Luke 12, 8-12 + CSDC and CV
CV 41c.
As well as cultivating differentiated forms of business activity on the global
plane, we must also promote a dispersed political authority, effective on
different levels. The integrated economy of the present day does not make the
role of States redundant, but rather it commits governments to greater
collaboration with one another. Both wisdom and prudence suggest not being too
precipitous in declaring the demise of the State. In terms of the resolution of
the current crisis, the State's role seems destined to grow, as it regains many
of its competences. In some nations, moreover, the construction or
reconstruction of the State remains a key factor in their development. The
focus of international aid, within a solidarity-based plan to resolve
today's economic problems, should rather be on consolidating constitutional,
juridical and administrative systems in countries that do not yet fully enjoy
these goods.
The Church professes her
fidelity to Christ and to his truth
CSDC 226b. Acting in this fashion, the Church professes
her fidelity to Christ and to his truth; at the same time she shows a maternal
spirit to her children, especially those who, through no fault of their own,
have been abandoned by their legitimate spouse. With steadfast trust she
believes that even those who have turned away from the Lord's commandment, and
continue to live in that state, can obtain from God the grace of conversion and
salvation, if they persevere in prayer, penance and charity[500].
Notes: [500] Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris
Consortio, 77, 84: AAS 74 (1982), 175-178, 184-186.
(Lk 12, 8-12) Who
acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels
of God
8 I tell you, everyone who acknowledges
me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. 9
But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. 10
"Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but
the one who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 When
they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry
about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say. 12 For the
holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say."
CSDC 526. The Church's social doctrine provides the
fundamental criteria for pastoral action in the area of social activity:
proclaiming the Gospel; placing the Gospel message in the context of social
realities; planning actions aimed at the renewal of these realities; and
conforming them to the demands of Christian morality. A new evangelization of
society requires first of all the proclamation of the Gospel: God saves every
person and the whole person in Jesus Christ. It is this proclamation that
reveals man to himself and that must become the principle for interpreting
social realities. In proclaiming the Gospel, the social dimension is an
essential and unavoidable but not the only dimension. It is a dimension that
must reveal the unlimited possibilities of Christian salvation, even if it is
not possible in time to conform social realities perfectly and definitively to
the Gospel. No results attained, not even the most spectacular, can escape the
limits of human freedom and the eschatological tension of every created
reality[1117].
Notes: [1117] Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 48: AAS 80 (1988), 583-584.
[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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