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Did Pius XI 's use of the "problematic" term "social justice" introduce into the Church so-called Rousseau-like sinful "structures...[as] the primary cause of corruption of human beings...[so that] Social reform takes precedence over personal reform" according to scholar Fr. Fortin?

Social Justice According to Pius XI Catholic Social Teaching Thomas Storck Jul 25, 2016 [https://distributistreview.com/archive/social-justice-pius-xi] "The debate over 'structures of sin' highlights a major shift in how the modern papacy connects individual morality to global systems. Pope John Paul II used structural language but strictly tethered it to individual accountability to avoid the pitfalls of collective guilt . In contrast, Pope Francis expanded structural sin into a broader, prophetic critique that moves away from tight, bounded definitions of personal culpability ." - Google AI So if your question is “Who actually secularized redemption in the sense described?” , I would distinguish three levels: If by “who explicitly brought this about” you mean who most clearly made the shift from individual moral corruption to social/structural corruption , the answer is Rousseau , but with an important qualification: the formulation “Rousseau secularized redempt...
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