The Republican Meltdown is more than meets the eye.

The Crumbling of the GOP aka the Republican party Is not a light matter as far as history and Bible prophecy has shown.... The Video from MSNBC chronicles a pivotal point in America's History and by extension the world . 

To say this is big deal is a understatement of enormous proportions in the eyes of student of Bible prophecy .Even if you are not a student of Bible prophecy or a Christian of any sought but a citizen of this planet ,there are some things you ought to be aware of. 

Why ?  your life , our lives are about to change very soon. Before you look at the video let me elaborate.

Using the King James bible which most believe is the most accurate transcription of sacred scriptures.

The Bible shows in Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

In Bible prophecy a Beast  Represents something special ! What does it represent?
Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

So the two beasts one and two in Revelation 13 are kingdoms. The Second "Beast" in Verse 11 is making an image to the first ,in other words beast two is copying the history of beast one.

Identifying the second beast the one that comes up out of the earth is crucial .
Where is "the earth" or what represents "the Earth"?

Notice beast one came up out of the sea, if we can find what the sea represents then we can figure out what the earth represent for the second beast.

Look at Revelation 17  Verse  which says "15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

In the Bible seas and waters equate to a very populated place, however "the earth" is decoded as the opposite ;that is a sparsely populated place.

Thus in Revelation 13:11 this Beast rise up out of a very sparsley populated place, a new place. We can conclude this to be the United States of America where the founding fathers of that Land fled from Europe a populated place on earth ,the Old World, to this unpopulated haven from kingly rule and Papal persecution.

History furnishes us with the facts that they came over in 1620 from London landing on a place call Plymouth  see the evidence here .

Thus we are led to believe the Beast in Revelation 13:11 To be none other than The United States of America.

The Capital point of appreciating the prophetic significance of the video in the News below is understanding the feature of the beast under investigation "Two Horns". 

What does Horns represent in the Bible and why does the bible points our attention to the fact that it has two and not one?

Horns
Habakkuk 3:4  And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

The bible as its own interpreter tells us that horns equals power...This principle is illustrated in the following scriptures.
Daniel 8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

We observe that when the horns of the Beast Daniel 8:7 which is a kingdom by the way was broken its power was lost (and there was no power in the ram to stand before him).

So America had two things special that gave it its power its strength as a Nation.
History proves its strength, its powers to be Protestantism and Republicanism .






As a Lamb
Bible tells us who is the lamb.
John 1:29  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Christ is the Lamb according to the Bible so the Beast power has Christian features in its beginning. History clearly articulates this fact. The book "Great Controversy"  puts it nicely. 

It says :
"The lamblike horns indicate youth, innocence, and gentleness, fitly representing the character of the United States when presented to the prophet as “coming up” in 1798. 
Among the Christian exiles who first fled to America and sought an asylum from royal oppression and priestly intolerance were many who determined to establish a government upon the broad foundation of civil and religious liberty. Their views found place in the Declaration of Independence, which sets forth the great truth that “all men are created equal” and endowed with the inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” And the Constitution guarantees to the people the right of self-government, providing that representatives elected by the popular vote shall enact and administer the laws. Freedom of religious faith was also granted, every man being permitted to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Republicanism and Protestantism became the fundamental principles of the nation. These principles are the secret of its power and prosperity. The oppressed and downtrodden throughout Christendom have turned to this land with interest and hope. Millions have sought its shores, and the United States has risen to a place among the most powerful nations of the earth"  
{The Great Controversy page 441.1}     



The video from Morning Joe aptly describe a crumbling of The Republican Party in which the principles of The Constitution is supposed to be most evidently reflected.

The pivotal point 
In the Bible When a power falls another power takes its place ,in sacred history all the time one power gives way to another,one falls and and another stands up,one gives way to another..
The bible says concerning America the second Beast in Revelation 13 :11 That the Lamb will speak as a dragon. Nations speak by thier laws, The dragon spirit is one of opression.
But note the following verse in the the chapter verse 12, It reads thus:

12 And he (USA) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.


Who is the first beast and how did it exercise it's power ? By answering this we will have an additional clue as to what will happen when the Republican Party is made of none effect,We will understand clearly Who the Republican party will give way to.

