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Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges
The 4 Specific
Foundational Principles of
CST [Catholic Social
Teaching]:
- Dignity - Common Good - Subsidiarity - Solidarity
principle of the dignity of the human person (Genesis 1:26)
- foundation for human rights / human responsibilities
- created in the image and likeness of God
- God's Life > Human Life
principle of the common good (Gaudium et Spes 26 & 74)
- the sum total (whole) of social conditions. . . to reach human fulfillment
- the whole is more than the sum of its parts
- Catholic > kath'holou- kata > "about" / holos > "whole“- from micro level (microscopic)- to macro level (telescopic)
principle of subsidiarity (Quadragesimo Anno, 1931 / Centesimus Annus 11)
- decisions must be left at the lowest possible level
- vs. statism / totalitarianism
- limits to the state's intervention
- state protects the individual, the family and the society
principle of solidarity (SRS, 38)
- interdependence of people
- human family is one
- sensitivity for others, especially those who suffer
Tripartite Motto- John Locke's (1632-1704) life - Liberty - Property
-French Revolution (1789-1799) Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (Declaration of Independence, 1776) Life - Liberty - Pursuit of happiness
- Russian Revolution (1917) Peace - Land - Bread
Tripartite MottoLiberté - Egalité -
Fraternité Freedom - Equality - Brotherhood
(Sisterhood)
-Freedom > subsidiarity-Equality > common good-Brotherhood (Sisterhood) > solidarity
Quadratite MottoLiberté - Egalité - Fraternité - Vie
Freedom - Equality - Brotherhood (Sisterhood) - Life
-Freedom > subsidiarity-Equality > common good-Brotherhood (Sisterhood) > solidarity-Life > dignity
The 4 Specific
Foundational Principles of
CST [Catholic Social
Teaching]:
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