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subsidiarity|sʌbsɪdɪˈærɪtɪ|
[tr. G. subsidiarität (1931, paraphrasing Pope Pius XI in Rundschreiben über die gesellschaftliche Ordnung (Quadragesimo Anno §80); cf. F. subsidiarité and subsidiary a.]
The quality of being subsidiary; spec. the principle that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level.
1936B. W. Dempsey tr. O. von Nell-Breuning's Reorganization of Social Econ. x. 206 The Pope repeats the same statement..: ‘Of its very nature, the true aim of all social activity should be to help individual members of the social body, but never to destroy or absorb them.’ This is the frequently mentioned and famous principle of Subsidiarity of Social Activities, also called the principle of Subsidiarity of Associations, a fundamental principle of Christian social doctrine. 1964S. Attanasio tr H. Küng's Structures of Church vii. 215 Is there a criterion with respect to the exercise of the papal pastoral office in the individual dioceses?.. Post-Vatican theology developed a criterion: This is the principle of subsidiarity which, according to Pius XII, ‘is valid for social life in all its organizations, and also for the life of the Church without prejudice to her hierarchical structure’. 1967New Catholic Encycl. XIII. 762/1 The principle of subsidiarity is broadly concerned with the limits of the right and duty of the public authority to intervene in social and economic affairs. 1976J. P. Wogaman Christian Method of Moral Judgment v. 142 According to the doctrine of subsidiarity, as developed in various papal encyclicals, social problems should be dealt with at the most immediate (or local) level consistent with their solution. 1980J. H. Whyte Church & State in Mod. Ireland (ed. 2) vi. 163 Concepts such as vocationalism, the principle of subsidiarity, and the danger of excessive State control. 1982Times 18 Sept. 7/5 The ‘principle of subsidiarity’—a meaningless or even misleading phrase in English—is being discussed in the European Parliament in connection with eventual revision of the Treaty of Rome. It is defined to mean that the European Community's activities should be limited to those which are better performed in common than by member states individually. |