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Pope from 1878 to 1903, Leo XIII founded Catholic social teaching with the encyclical Rerum Novarum, defending a just wage, workers' associations and private property against socialism and liberalism, and revived Thomism.
Political axes
Pope Leo XIII leans further toward religious than 94% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Pope Leo XIII stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Pope Leo XIII sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Social doctrine of the Catholic Church, combining traditionalist morality and defense of life with concern for social justice, subsidiarity and worker dignity, under the hierarchical authority of the papacy and canon law.
A neoreactionary current combining the thought of Thomas Aquinas with criticism of liberal democracy, egalitarianism, and progressivism. It grounds a hierarchical, traditional political order in natural law, objective morality, reason, and the common good, allowing for sovereign monarchical or centralized authority.
Current that grounds politics in Christian morality and tradition, defending family, life, and religious values within democracy, with emphasis on preserving the people's customs and cultural heritage.
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Techno-CommunismAnarchist30%
The German monk who began the Protestant Reformation by challenging indulgences, Luther defended salvation by faith and the Bible in the vernacular, yet backed the princes against the peasant revolt of 1525.
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A federation of Central European territories, the Holy Roman Empire gathered principalities and cities under an elected emperor and strong Church influence, marked by fragmented power and the autonomy of its members.
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