Echatological Imagination Of Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Catholic Social Teaching is one example of a tradition of ethics. Catholic Social Teaching is one such attempt to provide ethical counsel regarding just relationships in political and economic life (Massaro,57). In the nation state Chile there is an eschatological imagination of Catholic Social Teaching. An eschatological imagination of Catholic Social Teaching is the counter state of Pinochet’s regime. An eschatological imagination of Catholic Social Teaching is promoting the true good of everyone. An eschatological imagination for example is remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus, knowing the present torture and disappearance in the nation-state Chile, and
This is essential because this reflects on what Jesus Christ has preached. This is the coming of a new kingdom. A kingdom full of peace, justice, and love. “The vision of Jesus is that we meet people at the bottom and help bring them up to trust themselves. In order to break down the walls that separate people we must not hit the walls” (Vanier, 71). This is important to integral human development because Jesus Christ wants us all to reach our full potential in every aspect of our lives (Issing, 2015). This development should come from the inside. Once this is completed humans are able to help others complete their full integral human development and have better lives. Jesus Christ vision of life is eschatological because Jesus Christ came to “Announce good news to the poor, freedom of captives, liberty to the oppressed, and sight to the blind” (Vanier, 71). His life is eschatological because he came to the world to preach and guide humanity in this path of nonviolence. Jesus Christ wants to, “Help the poor to rise up, and then help those who have power and money to see that sake of peace” (Vanier,