Outside The Asylum

I covered this before when Caritas In Veritate came out, I thought maybe I should do so again. Popes speaking on economic issues have been vexing economists since 1891. Paragraphs 50-64 of Evangelii Gaudium is nothing new. And now, the eight Papal documents, so far, on economics, so that you can get a feeling of the history of the Doctrine of Distributism: Rerum Novarum from Pope Leo XIII Quadragesimo Anno from Pope Pius XI Mater et Magistra from Pope John XXIII Populum Progresso from Pope Paul VI Laborem Exercens from Pope John Paul II Centesimus Annus from Pope John Paul II Sollicitudo Rei Socialis from Pope John Paul II Caritas In Veritate by Pope Benedict XVI Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis People think that Catholic doctrine never changes- but it's dogma that doesn't change, doctrine changes ever so slowly because of the concern for human error. The Doctrine of Distributism is as solid as any other form of economics I can think of, but unlike communism, whic...

I'm not that far ahead in this book club- I only just now made it to chapter 2. Which means I'm about to start reading the market based encyclicals, beginning with Centesimus Annus , the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum , backing up one from the last encyclical we discussed in Chapter 1, Solicitudo Rei Socialis . For the entire timeline, I'd refer you to my post History of Evangelii Gaudium , refreshed from my original history of encyclical links. Ok, now that I've placed my thought process in the book, on to an insight I have had from my position in the lay order, Knights of Columbus. At present time, the church, especially the last 120 years worth of Popes, have been calling us to specific actions in the economic realm. Three separate potential actions for any individual stand out, and I'm going to list them in order of what I feel is their importance: The Preferential Option for the Poor- This is the chief duty that every Pope in all the encyclicals ke...

Time to repost my list. I thought I had already done so. Since Laudato Si has a definite economic component to it, as a part of the description of the Authentic Human Ecology in paragraphs 100-150, I'm adding it to the list. And now, the ten Papal documents, so far, on economics, so that you can get a feeling of the history of the Doctrine of Distributism: Rerum Novarum from Pope Leo XIII Quadragesimo Anno from Pope Pius XI Mater et Magistra from Pope John XXIII Populum Progresso from Pope Paul VI Laborem Exercens from Pope John Paul II Centesimus Annus from Pope John Paul II Sollicitudo Rei Socialis from Pope John Paul II Caritas In Veritate by Pope Benedict XVI Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis Laudato Si by Pope Francis People think that Catholic doctrine never changes- but it's dogma that doesn't change, doctrine changes ever so slowly because of the concern for human error. The Doctrine of Distributism is as solid as any other form of economics I can thin...

I'm only halfway through reading it, but paragraphs 120-130 clearly put this new encyclical firmly into the tradition of Distributism. So without further ado, here are links to the now 8 encyclicals and one Apostolic Exhortation on human economics: Rerum Novarum from Pope Leo XIII Quadragesimo Anno from Pope Pius XI Mater et Magistra from Pope John XXIII Populum Progresso from Pope Paul VI Laborem Exercens from Pope John Paul II Centesimus Annus from Pope John Paul II Sollicitudo Rei Socialis from Pope John Paul II Caritas In Veritate by Pope Benedict XVI Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis Laudato Sii by Pope Francis I can easily believe that for libertarians who do not understand the full history, much of this latest document won't make sense either- it is one in keeping with the whole "You are your brother's keeper" theme, and I just got the following tweet: @Pontifex: There is no room for the globalization of indifference. #Lauda...

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