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DE LA SALLE SANTIAGO-ZOBEL SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN LIVING IV
AY 2016-2017
SOCIAL ENCYCLICALS
Handout: Additional salient points on
1. Rerum Novarum
2. Quadragesimo Anno
3. Mater et Magistra

Rerum Novarum
1. private property:

It is a natural right of man to own

The state cannot remove that right

Such right must serve the common good

Socialism/(communism) is wrong.
2. rich and poor

Capital and labor cannot stand alone, one without the other

Workers must not be treated as slaves and must be given


A just wage
Sunday rest

Workers must perform their work properly and conscientiously

It is a duty of the rich to help the poor not of justice but of charity
3. workers association

A right for the worker


For his human and Christian perfection

Quadragesimo Anno
1. private property:
The common good ought to be upheld
the state may intervene in this regard
Workers ought to be given a fair chance of owning property
So they can have a sound and secure present and future
2. rich and poor
Social justice must be upheld:
each class must receive its due share
in a spirit of solidarity
Only charity can perfect the bonding of men
Economic life must be inspired by Christian principles
To combat the environment of sin
The law of charity must pervade the whole economic enterprise.

Mater et Magistra

1. private property

The worker must acquire shares in the firm they work in


Justice could be attained if workers are able to participate in the
ownership of the enterprise itself
2. rich and poor

Provide employment to the greatest number of workers to maintain an equal


balance between wages and prices

and make goods and services accessible to the greater number of people

The population problem is more apparent than real


It is more a problem of food distribution than overpopulation
*longest encyclical
3. wages

Wages must allow the worker to live a truly human life and face up to their
family responsibility with dignity
Introduces the social dimension of work
Wages ought to be established according to the available
wealth which may vary from country to country

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