So finally power of the first beast is seen where? Lets back up to the previous Verses to see the First Beast's power of which the second Beast America will make an image or copy from History past

Revelation 13: verse 4
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 

The first Beast's / Kingdom's list of powers:

1. This Beast / Kingdom Receives Worship.
2. None can make war with The Beast / Kingdom .
3. This Beast / Kingdom speaking Great things and commit blasphemies as bible show is to claim to forgive sins as God (Mark 2:7)  & claims it is God on earth John 10:33)
4. This Beast / Kingdom had power for 42 months ie 1260 days ( based on yr for day Principle in Eze 4:6 & Num 14;34 This Beast / Kingdom ruled for 1260 literal years).
5. This  Beast / kingdom  wared against the Saints ...Christians . 
6. This Beast / Kingdom not only to warred against but overcame them( Christians) during this 1260 yrs When they did not obey its dogmas and traditions.
7. This Beast / Kingdom  took over from its predecessor the Roman empire and had power over the then known world.

This is none other than the Papal Roman Religious system that exist today. 

So who will make and image to The Papal Roman Religious System?
Its America, but notice that this second Beast does miracles and  is a replica of the first Beast (The Papal Roman System ) ?It not Just plain old United States but the Protestants of The United States Of America).

That which they fled from in the 1700s as protestants they will imitate, the bible says form an image. Protestantism will change. The Religious communities will back and support  Politics with Political Religious  men who will take over the Republican Party .
The news clip above may be chronicling the decline of the Republicans as we know it to give way to a stricter form of the party lurking in the background to take its chance.

Remember we said that Protestants makes and image ,a replica of the Roman Religious system? How did The Papal Roman Religious system come into being in the first place?

It was the Caesars of Rome that gave way to the Bishops of Rome When Rome was falling.
When Rome as a Political power was falling due to the The Arab–Byzantine wars.
The Islamic wars Weaken Rome to the point where the Bishops of Rome ascended in power within the Roman empire..
Here we see the repeat of Sacred History. Where the alliances have world have been weakened by Islamic wars. And in America there is a vital call to go back to "Moral" standards. But when Religion takes hold of the State power which is apostasy by the way . The temptation for complete control is unavoidable .Religious laws will be put into place to dictate conscience.Then persecution will follow. 

Daniel 12:1 Is about to go down.

Protestants are doing two things at the same time. 
One,they are getting more involved in Government directly or by strongly influencing the election outcome. 

see the following...  Donald Trump Vowed to Close the Gap Between Church and State

Two ,They the protestant churches  are returning to the mother church and are uniting under her leadership and direction see the following . https://www.kairos2017.com/ 
and also http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/08/25/pope,_wcc_leaders_talk_ecumenism,_ecology,_economic_justice/1332849.

This is unprecedented in Protestantism to the point where protestants have joined in the proclamation that the protest will be declared over come October 31st 2017...  

As far as we know Rome has not change,but protestants have change what make them protestants in the first place has change in thier eyes.  

Does God change? Was the protestant reformation a mistake?

All in all the News media chronicles a step in the great process of sacred History.

Johnson Amendment ,Church and State is soon to Come But God is Holding the winds till His servants are sealed

The VP candidate made a last-ditch pitch to evangelicals on November 6.

Some evangelical Christians in America saw Mike Pence at church on November 6.

Not Pence in the flesh, of course — the Republican vice presidential candidate was on the campaign trail in Panama City, Florida, and Hickory, North Carolina. But a five-minute video in which Pence, clad in a navy blue suit, stands in front of a white wall and delivers a direct pitch to congregants in churches was uploaded to Vimeo on Thursday under the title “Church Greeting.”

The video seems like it was produced in some kind of parallel universe to the actual Trump campaign, with its references to the civil rights movement and slavery and its very specific bid for evangelical votes made in clean, positive evangelical lingo. 

But the video also encapsulates the campaign’s promises to evangelicals that it hopes will sway their vote, despite widespread reticence due to Trump’s behavior and promises on many fronts. And furthermore — especially in its reiteration of Trump’s pledge to repeal the Johnson Amendment — it’s an indicator of the greatest anxiety among the aging moral majority, who feel their influence waning: a lessening grip on the political power they’ve enjoyed over the past few decades.

