The social doctrine of the Church became the purview of papal encyclicals during the nineteenth century when the Church struggled with the rise of the modern industrial society with its new structures for the production of consumer goods, with its new concept of a just society, with the rise of the secular state,
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This either-or debate came to life again 10 years later when John Paul II issued his encyclical "Centesimus Annus" commemorating the 100th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum." It is regrettable that the debate over the pope's most recent social encyclicals took such an ideological turn.
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Since it looks like Pope Benedict's long-awaited social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, will be appearing any day now (he reportedly signed it Monday), it's probably a good time to take a look at the history of Catholic social teaching, specifically as it has been expressed through papal encyclicals.
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His call for a wider reading of and meditation upon the Catholic social encyclicals is certainly worthy of support. However, there are several thoughts that occurred to me as I read his piece.
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Consisting of the full text of eight papal social encyclicals dating back to 1891 and the papacy of Leo XIII, and one important papal radio address on Christian social ethics, this reference work also introduces, outlines, and summarizes the texts in a clear, understandable language.
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Brings together and carefully introduces and summarizes eight important papal encyclicals and one radio address on Christian social ethics dating back to Pope Leo XIII... ... Consisting of the full text of eight papal social encyclicals dating back to 1891 and the papacy of Leo XIII, and one important papal radio address...
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Human Dignity and the Common Good: The Great Papal Social Encyclicals from Leo XIII to John Paul II; Rousseau, Richard W.; ... Consisting of the full text of eight papal social encyclicals dating back to 1891 and the papacy of Leo XIII, and one important papal radio address on Christian social ethics, this reference work...
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Papal encyclicals are documents that are written in order to address and speak to the needs of the times. The Pope in consultation with his bishops and scholars writes these papers on topics varying in nature. The listing below will give some idea of the issues addressed. ... - The Reconstruction of the Social Order...
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