rel ed yr 4 -lesson 4 intro to human dignity

7/29/2019 Rel Ed Yr 4 -Lesson 4 Intro to Human Dignity

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Mr. Russel Joseph T. Tenerife

Faculty, Christian Formation

Religious Education 107

The Catholic Social Teaching of the Church


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1. Basis of Human dignity

A. Genesis 1:26 - Let us make man in ourimage and likeness

Man should be taken absolutely

this aspects refer to man not only as the good

and beautiful, but also of the bad and the ugly.

This includes even the UNBORN


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LET US..

Implies the majestic and deliberate will ofGod to create man

Being the last to be created suggests

that he is the crown of creation

Man by his innermost nature is a social being,

a relational being

Unless he relates himself to others, he canneither live nor develop his potentials


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Woman, as being taken from the ribs of man simply means:

1. A woman is close to mans heart

2. Woman completes humanity

3.Complete humanity means man and

woman together


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The Dignity of the Human Person


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Human dignity is the result of human existence.

Human dignity is not earned by

achievements or bestowed by any

authorities other than GOD.


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Each person has a

divine vocation- to

further the

development ofhuman society as a

whole.


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The catholic social

teaching stressed

that economic

development can

impede authentic

humandevelopment.


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Why authentic human

development should

not be understood as

economicdevelopment?


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The sacred character of

human dignity involves

the development of onesskills and gifts for service

to the common good.


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GREED is the most

deliberate form of moral

underdevelopment.(Pope Paul VI)

to have possessions

can be the worst

enemy to grow in thedepth and quality of

personal being.(Pope John Paul II)


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The great challenge

to authentic humandevelopment is to

overcome miseries

of poverty amidst

inadmissible super

development of

consumerism.(Pope John Paul II )


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The human development involves a commitment

of solidarity with all people, especially with those

in poverty and situations of oppression.











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Love of neighborand love of God

are indispensable

to authentic

human

development

Human dignity is grounded in Gods creative love

and invites love.

Love of neighbor towards social

justice is essential to love God;

and love of God and neighbor are

essential to the work for justice.


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To promote justice is to transform

structures which obstruct love.


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The sacred dignity of each person and the call to

love ones neighbor is an essential element of

loving God which can be manifested through

respectful dialogue.


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Demonizing rhetoric destroys the conditions

of dialogue and violates human dignity






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Human dignity transcends any social order as the basis for

rights, and it is the conceptual basis for human rights.

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