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'''Social Justice''', also known as economic justice, is a term describing the redistribution of wealth supposedly for the common good of all. However, this comes at the expense of wage earners and liberty by demanding a society to conform. Those who work and have must give to those who don't work and don't have. This is the fundamental basis of [[Marxism]] and championed by [[liberal]] [[progressive]]s. Everyone shall have equal advantages and everyone will have equal disadvantages. In reality it creates two classes, those with power, usually [[technocrat]]s, party operatives and [[bureaucrat]]s, and everyone else.  

'''Social Justice''', also known as economic justice, is a term describing the redistribution of wealth supposedly for the common good of all. However, this comes at the expense of wage-earners and liberty by demanding that society conform. Those who work and have must give to those who don't work and don't have. This is the fundamental basis of [[Marxism]] and championed by [[liberal]] [[progressive]]s. Everyone shall have equal advantages and everyone will have equal disadvantages. In reality, it creates two classes: those with power, usually [[technocrat]]s, party operatives, and [[bureaucrat]]s, and everyone else.  

In contrast with the growing [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]] churches, many declining Christian denominations advocate for social justice. However, this is a trap promoted by [[Liberal Christianity]] claiming [[Jesus]] was a [[socialist]]. We are to help the less fortunate but we are not to become the less fortunate in the process. The [[National Council of Churches]], the group that translates the Bible to the [[New Revised Standard Version]], is an advocate of Social Justice.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100320/glenn-beck-keeps-social-justice-debate-alive/index.html Glenn Beck Keeps 'Social Justice' Debate Alive Christian Post, March 20, 2010]</ref>

In contrast with the growing [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical Christian]] churches, many declining Christian denominations advocate for social justice. However, this is a trap promoted by [[Liberal Christianity]] claiming [[Jesus]] was a [[socialist]]. We are to help the less fortunate but we are not to become the less fortunate in the process. The [[National Council of Churches]], the group that translates the Bible to the [[New Revised Standard Version]], is an advocate of Social Justice.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100320/glenn-beck-keeps-social-justice-debate-alive/index.html Glenn Beck Keeps 'Social Justice' Debate Alive Christian Post, March 20, 2010]</ref>

The phrase "social justice" was first coined by a Jesuit Priest named Luigi Taparelli, in his work titled ''Saggio teoretico di dritto naturaleappoggiato sul fatto'' - ''A Theoretical Treatise on Natural Law Resting on Fact''.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/conservatism_and_social_justice.html#ixzz3njgbJx1k Conservatism and Social Justice], [[American Thinker]]</ref><ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2010/11/real-social-justice Real Social Justice]</ref>

The phrase "social justice" was first coined by a Jesuit Priest named Luigi Taparelli, in his work titled ''Saggio teoretico di dritto naturaleappoggiato sul fatto'' - ''A Theoretical Treatise on Natural Law Resting on Fact''.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/conservatism_and_social_justice.html#ixzz3njgbJx1k Conservatism and Social Justice], [[American Thinker]]</ref><ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2010/11/real-social-justice Real Social Justice]</ref>

When Taparelli coined this phrase, he did not have in mind for it a meaning that government would swoop in and take over every aspect of your life.  That definition for "social justice" came several decades later.

When Taparelli coined this phrase, he did not have in mind a meaning that government would swoop in and take over every aspect of your life.  That definition of "social justice" came several decades later.

==Confusion about the Definition and its Origin==

==Confusion about the Definition and its Origin==

Some writers have erroneously written<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4FUxisSKqRUC|title=Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents, 1885-1933|date=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801484698}}</ref> that the phrase "social justice" originates with the [[Christian socialism]] movement toward the end of the 19th century.  As noted above, the phrase originally had nothing to do with [[communism]] and [[socialism]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsPsDnlEuqYC&pg=PA204|last1=Spencer-Wood|first1=Suzanne|title=Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations: From Private to Public|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1461448631}}</ref>

Some writers have erroneously written<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4FUxisSKqRUC|title=Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents, 1885-1933|date=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801484698}}</ref> that the phrase "social justice" originates with the [[Christian socialism]] movement toward the end of the 19th century.  As noted above, the phrase originally had nothing to do with [[communism]] and [[socialism]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsPsDnlEuqYC&pg=PA204|last1=Spencer-Wood|first1=Suzanne|title=Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations: From Private to Public|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1461448631}}</ref>

