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Mater et Magistra

MM · Jean XXIII · 1961 · IT · 264 paragraphes · vatican.va ↗ · AAS 53, p. 401 ↗
p. 438

In the work on the farm the human personality finds every incentive for self-expression, self-development and spiritual growth. It is a work, therefore, which should be thought of as a vocation, a God-given mission, an answer to God's call to actuate His providential, saving plan in history. It should be thought of, finally, as a noble task, undertaken with a view to raising oneself and others to a higher degree of civilization.