The development of roman catholic social and economic doctrine in the encyclicals of Pope John XXIII and its analysis by metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov)

In the encyclicals of Pope John XXIII much emphasis is made on the task of creating a system of relations between citizens and the state, as well as between countries on the basis of truth, justice, love and freedom. Any attempts to establish peace and justice in society by means of technical and economic progress are doomed as long as people do not realize their dignity as God’s children. The most important principle of the Catholic social doctrine, a recognition that the man as a person is the basis, the cause and the purpose of any social institute, is emphasized.