Social Justice Chapter 2

cardinal virtues

"hinge" virtues that enable us to live moral lives

Identify Rerum Novarum

. The church's modern social teaching doctrine flows from the seminal papal encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, which responded to unjust economic realities of the day.

Why can a Catholic not ignore the social teaching of the Church?

Catholics have a serious obligation to form their consciences in light of the social teaching of Church. It forms an essential element in the proclamation of Christ's gospel.

List three distinctions between justice and charity.

Charity cannot substitute for justice. Charity is more oriented to service and geared to private, individual acts, responding to immediate needs. Social justice is targeted to social change, working in the public arena to address long-term needs and to change unjust structures and institutions. WE cannot say we are loving people if we are not just, if we refuse to give others what is their due by right.

According to the Bible, justice is fidelity to a relationship. Explain.

Fidelity to a relationship means to be faithful to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support. In order to be just, it's important to be loyal to friends and family. An example of Justice in the Old Testament is God's faithfulness to the covenant made with Abraham despite the unfaithfulness of the Chosen People. Abraham and God kept a loyal covenant and good came out of it.

st vincent de paul

Founded religious orders of women to serve the needs of the urban poor

st francis of assisi

He stripped himself of his wealth to be free of its influence and he dedicated himself to the simple life and preached the gospel

St augustine of hippo

Help the poor to see God Helping christ when you . help poor

Why is social justice sometimes called contributive justice?

It's sometimes called contributive justice because we all have a duty to help create the goods, services, and other values necessary for living together in the community.

What is a virtue?

Justice is a virtue. Virtues are good habits that enable us to do good with facility. There are two major categories of virtues: theological and cardinal.

Give a simple definition of justice.

Justice is the cardinal virtue whereby we give God and neighbor what is their due by right

. Cite 4 specific ways Jesus taught justice?

Prodigal son o God will take back those who stray and rejoice • Workers in Vineyard o Don't compare what you have to one another, be happy and grateful with what you have • Forgive 7 times 77 times o Shouldn't give people what they deserve, you should give them better • An eye for and eye o Don't retaliate against others, wish of the best for them

Describe how the cardinal virtues of prudence, fortitude, and temperance can help us be persons of justice. The cardinal virtues are prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice.

Prudence helps us discover the good in every situation and choose the right methods for achieving. It can help us to recognize injustice and how to combat it. Fortitude is the spiritual courage to do what is right, even when we are fearful. It helps us work on behalf of others and for fairness, even in the face of personal sacrifice. Temperance regulates our appetites for created pleasures. It can motivate us to be just in how we use and develop the good creation that God gave to us.

st elizabeth ann seton

Started the sisters of charity and began the catholic school system in the country

"Contrast and American image of justice with a biblical image of justice.

The biblical images justice as a might stream that washes away all injustice. Justice is a prime concern of God. The biblical view of justice is one of covenant, fidelity to relationships. We are just when we are faithful, that is, when we love God above all, love our neighbor as another self, and respect and wisely use God's good earth.

What are the theological virtues? How can each help us in our task to be just persons?

The theological virtues-faith, hope, charity (inlove), have their origin, motive, and object in our loving, Triune God. They help us to be just persons. Faith empowers us to believe in God and his teachings and that of his Church. We are just when we make our faith an active faith. Hope helps us trust in God's help and not relying solely on our own efforts. Christians working for justice trust that the Holy Spirit works through them and that their efforts are worthwhile because of God's presence. Charity is the queen of virtues, enabling us to love God above all and our neighbors as ourselves. Charity moves us to give people their due in all cases and to uproot injustice wherever we might find it.

17. Can Christians be against immigration?

We say immigrants should be welcomed because we are a notion of immigrants. Catholic teaching hold that people have a right to survive economically and to escape political persecution. Christians have a duty to share with others. The United States call Catholics to conversion, that is, to root out fear, prejudice, and a feeling of superiority towards other people. They teach us to have hospitality, dignity, and solidarity. Everyone has their own beliefs on different subjects and I think as a Christian you make your own decision if you are for or against immigration.

Distinguish between and among:

a. Commutative justice-Commutative justice calls for fairness in our exchanges with others, respecting their dignity in transactions, contracts, and promises. b. Distributive justice-Distributive justice, often administered by governmental agencies, shares the goods if creation, making sure that each person gets what is necessary to live a truly human life. c. Legal justice-life. Legal justice regulates the obligations citizens have to the larger society and to the government. . Social justice-applies Jesus' gospel to society's structures, systems, and laws to protect people's rights and ensure a peaceful, loving society.

social justice

aka contributive justice applies the gospel message of jesus to structures systems and laws of society in order to guarentee the rights of individuals ensures that persons have fair social political and economic insitutuions of society

legal justice

citizens obligaitons toward the larger society and government requires a citizen to obey the laws of soicety and possibly serve the government

fortitude

courage to do what is true and right

faith

empowers us to believe in God and all that god has said and revealed to us, including what the Church propposes for our belief, because God is self-evident

hope

empowers us to trust in God's promises

charity/love

enables us to love God above everything an to love our neighbor as ourself

Theologial virtues

faith, hope love

st louise de marrliac

founded the saughters of charity and religious orders to serve women

theological virtues

god-given virtues that direct us to our loving, Triune God

prudence

good common sense; human reason married to truth

Virtue

habitual and firm disposition to do the good

Distributive justice

justice that guarentees the common welfare involves sharing just distribution of the goods of creationg that God intends to all of us to share concerns the obligations of government to citizens

temperanceur

moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods

Cardinal virtues

prudence, temperence, fortitude, and justice

pope leo xIII

rerum novarum

communative justice

the justice of exhange calls for fairness in agreements and exchanges between individuals or private social groups equality based on what is given and what is recieved

justice

we give God and our neighbor what is due by their right

Discuss several ways Christians have promoted justice through the ages. Christians from the earliest days have taken to heart Jesus' call to be just by responding to the needy through the centuries.

• St. Augustine says don't complain about things you can't fix • St. Assisi stripped himself of wealth to be free of its corrupting influence • Elizabeth Ann Seton started Catholic schools in her country. • St. Paul and Marillac founded religious orders of women to serve the needs of the urban poor.

List five important social justice documents of the Church, who wrote them, and the year they were written.

○ 1891 Leo XIII- The Condition of Labor-role of state to pass laws. ○ 1967 Paul VI- Relationship between peace and development. ○ 1971 Synod of Bishops- Justice is an ingredient to the church's mission. ○ 1963 John XXIII- Peace on Earth- Rich and poor nations. ○ 1965 Vatican II- The church in the modern world.- Relationships between church and modern world. ○ 1986 US Bishops- Christian economics to American economy ○ John Paul II (social concern)- Wealth in north and south ○ John Paul II (gospel life)- Right to life.