The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism Christianity and Economics
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Book
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Economics
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Publication Year
1962
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Volume
90
Pages
112
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What is the present-day position of the Catholic Church in economics, when such divergent and conflicting ideological economic doctrines as capitalism, socialism, and communism daily compete for the world's favor?
The purpose of this volume, says Christopher Hollis, "is to describe the teaching of the Catholic Church on economics - the effect which the Catholic Church has had and ought to have had on the development of the world's economy." the author points out, however, that "there is in fact nothing in the Gospels to suggest that (the Lord) was at all intersted in setting out an economic system. The only direct teaching on economics to be found in the Gospels is St. John the Baptist's advice to Roman soldiers to be content with their wages and it is reasonable to think that St. John gave that advice not because he had studied the details of the Roman pay system and reached the conclusion that the Imperial Treasury was paying out exactly the just wage but because in general he thought it foolish that possessors of immortal souls should surrender to discontent over a matter of such secondary importance. . . ."
The author says the Church does not have a specific economic position but that it does point out the immoral and anti-religious aspects that pervade systems such as fascism and communism, and which are sometimes present in other doctrines.
Through this historical review of the Church as it has reacted to economic systems in the past and as it reacts to the contemporary doctrines the author has given a most valuable and unique volume that clarifies the Catholic teaching on economics.
Christopher Hollis was born in Somerset, England in 1902. He received his BA from Balliol College, Oxford. From 1945 to 1955 he was a member of Parliament from the town of Devises. He is the authro of Death of a Gentleman, A Study of George Orwell, Along the Road to Frome, and is a contributor to Punch, The Spectator, The New Yorker, and other magazines. He lives in Frome, England.
This is Volume 90 under section IX: The Church and the Modern World.
Taken from the inside flaps.
The purpose of this volume, says Christopher Hollis, "is to describe the teaching of the Catholic Church on economics - the effect which the Catholic Church has had and ought to have had on the development of the world's economy." the author points out, however, that "there is in fact nothing in the Gospels to suggest that (the Lord) was at all intersted in setting out an economic system. The only direct teaching on economics to be found in the Gospels is St. John the Baptist's advice to Roman soldiers to be content with their wages and it is reasonable to think that St. John gave that advice not because he had studied the details of the Roman pay system and reached the conclusion that the Imperial Treasury was paying out exactly the just wage but because in general he thought it foolish that possessors of immortal souls should surrender to discontent over a matter of such secondary importance. . . ."
The author says the Church does not have a specific economic position but that it does point out the immoral and anti-religious aspects that pervade systems such as fascism and communism, and which are sometimes present in other doctrines.
Through this historical review of the Church as it has reacted to economic systems in the past and as it reacts to the contemporary doctrines the author has given a most valuable and unique volume that clarifies the Catholic teaching on economics.
Christopher Hollis was born in Somerset, England in 1902. He received his BA from Balliol College, Oxford. From 1945 to 1955 he was a member of Parliament from the town of Devises. He is the authro of Death of a Gentleman, A Study of George Orwell, Along the Road to Frome, and is a contributor to Punch, The Spectator, The New Yorker, and other magazines. He lives in Frome, England.
This is Volume 90 under section IX: The Church and the Modern World.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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