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Church and State;

Christians in Politics

+ Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J.

Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro


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The hurch in Dialogue with the

World

WORLD

CULTURE

JUSTICE

Social

Problems

1. What should be(Rights & Duties;

Common Good)

2. Human Dignity: Person

Gloria Dei Homo Vivens

3. Faith & Justice towards

Peace and Development;integral Evangelization

1. What is

2. Actual Poverty:

material & spiritual

3. Worlds Justice,

peace and development;secular order

CHURCH

GOSPEL

FAITH

Social

Teachings


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The Church in Civil Society

ECONOMY

Market

CULTURE

Civi l Society

POLITICS

State


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FIVE BASES OF THE CHURCHS

MISSION IN POLITICS

General principle:

Politics has a religious

and moral dimension.

(CBCP, Pastoral Exhortation

1997: Philippine Politics,pp. 27-33)


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Churchs Mission in Politics

1. The Gospel and the Kingdom of Godcall the Church to political

involvement.

- the Reign of God- Repent and believe in the Gospel!

(Mk. 1:15)

- Your kingdom come. (Mt. 6:10)- promoting Kingdom values:

justice, peace, truth and love,

freedom, mercy and reconciliation


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Church's Mission in Politics

2. The Churchs mission of integral

salvation involves the temporal sphere.

-integral evangelization

- total reality of the human person soul and body,- spiritual and material, eternal and temporal

- To Zaccheus: Today salvation has come to this

house. (Lk. 19:9)

- salvation of the individual and also of the

community as the Body of Christ.


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3. Salvation is from personal and social sin,

including in the political sphere.

- structures of sin

- dirty politics of guns, goons, and gold


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4. The Church has an option for the poor in

the field of politics.

- Church of the Poor (PCP II)

- he who has less in life should have

more in law. (Magsaysay Credo)

- e.g. agrarian reform; indigenous peoplesrights; fisheries code


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5. The way of the Church is the humanperson who is affected by politics.

- the concrete human being living in

history is the way for the Church

- development of the wholehuman

being and of allhuman beings


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CHURCH WORLD

FAITH

SPIRITUALITY

THEOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY

JUSTICE

MORALS

CULTURE

SOCIETY

POLITICS

ECONOMICS

HISTORY

Partisan

Politics

Separation

of Church

and State

THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD

ontextualizing the Involvement of hurch Leaders and Laity

Role of

Catholic

Laity

Church-State Relations


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Separation of Church and State

1. non-establishment of an

official religion of the state

2. free exercise of religion


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Involvement of Christians in Politics

a) Nonpartisane.g., NAMFREL, PPCRV

b) Transpartisan

e.g., Managsilingan Ta

c) Partisan

e.g., KAMPI, Liberal Party

d) Sectoral

e.g., Party - list organizations


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THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY AND THE CHURCH

The Church, by reason of her role and

competence, is not identified with any political

community nor bound by ties to any political

system. It is at once the sign and the safeguardof the transcendental dimension of the human

person.

(Vatican II, Church in

the Modern World, 76)


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Participation of Catholics in Political Life

a) pursuit of the common good;

b) promotion ofjustice;

c) spirit of service;

d) preferential love for the poor;

e) empowering people.

(PCP II, 351)


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GODS CALL TO MISSION IN POLITICS

Thereis a duty for the Christian Catholic

to transform politics by the Gospel. The Church,

Godspeople, must evangelize politics. Gods call tothe Church is to preach the integral Gospel, the

Gospel with all its social dimensions.

(CBCP, Pastoral Exhortation1997: Philippine Politics,

p. 26)


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Religion

and

Morality

2. Social Discernment

(in small groups or in local community)

e.g. Family life; pro-life issues

Pornography (cybersex)

Gambling

Environment

Social


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Faith-based

community

and

Political system

3. Political Discernment

e.g. PovertyCorruption

Vote-buying and selling

Lack of transparency and

accountability


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Church-es

and

State

4. Institutional Discernment

Separation of Church-es and State


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Perspective of the Church

1) Non-involvement in Partisan politics as

an institution

2) Clergy restricted from public office

(along partisan lines)


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