ASF4 MODULE 7

Political and Economic activities of the society according to the teachings of the Church and of Saint Augustine for total human liberation from sin.

KNOW OBJECTIVELY THE SITUATION/CASE/EVENT. BE OBJECTIVE IN KNOWING THE CASE OR ISSUE. BASED ON FACTS AND EVIDENCES.

SEE

MAKE A SOCIAL SCIENCE ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION OR THE ISSUE, THEN ELEVATE IT TO THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS.

JUDGE

CONCRETE ACTION. ACTIVE NON VIOLENCE PARTICIPATION. (NOT ONLY IN WORDS BUT ACTION)

ACT

PASTORAL METHODOLOGY

SJA

SEE

JUDGE

ACT

GOSPEL VALUES OF JESUS

PJUL

PEACE

JUSTICE

UNITY

LOVE

a twofold attitude towards economic goods and riches is found in

OLD TESTAMENT

sees the availability of material goods as necessary for life.

ATTITUDE OF APPRECIATION

not wealth or luxury; sometimes seen as a blessing from God

ABUNDANCE

negative consequence of idleness and of a lack of industriousness

POVERTY

not in themselves condemned so much as their misuse.

ECONOMIC GOODS AND RICHES

condemns fraud, usury, exploitation and gross injustice, especially when directed against the poor

PROPHETIC TRADITION

status of a moral value; attitude of humble availability and openness to God, of trust in him.

POVERTY

makes it possible for people to recognize the relativity of economic goods and to treat them as divine gifts; to be shared.

HUMBLE AVAILABILITY AND OPENNESS TO GOD

first owner of all goods

GOD

Through the gift of his Spirit and the conversion of hearts, he comes to establish the ____________________________________ so that a new manner of social life is made possible, in justice, brotherhood, solidarity and sharing.

KINGDOM OF GOD

perfects the original goodness of the created order and of human activity, which were compromised by sin.

KINGDOM INAUGURATED BY CHRIST

when freed from evil and being placed once more in communion with God

MAN IS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF JESUS, WITH THE HELP OF HIS SPIRIT

called to render justice to the poor, releasing the oppressed, consoling the afflicted, actively seeking a new social order in which adequate solutions to material poverty are offered and in which the forces thwarting the attempts of the weakest to free themselves from conditions of misery and slavery are more effectively controlled.

MAN

an integral liberation of man, which means being freed not only from need but also in respect to possessions.

CHRISTIAN SALVATION

____________________________________________; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith

FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVILS

“a Christian is to have towards the authorities”
“civic duty to pay taxes”

SAINT PAUL

not passive but “for the sake of conscience”

SUBMISSION

“be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution”

“to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right”

SAINT PETER

political authority ought to guarantee

A CALM AND TRANQUIL LIFE LED WITH PIETY AND DIGNITY

necessary because of the responsibilities assigned to it; must be a positive and irreplaceable component of civil life; must guarantee an ordered and upright community life; must always be exercised within the limits of morality and on behalf of the dynamically conceived common good, according to a juridical order enjoying legal status

POLITICAL AUTHORITY

insists on the moral connotations of the economy.

CSD

CHURCH’S SOCIAL DOCTRINE

are intimately joined one to the other; necessary, intrinsic; does not entail the separation of these two spheres but, on the contrary, an important reciprocity.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY & MORAL BEHAVIOR

solidarity, not two separate or alternative aims but one indivisible goal

MORAL DIMENSION OF THE ECONOMY

If economic activity is to have a moral character

IT MUST BE DIRECTED TO ALL MEN & TO ALL PEOPLE

the foundation and purpose of political life

THE HUMAN PERSON

originates in the nature of persons, whose conscience reveals to them and enjoins them to obey the order which God has imprinted in all his creatures

THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY

do not always coincide with ethnic boundaries

NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

affirms that minorities constitute groups with precise rights and duties, most of all, the right to exist

MAGISTERIUM

working to recognize and respect human dignity through defending and promoting fundamental and inalienable human rights.

THE HUMAN PERSON AS THE FOUNDATION & PURPOSE OF POLITICAL COMMUNITY

pursues the common good when it seeks to create a human environment that offers citizens the possibility of truly exercising their human rights and of fulfilling completely their corresponding duties

POLITICAL COMMUNITY

requires that the political community develop a twofold and complementary action that defends and promotes human rights.

FULL ATTAINMENT OF THE COMMON GOOD

does not arise immediately from the list of personal rights and duties.

CIVIL & POLITICAL LIFE

Life in society takes on all its significance when ______________________________

WHEN IT IS BASED ON CIVIL FRIENDSHIP AND ON FRATERNITY

law is defined, respected and lived according to the

MANNER OF SOLIDARITY & DEDICATION TOWARDS ONE’S NEIGHBOR

a person, not just an individual

THE HUMAN BEING

indicates a nature endowed with intelligence and free will; far superior to that of a subject defined by the needs arising solely from his material dimension

PERSON

enlightens Christians as to the deepest meaning of political life

GOSPEL PRECEPT OF CHARITY

“Where there is no justice, there is no republic”

SAINT AUGUSTINE ON POLITICS

“The kingdoms without justice is only business of brigandage”

SAINT AUGUSTINE ON ECONOMICS

wrote “Why St. Augustine's View of Wealth Is Still Important?

CRAIG SANDERS

thought __________ was the ideal venue to address the controversial topic of riches and generosity.

THE PULPIT

Augustine based much of his economic imperatives on Jesus' teachings, ______________

“FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE TOO”

its everlasting fate was linked to whatever it loved the most

THE HUMAN HEART HAD A SPIRITUAL GRAVITY

Carrying too many belongings on the worldly trip is a result of being "weighed down by greed," which Augustine characterized as ____________________________________.

UNCLEANNESS OF HEART

If we want riches, we should desire him. He alone will be able to fulfill us, as it is said, Who satisfies your desire with pleasant things

“IF WE MUST BE AVARICIOUS, LET US ADORE HIM”

was the source of all ills in Adam; Because God had not been enough for him, he desired more than he had received

AVARICE

T/F. Augustine does not believe that government is an act of God and its function is to allow people to live undesirable lives.

FALSE. Augustine believes that government is an act of God and its function is to allow people to live good lives.

what did Augustine sell to help the poor and would constantly intercede for them

SACRED GOBLETS

T/F God asks you to take what is enough for you

TRUE. God does not demand much of you. He asks back what he gave you, and from him you take what is enough for you.

The superfluities of the rich are ____________________________

THE NECESSITIES OF THE POOR

When you possess superfluities _____________________________________

YOU POSSESS WHAT BELONGS TO OTHERS

is necessary for the one who wishes to live not only justice, but also love.

TO GIVE, TO SHARE

the expression of a faith that knows how to intuit how God nourishes us and also wants to feed the poor through us

MERCY

Christ is at once rich and poor

as God, rich; as a human person, poor