Chap., §

 1  Int,   1     |        the present history of the Church and for my own Pontificate.
 2  Int,   1     |       requests from many Bishops, Church institutions, and study
 3  Int,   1     |         gratitude which the whole Church owes to this great Pope
 4  Int,   2     |      radiate so much light in the Church and in the world. Although
 5  Int,   2     |       would come to be called the Church's "social doctrine", "social
 6  Int,   3     |           the true meaning of the Church's Tradition which, being
 7  Int,   3     |       Apostles passed down to the Church"5 in the name of Jesus Christ,
 8  Int,   3     |           great outpouring of the Church's Tradition, which contains "
 9  Int,   3     |          of which the life of the Church and the world unfolds.~Among
10  Int,   3     |         XIII, which belong to the Church's doctrinal patrimony and,
11    1,   4     |           of the last century the Church found herself facing an
12    1,   4     |        associations, and from the Church's practical achievements
13    1,   5     |         place".8~The Pope and the Church with him were confronted,
14    1,   5     |          lasting paradigm for the Church. The Church, in fact, has
15    1,   5     |      paradigm for the Church. The Church, in fact, has something
16    1,   5     |        time such a concept of the Church's right and duty was far
17    1,   5     | publishing Rerum novarum gave the Church "citizenship status" as
18    1,   5     |          doctrine pertains to the Church's evangelizing mission and
19    1,   5     |    elements a proclamation of the Church's social doctrine. As in
20    1,   7     |           find the reason for the Church's defence and approval of
21    1,  11     |      enables us to appreciate the Church's constant concern for and
22    1,  11     |         the continuity within the Church of the so-called "preferential
23    1,  11     |   situated in continuity with the Church's social teaching, and in
24    1,  11     |     Encyclical, and of all of the Church's social doctrine, is a
25    1,  11(38) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
26    2,  13     |      whole social doctrine of the Church, the social nature of man
27    2,  14     |           of social conflict. The Church is well aware that in the
28    2,  15     |    related social teaching of the Church had far-reaching influence
29    2,  18     |     empires, denounced in various Church documents and recently in
30    3,  22     |      contribution was made by the Church's commitment to defend and
31    3,  22     |        dignity common to all, the Church affirmed clearly and forcefully
32    3,  22     |           Together with the whole Church, I thank God for the often
33    3,  23     |     content and principles of the Church's social doctrine.~Also
34    3,  25(55) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
35    3,  26     |        some countries between the Church and the workers' movement,
36    3,  26     |        the social doctrine of the Church.57 The worker movement is
37    3,  26     |        from opposing the Catholic Church, looks to her with interest.~
38    3,  26     |         praxis of liberation, the Church offers not only her social
39    3,  29     |          and restricting both the Church's right to preach the Gospel
40    4,  30     |       always been defended by the Church up to our own day. At the
41    4,  30     |        day. At the same time, the Church teaches that the possession
42    4,  30     |          possessions be used? the Church replies without hesitation
43    4,  30(68) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
44    4,  35     |        society are satisfied.~The Church acknowledges the legitimate
45    4,  36(75) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
46    4,  41(81) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
47    4,  42     |       Against these phenomena the Church strongly raises her voice.
48    4,  43     |                           43. The Church has no models to present;
49    4,  43     |    another.84 For such a task the Church offers her social teaching
50    4,  43(84) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
51    5,  44     |          represented a novelty in Church teaching.90 Such an ordering
52    5,  45     |        involve a rejection of the Church. The State or the party
53    5,  45     |           attempts to destroy the Church, or at least to reduce her
54    5,  45     |    defending her own freedom, the Church is also defending the human
55    5,  45(92) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
56    5,  46     |                           46. The Church values the democratic system
57    5,  46     |     totalitarianism.~Nor does the Church close her eyes to the danger
58    5,  46     |        dignity of the person, the Church's method is always that
59    5,  47     |       rights of the person.98~The Church respects the legitimate
60    5,  47(98) |      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
61    5,  49     |           Christ her Founder, the Church has always been present
62    5,  49     |     ceased to be practised in the Church; indeed, today it is showing
63    5,  49     |         volunteer work, which the Church favours and promotes by
64    5,  51     |         is on this level that the Church's specific and decisive
65    5,  51     |       culture is to be found. The Church promotes those aspects of
66    5,  51     |          of conflict and war. The Church renders this service to
67    6          |         VI. MAN IS THE WAY OF THE CHURCH~
68    6,  53     |        the last hundred years the Church has repeatedly expressed
69    6,  53     |               It follows that the Church cannot abandon man, and
70    6,  53     |        the primary route that the Church must travel in fulfilling
71    6,  53     |      principle which inspires the Church's social doctrine. The Church
72    6,  53     |     Church's social doctrine. The Church has gradually developed
73    6,  53     |        because the horizon of the Church's whole wealth of doctrine
74    6,  54     |                    54. Today, the Church's social doctrine focuses
75    6,  54     |     precisely from faith that the Church's social teaching begins.
76    6,  54     |        and is fully a part of the Church's evangelizing mission,
77    6,  54     |          of this nature. Thus the Church's social teaching is itself
78    6,  55     |                           55. The Church receives "the meaning of
79    6,  55     |          and for this reason, the Church's social doctrine, by its
80    6,  55     |          him and others.~When the Church proclaims God's salvation
81    6,  55     |          dignity. But just as the Church can never abandon her religious
82    6,  55(112)|      Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today Gaudium
83    6,  56     |          added, "in regard to the Church, her cooperation will never
84    6,  57     |                 57. As far as the Church is concerned, the social
85    6,  57     |         Today more than ever, the Church is aware that her social
86    6,  57     |    spiritual poverty as well. The Church's love for the poor, which
87    6,  58     |         for the poor, in whom the Church sees Christ himself, is
88    6,  59     |        vocation.~In addition, the Church's social teaching has an
89    6,  60     |          permanent element of the Church's social teaching, and also
90    6,  60     |     behaviour and structures. The Church feels a particular responsibility
91    6,  61     |        the past hundred years the Church has remained faithful to
92    6,  61     |   cooperation and solidarity. The Church has constantly repeated
93    6,  61     | publication of Rerum novarum, the Church finds herself still facing "
94    6,  62     |          God, who has granted his Church the light and strength to
95    6,  62     |         third Millennium too, the Church will be faithful in making
96    6,  62     |           and she goes before the Church on the pilgrimage of faith.