404 conversion

404. What else is required for an authentic human society? 1886-1889 1895-1896 Authentic human society requires respect for justice, a just hierarchy of values, and the subordination of material and instinctual dimensions to interior and spiritual ones. In particular, where sin has perverted the social climate, it is necessary to call for the conversion of hearts and for the grace of God to obtain social changes that may really serve each person and the whole person. Charity, which requires and makes possible the practice of justice, is the greatest social commandment.. conversion

398 acedia

398 Vices are the opposite of virtues. They are perverse habits which darken the conscience and incline one to evil. The vices can be linked to the seven, so-called capital sins which are: pride, avarice, envy, anger, lust, gluttony, and sloth or acedia

399. responsibility

399 Do we have any responsibility for sins committed by others? yes when we culpably cooperate with them

402. relationship

402. What is the relationship between the person and society? 1881-1882 1892-1893 The human person is and ought to be the principle, the subject and the end of all social institutions. Certain societies, such as the family and the civic community, are necessary for the human person. Also helpful are other associations on the national and international levels with due respect for the principle of subsidiarity

403. subsidiarity

403. What is the principle of subsidiarity? 1883-1885 1894 The principle of subsidiarity states that a community of a higher order should not assume the task belonging to a community of a lower order and deprive it of its authority. It should rather support it in case of need.

401. Love

CHAPTER TWO The Human Community THE PERSON AND SOCIETY 401. In what does the social dimension of man consist? 1877-1880 1890-1891 Together with the personal call to beatitude, the human person has a communal dimension as an essential component of his nature and vocation. Indeed, all are called to the same end, God himself. There is a certain resemblance between the communion of the divine Persons and the fraternity that people are to establish among themselves in truth and love. Love of neighbor is inseparable from love for God.

397. proliferate

397. How does sin proliferate?

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Sin creates a proclivity to sin ; it engenders vice by repetition of the same acts