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THE CHURCH, GOD'S DWELLING PLACE WITH MEN AND WOMEN
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- “The Church, sharing in mankind’s joys and hopes, in its anxieties and sadness, stands with every man and woman.”
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 1: AAS 58 (1966), 1025-1026.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 40: AAS 58 (1966), 1057-1059.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 53-54: AAS 83 (!991), 859-860.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 1: AAS 80 (1988), 513-514.
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- “Unique and unrepeatable in his individuality, every person is a being who is open to relationships with others in society.”
ENRICHING AND PERMEATING SOCIETY WITH THE GOSPEL
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- “With her social teaching the Church seeks to proclaim the Gospel and make it present in the complex network of social relations.”
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- “By means of her social doctrine, the Church takes on the task of proclaiming what the Lord has entrusted to her. She makes the message of the freedom and redemption wrought by Christ, the Gospel of the Kingdom, present in human history.”
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- “With her social doctrine not only does the Church not stray from her mission but she is rigorously faithful to it.”
- Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi 9, 30: AAS 68 (1976), 10-11.
- John Paul II, Address to the Third General Conference of Latin American Bishops, Puebla, Mexico (28 January 1979), III/4-7: AAS 71 (1979), 199-204.
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction Libertatis Conscientia, 64-64, 80: AAS 79 (1987), 581-582, 590-591.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis, 8: AAS 71 (1979), 270.
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- “Redemption begins with the Incarnation, by which the Son of God takes on all that is human, except sin, according to the solidarity established by the wisdom of the Divine Creator, and embraces everything in his gift of redeeming Love.”
SOCIAL DOCTRINE, EVANGELIZATION AND HUMAN PROMOTION
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- “The Church’s social doctrine is an integral part of her evangelizing ministry.”
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- “The Church’s social doctrine ‘is itself a valid instrument of evangelization’ and is born of the always new meeting of the Gospel message and social life.”
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 54: AAS 83 (1991), 860.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 41: AAS 80 (1988), 570-572.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 5: AAS 83 (1991), 799.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 54: AAS 83 (1991), 860.
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- “The Church does not assume responsibility for every aspect of life in society, but speaks with the competence that is hers, which is that of proclaiming Christ the Redeemer.”
THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CHURCH
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- “With her social doctrine, the Church aims ‘at helping man on the path of salvation.’”
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- “The Church has the right to be a teacher for mankind, a teacher of the truth of faith: the truth not only of dogmas but also of the morals whose source lies in human nature itself and in the Gospel.”
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Dignitatis Humanae, 14: AAS 58 (1966), 940.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Vertitatis Splendor, 27, 64, 110: AAS 85 (1993), 1154-1155, 1183-1184, 1219-1220.
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- “This right of the Church is at the same time a duty, because she cannot forsake this responsibility without denying herself and her fidelity to Christ.”
- “Because of the public relevance of the Gospel and faith, because of the corrupting effects of injustice, that is, of sin, the Church cannot remain indifferent to social matters.”
