Three Dimensions of Catholic Political Participation: Dignity, Secularity, and Witness
Three Dimensions of Catholic Political Participation: Dignity, Secularity, and Witness
Author(s): John P. HittingerSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: politics; democracy; participation; witness; Gaudium et Spes
Summary/Abstract: The laity, however, are given this special vocation, that is, to make the Churchpresent and fruitful in those places and circumstances where it is only through them that shecan become the salt of the earth. Thus, every lay person, through those gifts given to him, is atonce the witness and the living instrument of the mission of the Church itself “according to the measure of Christ’s bestowal” (Eph. 4: 7) (Lumen Gentium, 33).
Journal: Philosophy and Canon Law
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 113-126
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English