Centesimus Annus

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Ideas

Social conservatism Sphere sovereignty Communitarianism Stewardship Catholic social teaching Neo-Calvinism Neo-Thomism

Important documents

Rerum Novarum (1891) Stone Lectures (Princeton 1898) Graves de Communi Re (1901) Quadragesimo Anno (1931) Laborem Exercens (1981) Sollicitudi Rei Socialis (1987) Centesimus Annus (1991)

Important figures

Thomas Aquinas · John Calvin Pope Leo XIII · Abraham Kuyper Maritain · Adenauer · De Gasperi Pope Pius XI · Schuman Pope John Paul II · Kohl

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Centesimus Annus (which is Latin for "hundredth year") was an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1991, on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum. It is part of a larger body of writings known as Catholic social teaching, that trace their origin to Rerum Novarum, which was issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, and ultimately the New Testament.

[edit] External links

• Link to the text of Centesimus Annus

http://www.acton.org/publicat/m_and_m/1999_spr/dulles.html Link to: Avery Dulles "Centesimus Annus and the Renewal of Culture,"

http://www.acton.org/centesimusannus/ Link to Acton Institute "Celebrating the 15th Year of Centesimus Annus"

http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com/JPII/tributes.html Link to writings and commentary on John Paul II