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MERCY AND JUSTICE IN THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
Stjepan Baloban
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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Abstract
The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (8 December 2015 – 20 November 2016) has stimulated numerous debates about the relation of mercy to Church life. In the article “Mercy and Justice in the Social Doctrine of the Church” the author deals with the less developed issue of relating mercy and righteousness in the social teaching of the Catholic Church. The present social teaching of the Church was largely based on the ‘matrix of righteousness’ and its contribution to social events limited largely to arguments related to righteousness.
Although until recent times the theme of mercy was not significantly present in the social documents of the Church, the author shows that the relationship of mercy and justice is justified, emphasizing that this will in the future be one of the most important topics in the development of the Church’s social teaching. The first point, “Merciful love – Righteousness – Mercy”, shows that also from the historical point of view of the development of the social dimension of faith, the possible linkage of mercy and justice in the social teaching of the Church is possible. The second point, “Benedict XVI introduces changes in the development of the Social Doctrine of the Church”, discusses the extraordinary contribution of Pope Ratzinger to the importance of the merciful love in the social teaching of the Church. In the third point, “Pope Francis and Mercy in the Social Doctrine of the Church”, the contribution of Pope Francis is discussed. For Pope Francis, mercy is one of the central themes of his pontificate. Since recently interest in the social teaching of the Church has diminished, the author concludes that it is time to ‘take the initiative’ and try to offer more courageously social themes for the contemporary person, commencing from the matrix of justice and mercy.
Ključne riječi
the social doctrine of the Church; mercy; justice; poverty; love of truth in social affairs; the principle of gratuitousness
Hrčak ID:
187682
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Datum izdavanja:
1.8.2017.
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