Social Justice Final Study Guide

What is the root cause of violence according to Church teaching?

The effects of Original SIn

What is the primary criterion for Just War Theory?

Just Cause

How should citizens respond to unjust laws according to Church teaching?

Conscientious objection

How does the Church view the relationship between individual rights and social responsibility?

They must be balanced

How does the Church define true peace?

Just relationships and love

What is the primary goal of social institutions according to Church teaching?

Promoting the common good.

What is the Church’s approach to nonviolent resistance?

It is preferred method of social change

What is the Church’s position on media freedom?

Media should be within moral limits

A participation in God’s goodness and response to God’s love by the way that we live.

Holiness

What is a key responsibility of citizens in contributing to society?

Contributing to material and spiritual good

What is the proper relationship between business and state?

Regulated cooperation

What is the Church’s view on international governing bodies?

They should be supported

A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and a human being in which mutual commitments are made.

Covenant

What is the Church’s stance on legitimate self-defense?

It must be a last resort.

Which freedom is essential for the Church within the state?

Freedom to preach the Gospel.

What is the main responsibility of businesses in society?

Serving the common good

What is the primary focus of the church in society?

The spiritual good of people

Greek term meaning “human flourishing”.

Eudaimonia

Which of the following is NOT one of the main responsibilities of the state?

Religious leadership

How does the Church view the role of media in society?

As a provider of honest information

What is the primary purpose of the state according to Church teaching?

To protect and promote the common good.

Divine Law revealed in the New Testament through the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

New Law

Divine Law revealed in the Old Testament, summarized in the Ten Commandments. Also called the Law of Moses. It is succeeded by the New Law of the Gospels.

Old Law

The virtue of social charity, friendship, and responsible sharing whereby the interdependence among all people is recognized.

Solidarity

What is the concept of “structures of sin” referring to?

Systematic patterns of injustice.

An individual’s way of processing the word around them through various relationships

Relationality

The proper use of the gifts God has given us, in particular, the care for creation that will allow the earth and its resources to flourish and last for future generations.

Stewardship

The pattern of specific salvific events in human history in which God clearly reveals his presence and saving actions, revealed throughout the Old Testament.

Salvation History

The work of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his life, Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.

Paschal Mystery

How does the Church view the relationship between Church and state?

They have distinct but complementary roles

God’s self-communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan. A gift accomplished by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through the words and deeds of salvation history.

Divine Revelation

Generally, the term for any sacred writings. For Christians, the Old and New Testaments that make up the Bible and are recognized as the Word of God.

Scripture(s)

This word (from the Latin meaning “to hand on”) refers to the process of passing on the Gospel message, which began with the oral communication of the Gospels by the Apostles and was written down in the Scriptures.

Tradition

The cardinal or moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give God and neighbor their due; the actions that flow from that virtue.

Justice

Human cooperation with Christ for salvation.

Salvific Partnership

Moral knowledge written in every human heart and that every human person innately possesses. It is universal, permanent, and unchanging.

Natural Law

The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed.

Dignity

Themes

1. Life and Dignity of the Human Person

2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation

3. Rights and Responsibilities of the Human Person

4. Option for the poor and vulnerable

5. Dignity of work and the Rights of Workers

6. Solidarity of the Human Family

7. Care for God’s Creation

Dignity

People have the right to work, fair, and just wages, and safe working conditions.

Dignity of the human person is reflected in Trinitarian Theology

• The Creator makes humanity in the Creator’s image and likeness

• Christ becomes incarnate to share the human condition in all ways except for the life of sin.

Pope Leo XIII & Rerum Novera

• The Rerum Novera was written by Pope Leo XIII by 1891

• First social encyclical

• Addresses the harms of industrialization

• It was a groundbreaking document for the Church

  • It addressed new social problems

  • It made specific judgements on how to morally respond to these issues based on God.

• They set new standards for CST and lays the groundwork creation of modern social doctrine

• A lot of other documents have contributed to the Church’s social doctrine.