Catholic Social Teaching

Question 0

Where are these ideas describes in?

Answer 0

Church documents that are addresses to the whole church & ultimately the whole world to carry on the mission of Jesus

Question 1

What is CST?

Answer 1

Teaching of the church that examines human society and calls for it to be transformed in ways that will make it easier for everyone to experience the goodness God wills for them

Question 2

What is the birth of CST traced back to?

Answer 2

Pope Leo the 13th who issued the encyclical “Rerum Novarum” or “On the Conditions of Labor” in 1891

Question 3

What were the basic concerns of the Rerum Novarum?

Answer 3

1. Suffering of the poor
2. Cooperation between groups
3. Dignity of works
4. The role of the state in these issues

Question 4

What was capitalism rarely regulated by? What happened as a result?

Answer 4

The government. As a result, a few make great profit, while others live in intolerable conditions

Question 5

What is socialism?

Answer 5

Born of the philosophy of Karl Marx & it advocated distributing wealth according to need, not ownership of capital & profits

Question 6

What did Marx believe? What would this give way to?

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That eventually the masses would rise up, revolt & over throw the capitalist class. This would give way to communism, an ideal & equitable society in which government & laws are unnecessary

Question 7

What did Pope Leo the 13th do with Rerum Novarum?

Answer 7

Called the people to look for & change the social causes of injustice

Question 8

In the 1960s the Church’s gaze became more global because:

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1. Vatican 2
2. Cold War brought the church’s focus to international peace & questioned the morality of nuclear weapons
3. Liberation theology

Question 9

What are the 7 themes of CST?

Answer 9

1. Life & dignity of the human person
2. Call to family, community & participation
3. Rights & responsibilities
4. The option for the poor & vulnerable
5. The dignity of work & the rights of workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for Gods’ creation

Question 10

What do rights include?

Answer 10

The right to live in safety, the right to adequate food & shelter, the right to education & the right to equal protection under the law

Question 11

What is the only thing that limits our rights?

Answer 11

Our responsibility to others, as well as the common good of all society. Others must always come first

Question 12

What must happen to any job that doesn’t support the dignity & rights of workers?

Answer 12

Must either be eliminated or transformed

Question 13

What did pope John Paul the 2nd remind us in his encyclical “On Human Work”?

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The economy in general & work in particular exists for the good of the people, not the other way around

Question 14

What does CST reject the idea of?

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A winners/losers society where you omelette for the good of your own self. Instead the church calls us to work together for the good of all

Question 15

What can’t we do to the environment?

Answer 15

Neglect it. God has made us stewards & we have to be responsible

Question 16

Why do we have to care for the environment?

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Because its a work of God

Question 17

Survival rights:

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Food
Shelter
Basic health care

Question 18

Thrival rights

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Education
Employment
A safe environment
Enough material goods to support a family
To live by ones conscience & religion
To immigrate
To live without discrimination

Question 19

? + ? + ? = ?

Answer 19

Enlightenment + Industrial Revolution + Capitalism = Rerum Novarum

Question 20

Enlightenment

Answer 20

Dismissed the idea that the church/bible had any authority in truth directing humans

Question 21

Industrial revolution

Answer 21

The west shifts from an agrarian to factory model

Question 22

Capitalism

Answer 22

Few owned means of production for their profit & workers sold their labor for what they could get