TY - JOUR N2 - One of the oldest ways of showing the practical realization of a call to holiness is the imitation of Christ. In the past this idea, with additional role models included, was also used in the moral theological refection on human development and sanctifcation. However, those attempts found it diffcult to defne the subject of imitation as well as imitation itself. Also today, with some reservations, the idea of imitation can be used for a methodical presentation of the Christian vocation to holiness and of concrete ways how this vocation can be realized. When taken together with the biblical category of the vocation and of the gift, this idea allows to present Christian moral life in a synthetic way and can be the reference point for specifc moral obligations. However, when using the category of imitation in the correct presentation of a call to holiness, correct terms are needed as well as an understanding of the vocation as found in Revelation and in particular and modern behavioural sciences. Such a presentation would emphasize important features of Christian morality, especially its religious, personalistic and social character, and would manifest misconceptions of both extreme autonomy and extreme heteronomy. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/98007/PDF/Zadykowicz.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/98007 PY - 2011-2012 IS - Tom 6-7 EP - 139 DO - 10.24425/snt.2011-2012.112742 KW - moral theology KW - imitation KW - holiness KW - personal pattern A1 - Zadykowicz, Ks. Tadeusz PB - Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych DA - 2012 T1 - The Idea of Imitation in Moral Theology as an Attempt to Systematically Present the Christian Call to Holiness SP - 123 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/98007 T2 - Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN ER -