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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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Churchs Mission in Politics
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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Churchs Mission in Politics
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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Churchs Mission in Politics
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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