While its roots can be traced as far back as Aristotle’s political philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’s theological interpretation of Aristotle’s political philosophy proved to be the catalyst for the birth of the principle of subsidiarity, which would in time become a key aspect of Roman Catholic social thought. Despite similarities with Calvinist teaching and its well-known concept of “sphere sovereignty” as a principle of Catholic social thought, subsidiarity was first introduced in the encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891) and was enunciated in subsequent encyclicals such as Quadragesimo Anno (1931) and Mater et Magistra (1961).
KEYWORDS: Democratic, government, rights and political, social tought, principals.
JEL CODE: J11, R48
RESUMENAunque sus raíces se remontan a la filosofía política de Aristóteles, la interpretación teológica de Tomás de Aquino de la filo-sofía política de Aristóteles resultó ser el catalizador para el nacimien-to del principio de subsidiariedad que con el tiempo, se convertiría en un aspecto clave del pensamiento social católico romano. A pesar de las similitudes con la enseñanza calvinista y su conocido concep-to de “soberanía de la esfera” como principio del pensamiento social católico, la subsidiariedad se introdujo por primera vez en la encíclica Rerum Novarum (1891) y se enunció en encíclicas posteriores como Quadragesimo Anno (1931) y Mater et Magistra (1961).
ABSTRACTWhile its roots can be traced as far back as Aristotle’s political philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’s theological interpretation of Aristotle’s political philosophy proved to be the catalyst for the birth of the principle of subsidiarity, which would in time become a key aspect of Roman Catholic social thought. Despite similarities with Calvinist teaching and its well-known concept of “sphere sovereignty” as a principle of Catholic social thought, subsidiarity was first introduced in the encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891) and was enunciated in subsequent encyclicals such as Quadragesimo Anno (1931) and Mater et Magistra (1961).
KEYWORDS: Democratic, government, rights and political, social tought, principals.
JEL CODE / CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: J11, R48