Using the Catechism to Discuss the Holy Trinity
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The Catholic belief system provides a strategic goal and approach for politics. To have virtue and success in politics, proper Catholic strategic thought is needed.
There are two fundamental questions that must be addressed in politics:
1. What is the right thing to do?
2. What is the right way to do it?
Catholics answer the first question by identifying God's will. Thus, the strategic goal in politics for Catholics is to identify what God wants done. This strategic goal will ensure love, truth, and good in politics (to the extent possible in the present moment until fulfillment).
Catholics answer the second question by identifying how to do God's will. Thus, the strategic approach in politics for Catholics is to identify the way God wants it done. This strategic approach will ensure true development in politics (to the extent possible in the present moment until fulfillment).
To identify what God wants done and the way God wants it done, Catholics rely on Jesus and the Holy Spirit. There is a real relationship in which God the Father uses Jesus and the Holy Spirit to make known his will and how to do his will to humanity. To interpret this will, Catholics use Tradition, Scripture, and the Magisterium. (“Catechism of the Catholic Church”, pages 24-29.)
The outcome of this strategy is virtue and success in politics. The strategy is based on the fact that God is God and human persons are human persons.
Benefits of following this strategy: peace, justice, and unity.
Costs of not following this strategy: anarchy, injustice, and disunity.
The benefits and costs of following or not following proper Catholic strategic thought are real. It is clear proper Catholic strategic thought is needed for politics.
Stephen Steiniger is a Catholic who is alive in the love of Christ. He desires all who read his writings to benefit in their relationship with Christ. He enjoys religion, politics, and comedy. Stephen possesses an undergraduate and graduate degree from Bowling Green State University. He lives on planet earth with the rest of the human race. Stephen believes this is a good About the Author profile.