Reports on Friday from right-leaning sources the Blaze, the Christian Post, and the Christian Broadcasting Network (founded by Pat Robertson) said that “thousands” of churches would be airing the ad. That’s hard to substantiate. And it’s not clear how the churches were alerted to the ad; Pence’s Twitter account, for instance, didn’t mention it. 

But from Twitter it’s clear at least a few churches did screen the ad during their morning services:

The Johnson Amendment first became interesting to Trump in June

Pence made sure to mention the Johnson Amendment, which seems to have first surfaced among Trump’s talking points on June 22, a month before his nomination as his party’s presidential candidate, when Trump met in New York City with hundreds of evangelical leaders in a closed-door meeting in New York City. 

During that meeting, Trump delivered the outlines of what would be one of his two promises to woo evangelicals:

The government has gotten so involved in your religion. Especially your religion, that it makes it very difficult. We’ll talk about that. Mike and I have been discussing it, and I think we have some very important things to say. The next president — it’s going to be vital. Not only with Supreme Court justices, which we’ll also talk about at length. But also in things like freeing up your religion, freeing up your thoughts, freeing up your… 

You talk about religious liberty and religious freedom. You really don’t have religious freedom, if you really think about it, because when President Johnson had his tenure, he passed something that makes people very, very nervous to even talk to preserve their tax-exempt status. It’s taken a lot of power away from Christianity and other religions. 

I’ve seen it … I said, “Why is it that the whole thing with Christianity, it’s not going in the right direction? It’s getting weaker, weaker, weaker from a societal standpoint?” And over the course of various meetings, I realized that there are petrified ministers and churches. They speak before 25,000 people, the most incredible speakers you could ever see, better than any politician by far. And yet when it comes to talking about it openly or who they support or why they support somebody because he’s a person — a man or a woman — who is into their values, they’re petrified to do it.

And I couldn’t get the answer. And then one day, at one of our meetings, somebody said, “They’re petrified of losing their tax-exempt status.” And I said, “What is that all about?” And they went into it. It was what happened during the Johnson administration. And I will tell you folks that some of you will agree, some of you will disagree, and some of you, it’s been ingrained and that’s the worst thing because you don’t even think about it. You can’t see the forest for the trees, some of you are so close to it. But I can tell you, I watched this during the last year, and I watched fear in the hearts of brave, incredible people. And we are going to get rid of that, because you should have the right to speak.

Here, Trump incorrectly says that Johnson passed the amendment while president — Johnson served as president from 1963 to 1969, and the amendment was passed by Congress in 1954. Johnson was then a senator, and the amendment was designed at least in part to keep tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing candidates during the McCarthy era. 

The issue resurfaced in Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on July 21, in which he talked about “an amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views." (We fact-checked.)

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The Johnson Amendment is about churches — and a lot of other organizations

The Johnson Amendment doesn’t only target churches. About a million and a half organizations in the US are registered as tax-exempt. As of May 2016, only 312,373 of those were congregations (which includes congregations of all religions). 

As the Internal Revenue Service interprets the Johnson Amendment, tax-exempt organizations — that is, those which fall under the 501(c)(3) designation — include “religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, to foster national or international sports competition, or prevention of cruelty to children or animals organizations,” according to IRS code. That includes fraternities, civic leagues, and chambers of commerce. 

Such an organization “may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.” 

Interestingly, the Donald J. Trump Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, as is the Clinton Foundation.

The Johnson Amendment has been a special interest of the right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a legal fund that litigates on behalf of conservative Christian causes. A blog post on the organization’s website mirrors Pence’s take, but with a stronger statement about actual endorsement:

Historically, churches frequently spoke for and against candidates for government office. Such sermons date from the founding of the United States, including those against Thomas Jefferson for being a deist and sermons opposing William Howard Taft as a Unitarian. Churches have also been at the forefront of most of the significant societal and governmental changes in our history, including ending segregation and child labor, and advancing civil rights.

The ADF maintains that the amendment unconstitutionally restricts the First Amendment rights of pastors and churches (an argument that is disputed by others) as well as the Free Exercise clause in the Constitution, which states that Congress cannot make laws that keeps people from freely exercising their religion. 

