Person and Society

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Person and Society

DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON : 

DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON Created in God’s image Called to live with God forever

The person as gift: to exist in relation with others : 

The person as gift: to exist in relation with others SAME DIGNITY WITH DIFFERENCES See CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1937

MAN’S SOCIAL NATURE : 

MAN’S SOCIAL NATURE Through the exchange with others, mutual service and dialogue with his brethren, man develops his potential; he thus responds to his vocation.” CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1879

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THE FAMILY

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THE STATE The society formed by citizens who live in a defined territory under the same civil authority. Not the same as the “government” (which refers to civil authority).

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SOCIETY A group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that transcends them.

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Quality of a person by which he has the power to make laws, give commands to his subjects and expect obedience from them. AUTHORITY

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AUTHORITY REQUIRED BY MORAL ORDER COMES FROM GOD Romans 13:1

MORAL LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY : 

MORAL LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY See Acts 5:29; CCC 1902, 1903 and 2236

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AUTHORITY DEPENDS ON ITS CITIZENS Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes, 74

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PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 1883-1884

COMMON GOOD : 

COMMON GOOD CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 1905-1910, 1912

UNIVERSAL COMMON GOOD : 

UNIVERSAL COMMON GOOD CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 1911

PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE : 

PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE

CHARITY AND JUSTICE : 

CHARITY AND JUSTICE