| 1946 The differences among persons belong to God's plan, who wills that we should need one another. These differences should encourage charity. |
| 1947 The equal dignity of human persons requires the effort to reduce excessive social and economic inequalities. It gives urgency to the elimination of sinful inequalities. |
| 1948 Solidarity is an eminently Christian virtue. It practices the sharing of spiritual goods even more than material ones. |
1949 Called to beatitude but wounded by sin, man stands in need of salvation from God. Divine help comes to him in Christ through the law that guides him and the grace that sustains him:
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