed

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of The Academy of Catholic Theology,

and in 1992 became an

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of this institution. At present, he is Director of the Chair of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (UKSW, formerly the Academy of Catholic Theology in

) and Consultant to the Section of Theological Studies in the Polish episcopate's Commission for the Teaching of the Faith. He lectures in

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at the UKSW and at the Dominican Philosophical-Theological College in the Służew district of Warsaw. He is a member of the Committee for Theological Studies of PAN and of the Polish section of the

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. The chief areas of his scientific interests are: history of dogmas, dogmatic theology, theology of God, philosophy of St. Thomas and

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and

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. He is the author of many books, scientific dissertations and translations. He contributes regularly to the monthly "W drodze" ("On the Way"), where for the last 30 years he has been running a column entitled "For Those Seeking the Way", in which he replies to various questions posed by the readers. This popular presentation of the Faith has become the basis for the publication of many of his books that give answers to the most burning questions of today.

Awards

In 2004, during the 10th Fair for Catholic Publishers, he obtained the FENIKS 2004 award "for the tireless popularisation of theological knowledge in Poland in various publications” On the 3 of May 2007, The

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Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he pre ...

, awarded Fr Jacek Salij with the Commander’s Cross with Star of Order of Poland Reborn.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salij, Jacek 1942 births Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw alumni Living people Polish Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Polish philosophers 21st-century Polish philosophers Catholic philosophers