Happiness and Human Nature
Justice
The Common Good and Charity
Catholic Social Teaching (CST)
CST in History
100


  • Who is St. Augustine of Hippo?



  • This Church Father said, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”


100


  • Justice is defined as giving others their

___________


  • What is due? 


100


  • Name one of the three essential elements of the common good.



  • respect for human dignity, commitment to social well-being, or establishing a peaceful and just society? 


100


  • What is natural law?



  • CST is rooted in this kind of law, accessible to human reason.


100


  • This encyclical by Pope Leo XIII (1891) is considered the first social encyclical.



  • What is Rerum Novarum (“On the Condition of Labor”)? 


200


  • What is the image of God?



  • Humans are made in this divine image, which gives them dignity.


200


  • What is commutative justice? 



  • This type of justice governs exchanges between individuals, such as paying back debts.


200


  • This theological virtue, defined as love of God and neighbor, is called the “greatest social commandment.” what is it?



  • charity


200


  • Name one of the three elements of CST.



  • What is the principle for reflection, criteria for judgment, or guidelines for action


200


  • Who is Pope Pius XI? 



  • This pope issued Quadragesimo Anno in 1931, coining the term “social justice.”


300


  • What are free will and rational intellect



  • Name two attributes of the human person that distinguish humans from animals.


300


  • What is distributive justice?



  • This type of justice involves what society owes its members in proportion to their needs and contributions.


300


  • True or False: Justice and charity are mutually exclusive and should not work together.



  • False? (They must work together) 


300


  • Which Vatican Council emphasized that Christian revelation promotes deeper understanding of social living?



  • What is the Second Vatican Council? 


300


  • Pope Francis calls for “a poor Church for the ____.”



  • poor? 


400


  • What is concupiscence? 



  • Original Sin leaves us with this tendency toward sin.


400


  • Who is Pope Pius XI? 



  • Which pope first introduced the term “social justice” in official Church documents?


400


  • Give one modern example of a social sin.



  • abortion, racism, human trafficking, or systemic poverty? 


400


  • The Church describes herself as a sacrament of communion with God and this.



  • unity among all people? 


400


  • Which saint inspired Pope Francis’s name and example of radical poverty?



  • St. Francis of Assisi? 


500


  • Who is Jesus Christ? 



  • According to St. John Paul II, only by being conformed to this Person can humans rediscover their true identity.


500


  • Explain how distributive justice differs from commutative justice.


  • Distributive justice is what society owes individuals; commutative justice is what individuals owe each other. 


500


  • What is meant by the phrase “personal morality lived in society”?



  • the idea that social justice flows from living out personal morality in community, including the Ten Commandments? 


500


  • Explain the difference between “freedom of worship” and “freedom of religion.”



  • Freedom of worship = limited to private prayer; Freedom of religion = lived publicly in all aspects of life.


500

 


  • Explain why Catholic Social Teaching is not considered a political movement.



  • Because its purpose is salvation of souls and guidance in justice, not partisan politics. 


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