Unit 2 Flashcards
Who helped found the Vincent de Paul society?
Bl. Frederic Ozanam
Who was born into privilege, but lifed a life of simplicity and gave away many of his possessions; thousands of poor people who he helped in spirit came to his funeral.
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
a body of doctrine, articulated as the Church interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the whole of what has been revealed by Jesus Christ; sources are Divine Revelation and Natural Law
Catholic Social Teaching
Binds god to his people
Covenant
holds that although people have different talents, all have the same fundamental dignity as God’s children
Equal dignity
the official teaching authority of the Church
Magisterium
Provides the foundation for the church’s social teachings
Moral law
God’s plan written into the way he made things; you understand what must be done and what must be avoided
Natural law
encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to address economic and other injustices plaguing the late nineteenth-century world
Rerum novarum
a doctor who gave up her own life to save her unborn baby
St. Gianna
lived during the persecution of Christians by Emperor Valerian; a deacon in the Church; called the poor and neglected the Church’s “treasure”
At. Lawrence
St. Teresa
founded the Missionaries of Charity; served the poorest of the poor with utmost dignity, respect and compassion
the lowest level of an organization should handle a function if it is capable of doing so without the higher level intruding
subsidiarity
Love God above all else, and also your neighbor as yourself
The Greatest Commandment
defines your neighbor as the one in need of your mercy parable
Parable of the Good Samaritan
