«En el nombre de la belleza»: El pulchrum como esplendor, don y camino en Karol Wojtyla/Juan Pablo II.

Throughout his academic and pontifical teachings, Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II’s reference to the three transcendentals –the verum, the bonum, and the pulchrum– has been constant. This article exposes the thought of Pope Wojtyla regarding beauty from a triple perspective: first, beauty as splendor, both of the glory of God and of truth and goodness. Second, beauty as a gift or participation, manifested in the case of creative genius and human love. Finally, and as a synthesis of the previous two, beauty as a way to delve into the mystery of man, the world and God (the via pulchritudinis). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]