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19 kwi 2019 · In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus addresses the social sins of his own time and place and offers an alternative path for his Jewish society. The social liberation characterizing Jesus’ teaching from...
Examples are the poor, the handicapped, the common or uneducated (specifically in Mosaic Law), foreigners, women, the religiously unorthodox, the institutionally dishonored. In the stories in John's (Jn's) gospel, these marginalized, these disenfranchised, were all sought out by Jesus for inclusion in his group of disciples. At the time the ...
The concept of social sin has firm roots in the Gospel. Christ indicated very clearly at Matthew 25:31-46 that nations will be judged on the manner in which they have treated the weakest, poorest, and most abused.
Ignatius’s understanding of sin would have been more individual and act-oriented. His own battles with scrupulosity taught him that obsessing with particular actions did not lead to peace or bring him closer to God.
12 kwi 2020 · The Church teaches that social sin includes “every sin against the rights of the human person… and every sin against the physical integrity of the individual; every sin against the freedom of others, especially against the supreme freedom to believe in God and worship him; and every sin against the dignity and honor of one’s neighbor.
24 lut 2020 · In the Bible, we find many stories that illustrate how Jesus understood and practiced justice. The Gospel according to Luke includes one of these stories: the encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus.
Pope Francis has written frequently about structures of sin that have led to environmental degradation, economic inequality, and racism. In an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, he summarized his reflections in Laudato Si’ on social sin and its impact on our common home:
