Credited with introducing the principle of subsidiarity, this work frequently cites Thomas Aquinas, including his essay "On the Governance of Rulers.
Several proposed drafts of this document were submitted by the Fribourg Union, sparking a debate with the School of Angers. Heavily influenced by the writing of Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, this work begins by condemning Socialists who "contend it is necessary to do away with private possession of goods," since that remedy is in conflict with justice and substitutes "care by the State" for "care by parents." Credited with introducing the principle of subsidiarity, this work frequently cites Thomas Aquinas, including his essay "On the Governance of Rulers." It also contends that rich men and poor men are like symmetric parts of the human body. Subtitled "Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor," it was followed two years later by Providentissimus Deus. FTP, name this 1891 encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on the condition of the working classes, titled for the fact that ►it considers "new things."
Several proposed drafts of this document were submitted by the Fribourg Union, sparking a debate with the School of Angers.
{Rerum Novarum} (prompt “On the Condition of the Working Classes” or “Of New Things”)