The ADF’s blog post concludes on what might be a surprising note:

After the 1954 Johnson Amendment, churches faced a choice: speak freely on all issues addressed by Scripture and potentially risk their tax exemption, or remain silent and protect their tax-exempt status. Unfortunately, many churches have silenced their speech, even from the pulpit. Ironically, after 60-plus years of the IRS strictly interpreting the amendment, there is no reported situation where a church lost its tax-exempt status or was punished for sermons delivered from the pulpit. Nonetheless, the law remains unchanged and many churches remain silent due to the IRS’s interpretation of the amendment.

That is, the Johnson Amendment is rarely enforced. And it has never been actually used to strip a congregation of its 501(c)(3) status. 

It is challenged at times, though. For instance, in 2014, Houston Mayor Annise Parker subpoenaed five sermons from churches in her city. After widespread outcry, Parker dropped the subpoena. Though, interestingly, the story is referenced in the successful 2016 Christian film God’s Not Dead 2 and teased as the probable plot for the inevitable God’s Not Dead 3. 

So it’s easy to reason that in the background of Trump’s sudden interest in the laws about speech in tax-exempt status for churches is the specific case in Houston, which rattled congregations across the country, in which clergy are understandably reticent to submit their sermons for approval every week. 

But the Pence’s argument also rests on the idea that churches and other congregations are restricting their speech for fear of something that has not happened.

And there’s at least a few additionally disingenuous matters in Pence’s statements about civil rights, the Revolution, and slavery (even leaving aside the campaign’s and the GOP’s handling of matters around race): As it’s practiced, the Johnson Amendment would never have kept clergy from preaching that slavery — the practice of one human owning another human — is a violation of God’s law. It would just keep them from endorsing Abraham Lincoln. 

The ad points to the waning influence of the old religious right — and that they know it

But that fact that some churches even showed the Pence ad is an indicator of the state of the Johnson Amendment. (Under the IRS’s interpretation, 501(c)(3) organizations are allowed to provide a forum for candidates, which “is not, in and of itself, prohibited political activity,” so this may technically fall under that provision. But without an accompanying voice from the Clinton campaign, this seems a bit blurry — especially with Pence’s hard sell for a Trump vote.)

More interestingly, the Pence video articulates what the Trump/Pence campaign thinks is important to the evangelical voter. Since the Reagan era, white evangelicals have been a solid and reliable voting bloc, but that has been thrown into question during this election, largely because of Trump. Pence does take pains to underline his own personal common ground with congregants’ faith — while not mentioning Trump’s — and talks briefly about Supreme Court appointments, two points rooted in traditional conservative Christian conviction.

(Ralph Freso/Getty Images)

But the third seems tied to the decline of the traditional religious right as embodied in aging leaders like James Dobson and Jerry Falwell, who no longer hold the same sort of influence over evangelicals and, by extension, the political establishment as they did in their heyday.

The former moral majority is giving way to what is increasingly being called the “moral minority,” a term some younger evangelicals and their leaders — like Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore — are embracing. “Moore thinks that the idea of a moral majority is wrong, and was probably wrong when it was created: he suspects that earnest, orthodox Christians have always been outnumbered,” Kelefa Sanneh wrote of Moore in the November 7, 2016, issue of the New Yorker. “Like any believer, he wants his church to grow, but he doesn’t seem particularly threatened by the thought that it might not.”

However, that same loss of power, which has been going on for a while, does threaten some leaders. And Trump and Pence have managed to identify this and find a way to tap into it: suggesting the Johnson Amendment is to blame for churches’ declining influence. At the meeting of evangelical leaders in June, Trump spoke further:

And I say to you folks, because you have such power, such influence. Unfortunately the government has weeded it away from you pretty strongly. But you’re going to get it back. Remember this: If you ever add up, the men and women here are the most important, powerful lobbyists. You’re more powerful. Because you have men and women, you probably have something like 75, 80 percent of the country believing. But you don’t use your power. You don’t use your power…

You used to go to church, and you know, when I’d go there … It’s much different today. I know, as an example, the young people aren’t going as much.

But we have to bring that back. We have to bring those values back. We have to bring that spirit back. And in a way, it’s been taken away from you by the federal government and by these horrendous things that have been allowed in the past. But just remember this: You are the most powerful group in this country. But you have to realize that. You have to band together. You have to band together. If you don’t band together, you’re really not powerful. You have a powerful church. I see it. I see some of these incredible pastors and ministers and people that speak so brilliantly. And I see it. But they’re great within their audience, but then outside they don’t have it. You have to band together as a group. And if you do that, you will bring it back like nothing has ever been brought back.

