Church History Ch. 10
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| laissez-faire capitalism | economic system that advocates that people with money (capital) an use their money as they wish without restrictions from governments or other sources |
| socialism | economic system that advocates government control of all instruments of production, such as farms and factories |
| Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical called Rerum Novarum | It is commonly referred to as "On the Condition of the Working Classes." |
| 4 Points to Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum | 1. served notice to wealthy industrialists that they could not abuse workers for their own gain 2. urged governments to step in when problems arose within industry 3. declared that workers have a right to a living wage, thus ensuring basic rights for all citizens 4. taught that workers have a right to form unions |
| 4 Points to the Bishop's 1919 Economic Agenda Proposals | 1. inititate a minimum wage 2. create and maintain high rates of wages 3. originate a government-mandated social security insurance for all workers 4. advocate worker participation in the management of industry |
| Mother Jones | American Labor Leader |
| Assimilation | members of minority groups adopting the values and characteristics of the dominant culture in which they live |
| Ecumenism | actions aimed at dialogue and the restoration of unity among Christians |
| Pope's condemnation of Americanism | caused American theologians to be cautious and fearful when offering theological opinions |
| James Cardinal Gibbons | leader of the Church in the U.S. who most forcefully took on the causes of workers |
| Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884 | mandated parish schools and called for the writing of the Baltimore Catechism |
| Modernism | Pope Pius X required all priests to take an oath against it |
| Pope Pius X | encouraged daily reception of Communion |
| Saint Damien | spent his life serving lepers on the island of Molokai |
| Saint Therese of Lisieux | "Do little things well, recognizing that our most insignificant actions are a response to the love of Jesus." |
| Saint Frances Cabrini | the first U.S. citizen to be declared a saint |
| Saint Katharine Drexel | used her inheritance to assist Native Americans and African Americans |
| Thomas Merton | the most famous U.S. monk |
| Pius XII | in 1949 he declared that any Catholic who joined the Communist party was excommunicated from the Church |
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