Wpływ czynników psychologicznego i socjologicznego na wykładnię tekstu prawa kanonicznego

Abstract

The process of interpretation and an outcome of this process are conditioned by a number of factors. Two of these, psychological and sociological factor, are dealt with in this article. It is argued that one of the tasks of the interpreter of the Catholic Church Canon Law is a thorough elucidation of the influence the psychological and sociological factors exert upon the act of interpretation. It is not by extracting oneself from the net of psychological and sociological conditioning (which, in truth, is not possible) but rather by becoming critically aware of its workings that the interpreter arrives at a more adequate interpretation. As Bernard Lonergan once put it: Genuine objectivity is the fruit of authentic subjectivity