Power, as the Trump campaign sees it, is the greatest good — and it’s what has been stolen from churches. The way to please churches is to bring power back.

Ironically, it’s become increasingly clear that Donald Trump’s candidacy has created rifts that may keep the group from ever “banding back together.” Near the end of the ad, Pence quotes the Pledge of Allegiance — “one nation, under God” — but it’s hard not to think about Lincoln quoting Mark 3:25, that a house divided itself cannot stand. That’s something no five-minute Sunday morning ad can fix.

source https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13546186/johnson-amendment-mike-pence-donald-trump-evangelicals-religious-right-moral-majority

The Beast with horns as a Lamb= False prophet Rev 17

The work of the False prophet is to deceive when there is a crisis.
Think about Prophets of Baal on Mt Carmel ,Think the dance of deception done by Salome for her Mother Herodias.

The false prophet deceives and is good at it. If you are lost here is a quick glance of what the above mean ..click here

Battlefield Hollywood

Will the Church control the state once again ? a documented Yes is before our eyes

Read between the lines or look at the growth of church and state union predicted in Bible here. A One World Order controlled by the Vatican. See also what Rerum Novarum really is here.

From the source :http://www.usccb.org/jphd/caritasinveritate/caritas_in_veritate-study-guide-1.pdf


Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate was signed and released in June 2009. This encyclical, or teaching document, is the latest in a series of social encyclicals written by our popes over the last 120 years, as the Church sought to apply its moral principles and social teaching to emerging economic and social problems. Jesus Christ is both divine and human. In his person, he embodies what it is to live a fully human life. He is the model of how we are called to live. His teaching has both personal and social implications.

These social encyclicals shine the light of the Gospel of Christ and the Church’s moral teaching on
changing social circumstances, to provide guidance and support to Christians as we seek to live our faith in the world. In this way, the teaching is both very traditional and ever new. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate:
The Church's social doctrine illuminates with an unchanging light the new problems that
are constantly emerging. This safeguards the permanent and historical character of the
doctrinal “patrimony” which, with its specific characteristics, is part and parcel of the
Church's ever‐living Tradition. Social doctrine is built on the foundation handed on by
the Apostles to the Fathers of the Church, and then received and further explored by
the great Christian doctors. This doctrine points definitively to the New Man, to the “last
Adam [who] became a life‐giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45), the principle of the charity that
“never ends” (1 Cor 13:8). It is attested by the saints and by those who gave their lives
for Christ our Savior in the field of justice and peace. It is an expression of the prophetic
task of the Supreme Pontiffs to give apostolic guidance to the Church of Christ and to
discern the new demands of evangelization (12).
Here are highlights from some of the encyclicals that are part of the Church’s modern body of social teaching:

Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) 1891, Pope Leo XIII – Essentially the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching, truly groundbreaking, and a foundational document for many subsequent encyclicals (see below). This encyclical addresses the plight of workers in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, touching on issues that include socialism, unbridled capitalism, a living wage, workers’rights, support for unions, and a rejection of class struggle. Pope Leo first articulated the principles that underlie the preferential option for the poor.

Quadragesimo Anno (On the Reconstruction of the Social Order) 1931, Pope Pius XI – Commemoratingthe 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical offers an update on the state of labor and industrialization, and strong critiques of communism, unrestrained capitalism, class conflict, and inequalities. Pope Pius denounces the concentration of wealth and economic power, and calls for the reconstruction of the social order based on subsidiarity.

Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) 1961, Pope John XXIII – Issued 70 years afterRerum Novarum, this encyclical looks to the Church as the “Mother and Teacher,” calling the world to salvation and better social relationships. It looks at science and technology, noting their power to improve the human condition, but also to limit human freedoms, and calling on governments to safeguard human rights. Pope John expressed concerns for the growing gap between rich and poor nations, for the plight of farmers and rural areas, and for the arms race. The encyclical calls on wealthier nations to help poorer ones.

Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) 1963, Pope John XXIII – Issued only two months before the pope's death, this encyclical is the first to be directed to "all men of good will," instead of just to Catholics. In a response to the Cold War, the encyclical outlines necessary conditions for lasting world peace, looking at respect for human rights and disarmament. Pope John calls for the development of a world authority to protect the universal common good, condemns the arms race, and supports efforts to build peace.

Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) 1967, Pope Paul VI – This encyclical, which Pope Benedict's new encyclical commemorates, examines the economy on a global level, and addresses the rights of workers to decent work, just wages, decent working conditions, and to form and join unions. Pope Paul VI calls development the new name for peace, criticizes unjust economic structures that lead to inequality, and supports new international and social relationships.

Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) 1981, Pope John Paul II – Issued to mark the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical once again emphasizes the dignity of work and the rights of workers, and the priority of labor over capital. Pope John Paul also addresses disabled workers, emigration, materialism, and the spirituality of work.

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) 1987, Pope John Paul II – This encyclical honored PopulorumProgressio on its 20th anniversary, offering solidarity as a central requirement of our faith and times.
Pope John Paul critiques East‐West blocs and other “structures of sin” that compromise the progress of poor nations, and calls for solidarity between rich and poor nations.
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) 1991, Pope John Paul II – On the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, John Paul II reflected on the current state of issues that Leo XIII had addressed in his day. It focuses on the moral dimensions of economic life, the advantages and limitations of the market, the role of business, and the responsibilities and limitations of government.

Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) 1995, Pope John Paul II – An affirmation of the gift of human life and the need to protect it, this encyclical explored many threats to human life, including the evils of abortion, euthanasia, and the use of the death penalty. It called the Church to be “a people of life and for life.”

Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) 2005, Pope Benedict XVI – Benedict's first encyclical emphasized the connections between love of God and love of neighbor. Pope Benedict said the Church could no more neglect charity than it could Scripture or the sacraments. He located love of the poor at the center of Catholic life.

Caritas In Veritate (Charity in Truth) 2009, Pope Benedict XVI – Anticipated since 2007, this encyclical follows up on the themes of Pope Paul VI’s Populorum Progressio, calling it the Rerum Novarum of the present age. It deals with the ethics of contemporary economics; poverty and development; global solidarity; charity, justice and the common good; rights and duties; and care for creation, among other topics.

“Charity is at the heart of the Church's social doctrine. Every responsibility and every
commitment spelt out by that doctrine is derived from charity which, according to the teaching
of Jesus, is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36‐ 40). It gives real substance to the
personal relationship with God and with neighbour; it is the principle not only of microrelationships
(with friends, with family members or within small groups) but also of macrorelationships
(social, economic and political ones). For the Church, instructed by the Gospel,
charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first
Encyclical Letter, “God is love” (Deus Caritas Est): everything has its origin in God's love,
everything is shaped by it, everything is directed towards it. Love is God's greatest gift to
humanity, it is his promise and our hope” (2).
“To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take effective steps to secure it. Besides
the good of the individual, there is the good that is linked to living in society: the common good.
It is the good of “all of us”, made up of individuals, families and intermediate groups who
together constitute society. It is the good that is sought not for its own sake, but for the people
who belong to the social community and who can only really and effectively pursue their good
within it. To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and
charity” (7).
“If we love others with charity, then first of all we are just towards them. Not only is justice not
extraneous to charity, not only is it not an alternative or parallel path to charity: justice is
inseparable from charity1, and intrinsic to it. Justice is the primary way of charity or, in Paul VI's
words, “the minimum measure” of it 2, an integral part of the love “in deed and in truth” (1 Jn
3:18), to which Saint John exhorts us. On the one hand, charity demands justice: recognition
and respect for the legitimate rights of individuals and peoples. It strives to build the earthly
city according to law and justice. On the other hand, charity transcends justice and completes it
in the logic of giving and forgiving3” (6).
“The [Second Vatican] Council probed more deeply what had always belonged to the truth of
the faith, namely that the Church, being at God's service, is at the service of the world in terms
of love and truth. Paul VI set out from this vision in order to convey two important truths. …
[T]he whole Church, in all her being and acting — when she proclaims, when she celebrates,
when she performs works of charity — is engaged in promoting integral human development.
She has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities: all the energy she
brings to the advancement of humanity and of universal fraternity is manifested when she is
able to operate in a climate of freedom” (11).