Catholic Teaching on Peace

Since its founding by our Lord 2000 years ago, the Catholic Church has become a defender of world peace. But in the Catholic tradition, peace is not simply a lack of war and conflict, but rather it is mankind arranged according to God's eternal law. "Outline of church social theory" states as follows.

"Before becoming a human project that is consistent with God's gift to mankind and God's plan, peace is primarily a fundamental attribute of God:" Lord is peace "(Judgment 6:24) Creation, this Is a sacred glory, a desire for peace. God creates everything, all creatures form a harmonious whole and is beautiful in every respect Peace is built on the main relationship between everyone and God. After voluntary divine acts of the order, the world experienced exposure to bloodshed and division. Violence appeared in interpersonal relationships and social relations. Peace and violence can not coexist, and we can not participate where there is violence. - Outline of the Association of Churches, 488

There are lots of information about church documents, what the Pope desires, and promoting world peace. See the Resources section below for links to many documents you can read online.

For centuries, the teachings of the Church on peace and war have been influenced by the theory of war of justice. The theory of war of justice is a philosophical theory that states that war must be avoided absolutely, but war is justified if there is a right condition. Two pioneers of this theory are Saint Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Augustine wrote: "The commandments for murder are not destroyed by the war-witters because of God's authority." St. Thomas advanced one step further and cited three conditions of war of justice indeed. He stated that war is necessary for a fair incident initiated by the proper authorities and completed with the correct intention (For further information on this, see Summa Theologica II - II, Q. 40 please). In the summary of the theory of justice war, the doctrinal questions and answers of the Catholic Church indicate the following.

Damage to the state or international community by the invaders shall be permanent, serious and reliable.

Even using weapons will not create more serious evils or obstacles than evils to be eliminated. The power of the modern destruction method is very important in evaluating this situation. "

The roots of pacifism. The last element of the new lens for poverty, peace, and Catholic education on the earth of Pope Francisco is to reintegrate nonviolence at the heart of Catholic education about war and peace. In the early church, pacifism was the main theme of Christian theology. However, in most of the history of the church, nonviolence is a heroic but unrealistic choice, eccentric in our heritage, which has been replaced by the powerful war logic of St. Augustine.

The renewal, recovery, and transformation initiated by Pope Francis in the Catholic doctrine of poverty, peace, and the earth is firmly rooted in the doctrinal tradition of the Church. But they are a rich prospect covering topics such as the great threats to the human race by the Southern Church - the majority of the Catholics of today's world - exclusion, pacifism, our general family protection, and globalization It brings about. St. Francis of Assisi must be very happy

Since its founding by our Lord 2000 years ago, the Catholic Church has become a defender of world peace. But in the Catholic tradition, peace is not simply a lack of war and conflict, but rather it is mankind arranged according to God's eternal law. "An overview of the social theory of the church" is primarily a fundamental attribute of God before becoming a human project matching God's human gift and God's plan: the Lord is peaceful "(Jdg 6): 24). Glory reflection, desire for peace God creates everything that exists, all creatures form a harmonious whole, and all aspects are good. After the voluntary act of mankind changed the order of God, the world experienced the course of division and division.