Communist Cathechism
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE: MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER TWO: THE HUMAN COMMUNION
ARTICLE 2: PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
I. AUTHORITY
1897“Human society can be neither well-ordered nor prosperous unless it has some people invested with legitimate authority to preserve its institutions and to devote themselves as far as is necessary to work and care for the good of all.”By “authority” one means the quality by virtue of which persons or institutions make laws and give orders to men and expect obedience from them.
1898 Every human community needs an authority to govern it. The foundation of such authority lies in human nature. It is necessary for the unity of the state. Its role is to ensure as far as possible the common good of the society.
… to work and care for the good of all.
Amazing. No wonder Fundamentalists (Republican-constructed anti-Christians) fear Catholicism—the latter makes meek-promoting Jesus the Helper essential, rather than Yahveh the Punisher.
Every human community needs an authority to govern it.
Every efficient community benefits from a trusted authority to determine production and distribution of life-stuff. Politicians enter that “job” in order to be placed in a position that (1) pays well, (2) requires no work, and (3) receives additional money from lobbyists and bribes.
The foundation of such authority lies in human nature.
Sounds like Hobbes is being imported here. Humans, being lazy, selfish, and violent, ought to realign their wills to prioritize the Social Whole over the good of their bodily person and kinship group.
It is necessary for the unity of the state.
Perhaps. Can the social organism achieve a properly unified consciousness without being
Its role is to ensure as far as possible the common good of the society.