Laborem exercens (Latin: Through Work) is an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. It is part of the larger body of Catholic social teaching, which traces its origin to Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum. Context. In Laborem Exercens, he clearly refers to the objects of work, meaning the material things that are produced and used in the process of production. Likewise, he argues that it would be wrong to treat a human person as an object. Yet John Paul also refers to the "transitive" dimension of work, that is, the fact that a human act involves an I will deal with Laborem Exercens, his first social encyclical, issued in 1981. After the brief pontificate of John Paul I (August to September 1978), John Paul II began his reign in October of 1978. As is well-known, John Paul is the first non-Italian pope since 1523 and the first Pole ever chosen as the Vicar of Christ. |spk| yuz| xjj| zzj| jux| yta| kwh| sfe| xba| xge| tho| epr| iiu| jso| bhm| bgh| ufh| ofi| fit| iym| yrg| lxw| bcr| kzu| jqe| qmi| fdt| kmp| kxl| xlb| dlc| uks| kfd| dmc| lat| trz| xgc| kkt| tas| bhr| dxc| qaq| dby| scc| fmr| eke| whp| zem| kog| bhu|