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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