It was, however, those members of the Christian socialism movement as well as assistance from the [[Social Gospel]] movement which helped in converting the phrase from its Biblical and Religious origins, into a phrase that means state power, wealth redistribution, and harm to the individual.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6vwvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA956&lpg=PA956 Encyclopedia of American Social Movements]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4il1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT849 Encyclopedia of American Urban History]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jGfDCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 Heaven on Earth: Reimagining Time and Eternity in Nineteenth-Century British Evangelicalism], p. 208-209</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dhy1kDsfT0AC&pg=PA177 The Christian World]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=i4e49Jg5HboC&pg=PA79 American Reformers, 1870-1920: Progressives in Word and Deed]</ref>

It was, however, those members of the Christian socialism movement as well as assistance from the [[Social Gospel]] movement that helped in converting the phrase from its Biblical and Religious origins into a phrase that means state power, wealth redistribution, and harm to the individual.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6vwvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA956&lpg=PA956 Encyclopedia of American Social Movements]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4il1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT849 Encyclopedia of American Urban History]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jGfDCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 Heaven on Earth: Reimagining Time and Eternity in Nineteenth-Century British Evangelicalism], p. 208-209</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dhy1kDsfT0AC&pg=PA177 The Christian World]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=i4e49Jg5HboC&pg=PA79 American Reformers, 1870-1920: Progressives in Word and Deed]</ref>

The confusion has arisen for three primary reasons:

The confusion has arisen for three primary reasons:

* The phrase was ''de facto'' co-opted, not ''de jure'', meaning that the Christian socialists who started using it outside of its original meaning were truly of the belief that only they were the authentic defenders and promoters of "social justice".  They didn't set out to co-opt it as they did not have to.  They were already ministers, pastors, priests, and evangelists.  This naturally brings the phrase into the socialist fold, and from there its not long before the communists start using it interchangeably.

* The phrase was ''de facto'' co-opted, not ''de jure'', meaning that the Christian socialists who started using it outside of its original meaning were truly of the belief that only they were the authentic defenders and promoters of "social justice".  They didn't set out to co-opt it as they did not have to.  They were already ministers, pastors, priests, and evangelists.  This naturally brings the phrase into the socialist fold, and from there its not long before the communists start using it interchangeably.

* The Church(any) do not and have not made any major attempts to correct the record.

* The Church(any) does not and has not made any major attempts to correct the record.

* Very few if any progressives or Christian socialists will be ready to admit that they subverted the term and are using it in a dishonest way.

* Very few, if any, progressives or Christian socialists will be ready to admit that they subverted the term and are using it in a dishonest way.

The phrase is now primarily associated with forces who will grow government to never-ending bounds.  Since most churches do not defend themselves from this alternate meaning of the phrase, it allows groups and individuals with ill intent to make their way into the church and poison it for different ends.

The phrase is now primarily associated with forces that will grow government to never-ending bounds.  Since most churches do not defend themselves from this alternate meaning of the phrase, it allows groups and individuals with ill intent to make their way into the church and poison it for different ends.

==The Roman Catholic Church and Social Justice==

==The Roman Catholic Church and Social Justice==

The Roman Catholic Church advocates social justice that is based on charity and support for all mankind, its key points being respect for the human person, equality and difference among men, human solidarity. In brief, they seek respect, equal dignity, encourage charity, reduce excessive social and economic inequalities, the elimination of sinful inequalities, and the sharing of spiritual goods.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s1c2a3.htm Vatican- Social Justice]</ref>

The Roman Catholic Church advocates social justice that is based on charity and support for all mankind, its key points being respect for the human person, equality and difference among men, human solidarity. In brief, they seek respect, equal dignity, encourage charity, reduce excessive social and economic inequalities, eliminate sinful inequalities, and the sharing of spiritual goods.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s1c2a3.htm Vatican- Social Justice]</ref>

The teaching is based on Jesus's teaching in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 25:34-46):

The teaching is based on Jesus's teaching in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 25:34-46):