Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Matthew 26, 57-64 + CSDC and CV
(CV 42b) The breaking-down of borders is not simply a material fact: it is
also a cultural event both in its causes and its effects. If globalization is
viewed from a deterministic standpoint, the criteria with which to evaluate and
direct it are lost. As a human reality, it is the product of diverse cultural
tendencies, which need to be subjected to a process of discernment. The truth
of globalization as a process and its fundamental ethical criterion are given
by the unity of the human family and its development towards what is good.
Hence a sustained commitment is needed so as to promote a person-based and
community-oriented cultural process of world-wide integration that is open to
transcendence.
CSDC 269a. Starting
with Rerum Novarum, the Church has never stopped considering the problems of
workers within the context of a social question which has progressively taken
on worldwide dimensions.[583]
Notes: [583] Cf. John Paul II,
Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens, 2: AAS 73 (1981), 580-583.
[57] Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to
Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. [58]
Peter was following him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard,
and going inside he sat down with the servants to see the outcome. [59] The
chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain false testimony
against Jesus in order to put him to death, [60] but they found none, though
many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward [61] who stated,
"This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and within three days
rebuild it.'" [62] The high priest rose and addressed him, "Have you
no answer? What are these men testifying against you?" [63] But Jesus was
silent. Then the high priest said to him, "I order you to tell us under
oath before the living God whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God."
[64] Jesus said to him in reply, "You have said so. But I tell you: From
now on you will see 'the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and
'coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
CSDC 198. Men
and women have the specific duty to move always towards the truth, to respect
it and bear responsible witness to it [431]. Living in the truth has
special significance in social relationships. In fact, when the coexistence of
human beings within a community is founded on truth, it is ordered and
fruitful, and it corresponds to their dignity as persons[432]. The more people
and social groups strive to resolve social problems according to the truth, the
more they distance themselves from abuses and act in accordance with the
objective demands of morality. Modern times call for an intensive
educational effort [433] and a corresponding commitment on the part of
all so that the quest for truth cannot be ascribed to the sum of different
opinions, nor to one or another of these opinions — will be encouraged in every
sector and will prevail over every attempt to relativize its demands or to
offend it[434]. This is an issue that involves the world of public
communications and that of the economy in a particular way. In these areas, the
unscrupulous use of money raises ever more pressing questions, which
necessarily call for greater transparency and honesty in personal and social
activity.
Notes: [431] Cf. Catechism of the
Catholic Church, 2467. [432] Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in
Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 265-266, 281. [433] Cf. Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 61: AAS 58
(1966), 1081-1082; Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 35,
40: AAS 59 (1967), 274-275, 277; John Paul II, Encyclical Letter
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 44: AAS 80 (1988), 575-577. For social
reform, “the primary task, which will affect the success of all the others,
belongs to the order of education”: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
Instruction Libertatis Conscientia, 99: AAS 79 (1987), 599. [434]
Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes,
16: AAS 58 (1966), 1037; Catechism of the Catholic Church,
2464-2487.
[Initials and
Abbreviations.- CSDC: Pontifical Council for Justice And Peace, Compendium of the Social
Doctrine of the Church; - SDC: Social Doctrine of the Church; - CV: Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in truth)]
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