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MEANING AND UNITY
- 160.
- “The permanent principles of the Church’s social doctrine constitute the very heart of Catholic social teaching.”
- Congregation for Catholic Education, Guidelines for the Study and Teaching of the Church's Social Doctrine in the Formation of Priests, 29-42, Vatican Polyglot Press, Rome 1988, pp. 35-43.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Mater et Magistra: AAS 53 (1961), 453.
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction Libertatis Conscientia, 72: AAS 79 (1987), 585.
- 161.
- “These are principles of a general and fundamental character, since they concern the reality of society in its entirety.”
- 162.
- 163.
- “The principles of the social doctrine, in their entirety, constitute that primary articulation of the truth of society by which every conscience is challenged and invited to interact with every other conscience in truth, in responsibility shared fully with all people and also regarding all people.”
- “These principles have a profoundly moral significance because they refer to the ultimate and organizational foundations of life in society.”
