Ch. 8 The Church in the Modern World

an economic system based upon the private ownership of goods and the free market system

• Capitalism

• Liberal Capitalism

• Socialism

• Modernism

A movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that attempted to reduce and/or limit Church teaching to modern advances in history, science, and biblical research

• Subsidiarity

• Catholic Action

• Modernism

• Enlightenment

The concept of "survival of the fittest" applied to the social realm, resulting in an image of the economic jungle and so-called laissez-faire economics.

• Capitalism

• Social Darwinism

• Communism

• Modernism

The principle that resources and material goods within society should be accessible to humanity as a whole rather than restricted to the private realm.

• Common Good

• Universal distribution of goods

• Subsidiarity

• Solidarity

an economic system in which there is no private ownership of goods and the creation and distribution of goods and services is determined by the whole community or by the government.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Liberal Capitalism

• Capitalism

the moral principle that large organizations and governments should not take over responsibilities and decisions that can be carried out by individuals and local organizations, and that large corporations and governments have the responsibility to support the good of human beings, families and local communities, which are the center and purpose of social life.

• Universal destination of goods

• Subsidiarity

• Option for the poor and vulnerable

• Life and dignity of the human person

a socioeconomic and political system that aims to bring about a utopian society on earth. This theory includes the governments unrestrained control of citizens. It is often closely tied with atheism.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Modernism

• Liberal Capitalism

The collective well-being of society as a whole, particularly in matters related to social justice

• subsidiarity

• solidarity

• common good

• universal destination of goods

written at Vatican II to address the Church's responsibilities in the modern world to promote the common good for all people, to condemn weapons of mass destruction, and define that true peace does not mean a lack of war

• Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor)

• The Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)

• Peace on Earth (Pacem in Terris)

Written by Pope John XXIII. It listed basic human rights and the responsibilities that go along with them. It reiterated the importance of the common good and addressed problems with the arms race. Warns against warfare, nuclear and otherwise.

• Peace on Earth (Pacem in Terris)

• The Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)

• Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor)