Catholic Social Teaching Documents PDF

—Lei ᯓᡣ𐭩 AHS-A 5. Human dignity can only be protected and a CLF: First Quarter healthy community can be achieve if: All human rights are protected Lesson 1: CATHO...

—Lei ᯓᡣ𐭩 AHS-A 5. Human dignity can only be protected and a CLF: First Quarter healthy community can be achieve if: All human rights are protected Lesson 1: CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS Responsibilities of all human beings are met 6. Option for the poor and vulnerable — The 7 Themes in the Catholic Social Teachings Catholic Church proclaims that the basic moral test Life and Dignity of the Human of a society is how the most vulnerable members Person Solidarity are being treated. Call to Family and Community 7. Stewardship or care for God’s creation — The Subsidiarity Catholic tradition insists that every human being Rights and Responsibilities show respect for the Creator by our stewardship of Option for the Poor His creation. Care for God’s Creation 8. Participation — All people have a right to participate in the economic, political, and cultural Catholic social teaching is a central and essential life of society. element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of Lesson 2 love and justice. Catholic Social Teaching God’s Love "Catholic social teaching is a central and The simple truth of the creation story is that essential element of our faith. " God is the author of creation Catholic social teaching is based on and In fact, these mysteries are not the focus of inseparable from our understanding of human life the creation story. The purpose, rather, is for and human dignity. Every human being is created moral and spiritual revelation. in the image of God and redeemed by Jesus Christ God was very pleased with his creation. On and therefore is invaluable and worthy of respect as final inspection of all that he had made, God a member of the human family. regarded it as "very good”. We are part of God's creation. 1. LIFE AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON RACE MAN-GOD AGE — The DID GOD ACT ACCORDING TO PLAN WHEN HE Catholic Church proclaims that human life is CREATED THE WORLD AND US? sacred and that the dignity of the human - YES. God created the world according to His idea person is the foundation of a moral vision and plan. for society. WHO IS GOD IN THE FIRST PLACE? Race GOD IS LOVE Man-God - He is the origin of all that exists. He is the final Age reason for and the ultimate cause of all things, who 2. Solidarity — We are one human family also keeps them in existence. whatever our national, racial, ethnic, THREE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD economic, and ideological differences. We Omnipotence (All-powerful) - God's power is are our brothers and sisters’ keepers. infinite, or limitless. 3. Community/Common Good — The person Omniscience (All-knowing) - He knows all that is not only sacred but also social. How we there is to know and all that can be known. organize our society—in economics and Omnipresence (All-present) - It means his divine politics, in law and policy—directly affects presence encompasses the whole of universe. human dignity and the capacity of Our Existence individuals to grow in community. - We recognized that we did not make ourselves. 4. Subsidiarity — The word subsidiarity Our being Finite comes from the Latin word “subsidium” - We recognized that we are limited and temporary. which means help, aid or support. The WHY DID GOD CREATED MAN AND THE principle of subsidiarity means being WORLD? wide-eyed, clearly determining the right - GOD CREATED THE WORLD BECAUSE OF amount of help or support that is needed to LOVE accomplish a task or to meet an obligation. —Lei ᯓᡣ𐭩 AHS-A 2. PHILIA LOVE - From the GREEK WORK means CLF: First Quarter “close friendship or brotherly love” — Encompassing love for fellow humans, care, If God created the world out of LOVE, why is it respect, and compassion for people in need our world is full of injustice, oppression and 3. AGAPE LOVE - A Greek word the means “the suffering? highest form of love” - God created the world as something VERY — Represents the divine-love of the Lord towards GOOD in itself. But man fell away from God, his Son Jesus Christ, the human beings and all deciding against God’s love