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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Roots of Catholic Social Teaching. When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist . Dom  Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1909 – 1999) Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil. Roots of Catholic Social Teaching.

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2

  2. Roots of Catholic Social Teaching

  3. When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist. Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1909 – 1999) Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil Roots of Catholic Social Teaching

  4. Roots of Catholic Social Teaching

  5. Scriptural Roots of Justice

  6. Scriptural Roots of Justice

  7. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just wantto do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to themountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. Excerpt from the final speech by Martin Luther King Jr. April 3, 1968 Scriptural Roots of Justice

  8. Justice in Sacred Tradition

  9. Excerpt from the Didache(c. 70 AD), Chapter 5 Persecutors of the good, haters of truth, lovers of lies, knowing not the reward of righteousness, not cleaving to the good nor to righteous judgment, spending wakeful nights not for good but for wickedness, from whom meekness and patience is far, lovers of vanity, following after reward, unmerciful to the poor, not working for him who is oppressed with toil, without knowledge of him who made them, murderers of children, corrupters of God's creatures, turning away the needy, oppressing the distressed, advocates of the rich, unjust judges of the poor, altogether sinful; may ye be delivered, my children, from all these. Justice in Sacred Tradition

  10. Conflicting Opinions on Catholic Social Teaching Rev. C. J. McCloskey III Conflicting opinions on CST fall into three basic camps:1.Those who seem to believe that all CST is Catholic doctrine, from basic principles of social justice down totheir specific applications in the documents. They would argue, for example, that Pope Paul VI’s 1967 encyclical PopulorumProgressiorequires Catholics to support government-to-government aid to developing nations (regardless of conflicting opinions about whether such aid actually harms the recipients). This group makes little distinction between the principles and their application.2. Those who hold that the principles of CST constitute definitive Church teaching and require assent, but that the applications found in Church documents are strictly prudential. 3. Those who hold that CST constitutes the combined institutional wisdom of a Church that has existed since the Roman Empire. This group would argue that, while Catholics should follow CST, the principles are of relatively recent origin and therefore do not constitute definitive doctrine. Justice in Sacred Tradition

  11. Catholic Social Teaching in the Modern World

  12. Pope Leo XIII 1810 – 1903 Catholic Social Teaching in the Modern World

  13. Catholic Social Teaching in the Modern World

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