1 Introduction; 2 An Economist's View of the Work of Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler and Its Influence on the Encyclical Rerum novarum; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early Years; 3 The Advent Sermons (1848); 4 The Labor Question and Christianity (1864); 5 Sermon at the Liebfrauenheide (1869); 6 Later Years; 7 Closing Remarks; References; 3 Solidarism as the Center of Economy-The Economics of Heinrich Pesch; 1 Introduction; 2 Stages in the Life of Heinrich Pesch; 3 Theoretical Foundations and Fundamental Convictions; 4 The System of Solidarism; 5 The Importance of Pesch's Work; References

4 Public Economy ("Gemeinwirtschaft") as a Concept of Social Development Policy-Examples of German Authors of the Late 19th Century1 Introduction; 2 Definitions of Public Economy ("Gemeinwirtschaft"); 3 Examples of the Studies of German Authors on Social Development Around 1890; 3.1 Driving Forces of Social Development; 3.2 Schools of Economic Thought and Their Interest in Social Development; 3.3 Specific Authors of Studies on Social Development and "Public Economy"; 3.3.1 Franz Hitze; 3.3.2 Karl Freiherr Von Vogelsang; 3.3.3 Johann Heinrich Wichern; 3.3.4 Victor Aimé Huber; 4 Conclusions

AppendixReferences; 5 Lord Acton and Rerum novarum; 1 Introduction; 2 Rerum novarum; 3 Acton's Politics and Intellectual Biography; 4 Providence and Progress; 5 Negative and Positive Liberty; References; 6 The False Pretensions of the Catholic Social Doctrine-The Critique of the Catholic Austrian Sociologist August M. Knoll (1900-1963); 1 August Maria Knoll-Life and Writings; 2 Knoll's Book Der Soziale Gedanke im Modernen Katholizismus (1932) on the Relevance of the Encyclical Rerum Novarum; 3 Knoll's Position in the Debate About Catholic Social Doctrine Before 1938

3.1 Conservative and Liberal Catholic Social Thought in Austria3.2 Knoll Between the Two Currents; 3.3 Knoll's Left Turn: Katholische Kirche und Scholastisches Naturrecht (1962); 4 Concluding Remarks; References; 7 125 Years Rerum novarum-The Theological Perspective; 1 The Man-Created to Receive God's Love; 2 The Duties of Theological and Secular Institutions; 3 The Eschatological Dimension of Social Ethics; 4 Reciprocity of Personal Freedom and Social Justice; 5 Promoting Human Freedom to the Good; References; 8 Dr. Johannes Antonius Veraart: A Catholic Economist on Rerum Novarum

1 Introduction2 Background; 2.1 Education; 2.2 Politics; 3 Economic Approach and Ethics; 3.1 Object and Principles; 3.2 Wage; 4 Rerum Novarum; 5 Influence; 6 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Short Timeline Professional Career Veraart; Archives; References; 9 The Roman Connection: From Rerum Novarum to Corporatism in the Netherlands; 1 Introduction; 2 Two Encyclicals on the Condition of the Working Class; 2.1 Rerum Novarum; 2.2 Quadragesimo Anno; 3 Dutch Corporatism in the Interwar Period; 3.1 The Catholic Blueprint for Corporatism in the Netherlands