THREE TRADITIONS IN CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL TEACHING

The current article sketches some peculiarities of the Christian worldview manifested as Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox traditions shaped by unique social activities of nations and their luminous representatives. These three traditions are described as Roman Catholic (society which pleases God), Protestant (Professional calling from God) and Russian Orthodox (merge of religious and national identity). Traditions are characterized by illustrations from the key documents representing local peculiarities of the Christian mindset. Being mutually interactive, these vectors open up unlimited ways to carry out practical Christian ministry both within the Church and outside its walls at the same time acting as preconditions for Christian social teaching and development of caritative social work.KEY WORDS: tradition, Christian social teaching, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Russian Orthodox, subsidiarit, caritative social work, calling, national.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v67i2.851