JAVIER, PHILIPPE FAUSTO

LAGO, NEIL IAN

REY, RANEL SIMON
4ME-D
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• Pope John XXIII

• Papacy from 1958-1963 Nov 25, 1881 – Jun 3, 1963
• Canonized Apr 27, 2014
• Issued Pacem In Terris April 11, 1963
• Last will and testament
• “Easter Gift”
• First encyclical addressed to “all people of goodwill”
 MAIN POINTS

i. Order in the Universe

ii. Relations Between Individuals and The Public Authority
iii. Relations Between States
iv. Relationship of Men and of Political Communities with
the World Community
v. Pastoral Exhortations
 I. ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE

God Created Everything in Order

  A marvelous order predominates in the
world of living beings and in the forces of
nature

Man appreciates the “order”

evise means of harnessing those forces

For his own good
Out of all the advancements man has made,
What emerges first is the infinite greatness o
God who made man and the universe

God created man in his own image and likeness

 Despite the perfect order in
The universe, Man tend to
Make actions that create a disorder
In world history marked by:
1. Wars
2. Powerful Weapons
3. Hunger for Power and Money
4. Sin
PEACE ON EARTH IS STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
DIVINELY ESTABLISHED ORDER
 • Society must be founded on the principle that every human person has
freedom and intelligence.

Every person has rights and duties

flowing from his/her nature
as a human being
MAN HAS DIGNITY
Human Rights are
UNIVERSAL
INVIOLABLE
INALIENABLE
WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS DEFENDED IN THE
PT?
• Basic Rights (#11)
• Cultural and Moral rights (#12-13)
• Religious Rights (#14-16)
• Economic Rights (#18-22)
• Social Rights (#23-25)
• Political Rights (#26-27)
RIGHTS •CORRESPONDIN
G
•DUTY
WHAT DUTIES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS OF PERSONS?
• Acknowledge and respect rights of others (#30)
• Collaborate mutually (#31)
• Act for other responsibly (#34)
 The possession of rights involves the
duty of implementing those rights,
hey are the expression of a man's personal dign
• “There is nothing human about a society that is welded together by
force.”
• Each man should act on his own initiative, conviction, and sense of
responsibility, not under the constant pressure of external coercion or
enticement. 
 MEN ARE EQUAL
IN NATURAL DIGNITY
II. RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND
THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY
• Nature of Authority
• Chief duty of the ruling body
• Common good
• Eternal law
• Civil Rights
• Three-fold division of powers
• Individual rights towards the state and vice-versa
 III. RELATION BETWEEN STATES

• Disarmament
• Cold war
• United Nations
• Development of Common Good
• Subsidiarity, Justice and Truth
• Solidarity
• Rights and duties between states
• Vs. racism
• Three Motives
• Freedom among states
• Global Progress
 IV. RELATIONSHIP OF MEN AND OF POLITICAL
COMMUNITIES WITH THE WORLD COMMUNITY

The need for better relationships and

 

co-operation between nations

UNIVERSAL COMMON GOOD
When it comes to achieving peace in the
world, we must, in addition to reducing
economic disparities and ensuring that all
people are treated with dignity, strongly
oppose war and the preparations for war.
We make stronger efforts to build
mutual trust among the nations of
the world and to achieve peace
through negotiations.
We have to build trust if we expect to achieve
peace.  When trust is developed, fear
disappears and wonderful things can happen.
V. PASTORAL EXHORTATIONS

• “We exhort Our sons to take an active part in

public life, and to work together for the benefit of
the whole human race, as well as for their own
political communities.” ( #146)
“May Christ inflame the desires of all
men to break through the barriers which
divide them, to strengthen the bonds of
mutual love, to learn to understand one another,
and to pardon those who have done them wrong. ”
PARALLELISM WITH
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA DISPUTE
ARMS RACE
DISPUTES IN MINDANAO
STRINGS ATTACHED
1987 Constitution
POVERTY