Basic theological Resources of social Encyclicals

The main focust of this work is searching, sorting and commenting on basic theological part of the social encyclicals of the Catholic Church from the years 1891 to 2009 respectively. The paper first presents a brief synopsis of eleven encyclicals coming from six popes. From this chart below shows the broader historical context, and thus the circle of major societal problems to which they relate theological passages encyclicals. From the theological components are selected basic theological foundations. Thease are divided by the basic dimensions of the relationship between man and God are usually quoted, commented and put into perspective. The last chapter is compiled an overall picture of the fundamental theological argumentation social encyclicals, i tis also evaluated binding on biblical texts. The work was written to contribute to better understanding of the still relatively little known social doctrine of the Catholic Church and effective assistance to people in need. Keywords Curch - Catholic - social - science - encyclical - theological - foundation