Encyclicals
What is Rerum Novarum and who wrote it?
The “Revolutionaries Change”, Done by pope Leo XIII. It is about social equality.
What is the first part of the Pastoral Circle?
See/ Experience.
To approach social justice issues, you must use what?
What is solidarity?
Working together for the common good of humanity.
What did Pope Paul VI write?
Popularum Progressum
What is the second part of the pastoral Circle?
Judge/ Analyze
What is Justice?
Delivering someone that which they are due.
What is subsidiarity?
Helping the needy/ victims of social injustices.
The Reconstruction of truth was written by whom and about what?
Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno
What is the third part of the Pastoral Circle?
Act/ Action
What is mercy/charity?
Helping the needy on an individual basis
Why do we have dignity?
We are made in the likeness of god, and therefore are deserving of the respect and dignity we are all due.
This encyclical is about peace in the pro nuclear modern world.
Pacem en terris
What are the three parts of the pastoral Circle?
See, Judge, Act
What is the relationship between Justice and Mercy?
Mercy helps the victim, Justice attacks and corrects the problem maker.
What are inquisitions?
A moment of Catholic Church injustices
Which Vatican II talked about aggression in the Catholic Church?
Gaudium et Spes
What is the difference between social justice and apathy?
Social Justice is working to help solve injustices in society, and apathy is not caring about those injustices.
What is ethical relatavism?
There is no absolute right or wrong, instead everything is a moral grey and must be analyzed in its own scope and scale.