Solidarity: Catholic Social Doctrine

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Mrs. Lanari Religion 20 March 2015 PE #3 Solidarity is a key principle of Catholic social doctrine, which is why it is considered a permanent, or primary principle. Solidarity itself is being united as a group that goes beyond the individual’s self interests, and is referred to as the principle of friendship. Solidarity relies on participation, because in order to have unity everyone needs to participate. Participation is the act of an individual part taking in society actively. Solidarity shows itself through participation. Solidarity is shown many times throughout the Bible. For example, In Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ …show more content…

Rerum Novarum was written about the industrial revolution, and called people to come together and solve these problems through coming together, solidarity. St. John Paul II spoke of solidarity many times. To help the collapsing of of the Soviet Union, St. John Paul II greatly encouraged solidarity. This saint said that “The exercise of solidarity within each society is valid when its members recognize on another as persons.” He states that the ones who are influential should share their goods, and fell responsibility for the weaker ones. The weaker ones should claim their legitimate rights and do what they can for the good of all. Through all of us working together, we can exhibit …show more content…

In the Galatians the differences were of being a Jew or Gentile, a slave of free, but now being Jew versus being Gentile is not as much of a problem, not is being a slave or a free man, because in the United States of America slaves are prohibited. And so Pope Leo XII, the author of Rerum Novarum, developed solidarity to be applied to the problems that were occurring that day, such as the poor being forgotten. Catholic teaching is never just assumed or made up, we develop it from Revelation or something stated in the Bible, and interpret in different ways. We need to put solidarity into practice. We can do this by

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