THE HUMAN ‐CHRISTIAN DIMENSIONS OF WORK AND ITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL EFFECTS

The current crisis that is affecting many fundamental of the values of society seems to have extended also on the concept of human labor. This reality that was born together with man is essential: for the existence of the man, because through work the man can ensure the necessary things for his everyday life; for the development of his humanity; for the social and economic progress and for the achievement of some eternal and transcendent values. Having such a great importance for the existence and the fulfillment of the man, as an individual and as a member of the human society, we have considered that it is advisable to approach the issue oflabor in the light of the Christian social doctrine. We have analyzed first of all the subject of work in the light of the Biblical revelation, and then within the official documents of the Ecclesial Magisterium. The Christian doctrine as a whole shows us that work, this existential reality of the man, is a vocation, a duty, a necessity and a right. Through work, the human person expresses their own identity, reveals their potential and capacities and manifests their creativity. Work, in its complexity, reveals its own dimensions: subjective and objective. To adequately know thematter of work leads to defending it, as being a fundamental right and to promoting it, as being a necessary value for the welfare of the entire humankind.