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anti-hC urch gove ent  In  ct his firmn  result  in B  ck's  ad­  lly l ning his   cution of the Chu h in Germany.
But  o did not simply condemn e o  He was a  eat t ch ,  int g out the  itive actions that would counte ct error. He is  st known for his teachin  in e nomi   o wrote a  ries of s i  e y i­ c s, the m t im r nt  ing Re m N a m in 1   inting out the evils of  th  pitalism and Communis   o  ught that employe  had a mo l obli tion to r  t  eir worke  to  y them a fair wage suffi­ cient to sup rt their famili  in r nable comfo , and to  ve them rea­  nable working hou  and sufficient time off.  o endo  la r unio tions of working men who  d toge er to improve their wages and w king condition  At that time, m t  ople condemn  unions  cau  the ri ts of capitalists were thought to take pr en  over the ri ts of worker   t  o showed that everyone's   ts must   r  cte  Leo al  encouraged worke  to help each other and to  l their r urces   that  ey  uld o  the  own busin  He encourag  bisho  to go among the workers and the  r to help them  lve their problem 
Leo   is r  as one of the  eatest men of  e nineteenth century even by non tholi   u  his t hings    the g  thin  in the Industr l Revolution while showing how the evils could   e t 
    
 e natio li  of the  neteenth  ntury, comb ed with the desire  r ch p  w materials to supply the Industrial Revolution, pr u  an­ other    t development im   ism, or the drive by Euro an na­ tions  r  liti  and econo c  ntrol over non-Weste  areas of the w l  s h    , Af    d the  ddle  st
Gr t Bri n w  the f t im  t  wer. By the late ei teenth  ntury, it had  en over India, which it would con ol un  1 7. Eng­ land's con ol of India is pro bly an example of im riali  at its  t  fore   and arrived on the  ene, India w  rid ed wi  lawl n  and immo l custom   me exampl  were Thu ee, suttee and the c te sy em (  Chapter Two}  e British o cials in India t ck  down  d e ted the Thu  out w     , and a lished the c te syste  thereby  king  dian  iety mo  just
En nd a  supp   an example of    ali  at its worst, in   In the  ly 1 s En and  ined a f thold in the  untry. En-


































































































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