St Jerome Writing
Caravaggio, 1608
1.1 Catholic Social Teaching: Papal Encyclicals
Key and landmark papal encyclicals on the notion of person, rights and justice; the economy of rights of workers; warnings about unsettling trends in society; the advancement and rights of all peoples.
Diuturnum
(On the Origin of Civil Authority)
Although man...has often striven to cast aside the reins of authority, he has never yet been able to arrive at the state of obeying no one. In every association and community...necessity compels that some hold preeminence...."
Quadragesimo Anno
(On the Social Order)
"toward the close of the nineteenth century, the new...economic life that had arisen and the new developments of industry had gone to the point in most countries that human society was clearly becoming divided...into two classes."
Libertas
(On Human Liberty)
"...we clearly see, and on this there is general agreement, that some opportune remedy must be found quickly for the misery and wretchedness pressing so unjustly on the majority of the working class."
Pacen in Terris
(Truth, Justice, Charity & Liberty)
"there is a disunity among individuals and among nations which is in striking contrast to this perfect order in the universe. One would think that the relationships that bind men together could only be governed by force."
Rerum Novarum
(On Capital & Labor)
"...we clearly see, and on this there is general agreement, that some opportune remedy must be found quickly for the misery and wretchedness pressing so unjustly on the majority of the working class."
Populorum Progressio
(On Development of Peoples)
"there is a disunity among individuals and among nations which is in striking contrast to this perfect order in the universe. One would think that the relationships that bind men together could only be governed by force."
1.2 Catholic Theology & Philosophy
Key and landmark papal encyclicals on the notion of person, rights and justice; the economy of rights of workers; warnings about unsettling trends in society; the advancement and rights of all peoples.
Summa Theologica (1a 2ae 94)
(On the Natural Law)
"...where there are many men together and each one is looking after his own interest, the multitude would be broken up and scattered unless there were also an agency to take care of what appertains to the commonweal."
De Regno
(On Kingship)
"...where there are many men together and each one is looking after his own interest, the multitude would be broken up and scattered unless there were also an agency to take care of what appertains to the commonweal."
