TFP Student Action

[ioannes_pius]

is there such a thing as a just social inequality?

Yes.

Take the Motu Proprio of St. Pius X, Fin Dalla Prima Nostra in which he summarized the previous teaching of Pope Leo XIII, for example:

III . Hence it follows that there are, according to the ordinance of God, in human society princes and subjects, masters and proletariat, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, nobles and plebeians, all of whom, united in the bonds of love, are to help one another to attain their last end in heaven, and their material and moral welfare here on earth. (Encyclical Quod Apostolici Muneris .)

For anyone who may be interested, here is the original Italian from the Vatican website:

“III. Di qui viene che, nella umana Società, è secondo la ordinazione di Dio che vi siano principi e sudditi, padroni e proletari, ricchi e poveri, dotti e ignoranti, nobili e plebei, i quali, uniti tutti in vincolo di amore, si aiutino a vicenda a conseguire il loro ultimo fine in Cielo; e qui, sulla terra, il loro benessere materiale e morale ( Encycl. Quod Apostolici muneris ).”

 

[vsedriver]

III . Hence it follows that there are, according to the ordinance of God , in human society princes and subjects, masters and proletariat, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, nobles and plebeians , all of whom, united in the bonds of love, are to help one another to attain their last end in heaven, and their material and moral welfare here on earth. (Encyclical Quod Apostolici Muneris .)

this only points out that there are social differences among people. How does this prove that the differences between rich and poor are ‘just’?

Perhaps we have a completely different understanding of what ‘just social inequality’ means.

 

[ioannes_pius]

How does this prove that the differences between rich and poor are ‘just’?

Because the words “…according to the ordinance of God…” are contained in the text. Presumably God is just in all of His ordinances, right?

 

[Loud-living-dogma]

I like it that they are speaking out about “drag queen” story hour.

 

[HomeschoolDad]

I for one am good with TFP. There’s not a thing they support that I wouldn’t support. I’d have to think about a few of the things they oppose.

They have an amazing portrait of St Michael the Archangel that we have posted in our home school. I just happened to pick it up at a church one Sunday. (We have an informal “theme” in our homeschool of a knight in armor, because it’s Christian, it teaches bravery and chivalry, and it looks cool )

 

[HomeschoolDad]

Here it is:

 

[CapitalistCatholic]

That’s amazing!