The Church and Labor

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Macmillan, 1920 - 305 pages
 

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Page 102 - Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another? And Jesus making answer, said to them : Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them ; and blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
Page 90 - Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 65 - Thus it is clear that the main tenet of Socialism, the community of goods, must be utterly rejected; for it would injure those whom it is ^intended to benefit, it would be contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and it would introduce confusion, and disorder into the commonwealth. Our first and most fundamental principle, therefore, when We undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property.
Page 167 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 79 - The richer population have many ways of protecting themselves, and stand less in need of help from the State ; those who are badly off have no resources of their own to fall back upon, and must chiefly rely upon the assistance of the State. And it is for this reason that wage-earners, who are undoubtedly among the weak and necessitous, should be specially cared for and protected by the commonwealth.
Page 109 - To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in - the sight of God but also in the sight of all men.
Page 102 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Page 80 - Let us make man to our image and likeness, and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
Page 59 - For, every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation...
Page 63 - Thus we have the Family ; the " society " of a man's own household; a society limited indeed in numbers, but a true " society," anterior to every kind of State or nation, with rights and duties of its own, totally independent of the commonwealth.

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