and bringing evil into believers. the world. — It involves selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. DISOBEDIENCE - The first sin committed by man. SALVATION FREEDOM SALVATION IS FOR ALL! - Is the power given by God to act or not to act, to It is not something that only a few people do this or to do that, and so to perform deliberate can attain. actions on one’s own responsibility. (CCC 363) Because it was the perfect happiness that is granted to us through Jesus Christ. Two Kinds of Acts HUMAN ACT - is an action that is considered to be PROGRESS IN THE HISTORY OF SALVATION carried out voluntarily. Birth of Christ ACT OF MAN - is an action that is considered to be Death of Christ carried out involuntarily. Earthly Things Last Coming WHY DID GOD GIVE MAN THE OPTION OF Eternal Coming DOING EVIL IN THE FIRST PLACE? FREEDOM implies the possibility of choosing Metanoia between good and evil HOWEVER, the choice of Greek Word – “Change of HEART” evil is an abuse of FREEDOM and leads to the All change starts within the HUMAN slavery of SIN. (CCC 363) HEART: First the person himself must change interiorly and think and live Two Dimensional Calling of Human Being according to God’s command. 1. To be loved 2. To offer love Lesson 3: The Encyclicals and 15 Documents THE BEST WAY TO EXPRESS THIS KIND OF of the Catholic Church LOVE TWO PERSPECTIVES OF LOVE 1. Love as a feeling - Love that is merely based on An encyclical is a letter from the Holy Father that EMOTION is a "teaching document." 2. Love as a virtue - When love becomes not merely a feeling we have, but a settled disposition Its audience is every Catholic and all people of to do good to others, to be self-sacrificing, good will. compassionate and just. A "social encyclical" applies the consistent, Three Types of LOVE traditional moral teachings of the Church to the social and economic challenges of the current day. 1. EROS LOVE - Eros is a Greek term which actually means “desire and longing” — It is based on the strong feeling we have with one another —Lei ᯓᡣ𐭩 AHS-A 14. Caritas in Veritate “Charity in Truth” Pope CLF: First Quarter Benedict XVI (2009) - directed at a variety of concerns including global poverty. Catholic Social Teaching Documents 15. Laudato Si’ “On Care for our Common Home” Pope Francis - addressed to "every person 1. Rerum Novarum “OF NEW THINGS” Pope living on this planet" for an inclusive dialogue about Leo XIII (1891) - protecting the rights of workers how we are shaping the future of our planet. Food, Rent, Healthcare, Education, Clothing, Transportation, Savings 2. Quadragesimo Anno “On the Fortieth Year” Pope Pius XI (1931) - Dictatorship is condemned as the danger of fascism. 3. Mater et Magistra “Mother and Teacher” Pope John XXIII (1961) - “Role of the Church” and “Christianity and Social Progress.” 4. Pacem in Terris “Peace on Earth” Pope John XXIII (1963) - First addressed to all people of goodwill and underlines the rights and responsibilities of individuals. 5. Gaudium et Spes “The Joys and Hopes” Pope Paul VI (1965) - Document by the Second Vatican Council. 6. Populorum Progressio “The Progress of Peoples” Pope Paul VI (1967) - “Development us the new name for peace” 7. Humanae Vitae “On Human Life” Pope Paul VI - Ended the speculation over all contraceptives and birth control once and for all. 8. Octogesima Adveniens “On the Eighth Year” Pope Paul VI (1971) - ‘Apostolic Letter’ rather than an encyclical. 9. Laborem Exercens “On Human Work” Pope John Paul II rights (1981) - Work should increase human dignity 10. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis “On Social Concern” Pope John Paul II - Goes onto condemn the gap between the rich and poor. 11. Centesimus Annus “The One Hundredth Year” Pope John Paul II (1991) - To affirm democracy the excesses of capitalism must be condemned. 12. Evangelium Vitae “The Gospel of Life” Pope John Paul II (1995) - Powerful underscoring of the dignity and value of life; John Paul II condemns the 'culture of death' where individual freedom is placed before the rights of others to life -hence the condemnation of the death penalty, abortion and euthanasia. 13. Fides et Ratio “Faith and Reason” Pope John Paul II (1998) - Written to his fellow bishop to address the relationship between faith and reason.