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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.