Rerum Novarum: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Capital and Labor
Pope Leo XIII — Rerum Novarum: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Capital and Labor (1891)Pope Leo XIII · 1891 · Web page · Paragraph 46EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0333 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Distributism · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Rerum Novarum (1891) states that the law should favour ownership and induce as many as possible of the people to become owners; Quadragesimo Anno (1931) states that it is wrong to assign to a higher association what lesser organisations can do (subsidiarity).”
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2Quadragesimo Anno: Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on Reconstruction of the Social Order
Pope Pius XI — Quadragesimo Anno: Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on Reconstruction of the Social Order (1931)Pope Pius XI · 1931 · Web page · Paragraph 79Evidence that contradicts
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