Christian socialism is a religious and political philosophy that blends Christianity and socialism, endorsing left-wing politics and socialist economics on the basis of the Bible and the teachings of Jesus.
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22 Facts About Christian socialism
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Many Christian socialists believe capitalism to be idolatrous and rooted in the sin of greed.
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Christian socialism socialists identify the cause of social inequality to be the greed that they associate with capitalism.
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Christian socialism became a major movement in the United Kingdom beginning in the 19th century.
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Christian socialism defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
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Christian socialism who loves gold will not be justified, and he who pursues money will be led astray by it.
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Christian socialism was one of the founding threads of the British Labour Party and is claimed to begin with the uprising of Wat Tyler and John Ball in the 14th century CE.
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Christian socialism Church exists for the sole purpose of saving the human race.
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Christian socialism anarchists denounce the state, believing it is violent, deceitful and, when glorified, idolatrous.
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Foundation of Christian socialism anarchism is a rejection of violence, with Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You regarded as a key text.
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Christian socialism anarchists hold that the "Reign of God" is the proper expression of the relationship between God and humanity.
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Advocates of Christian socialism communism argue that it was taught by Jesus and practised by the apostles themselves.
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Communism and Christian socialism have been condemned by Pope Pius IX, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius X, Pope Benedict XV, Pope Pius XI, Pope Pius XII, Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II.
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Christian socialism writes that socialism "must be utterly rejected" by Catholics.
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Pius XI famously wrote at the time that "Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are contradictory terms; no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist".
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In 2004, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the Italian Senate, declaring that "[i]n many respects democratic Christian socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine; in any case, it contributed toward the formation of a social consciousness".
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Christian socialism showed precisely how to overthrow the existing order, but he did not say how matters should proceed thereafter.
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Christian socialism forgot that freedom always remains freedom for evil.
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Christian socialism thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right.
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Christian socialism declared that all earthly things, including language and culture, have some kind of divine origin.
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Traditionalist conservative Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, a Christian socialism fundamentalist organization in the United States, claimed that Jesus was a capitalist who advocated "voluntary redistribution of wealth".
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Christian socialism said that "I would not have you exchange the gold of individual Christianity for the base metal of Christian socialism".
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