Acteurs Financiers Chrétiens : correspond aux "Acteurs Financiers Ethiques Chrétiens" au sens de la Charta, et désigne les personnes physiques ou morales du secteur bancaire, assurantiel et financier, à but lucratif ou non, qui se réfèrent explicitement aux valeurs et aux préceptes du christianisme, à un niveau transactionnel ou organisationnel.
Charta : désigne la Charte Fondamentale de la Finance Ethique Chrétienne (Ethicae Pecuniae Christiana Charta).
DSE : désigne la Doctrine sociale de l'Eglise catholique romaine.
Finance Catholique : désigne la part de la "Finance Ethique Chrétienne" conforme à la Doctrine Sociale de l'Eglise.
Finance Chrétienne : correspond à la " Finance Ethique Chrétienne" au sens de la Charta, et désigne, sans distinction, la réunion des finances protestantes, catholique et orthodoxe dans la mesure où elles se conforment aux valeurs et aux préceptes chrétiens.
Stricto sensu, la Finance chrétienne inclut: (i) les Acteurs Financiers Chrétiens, (ii) les Principes Financiers Chrétiens et (iii) les Pratiques Financières Chrétiennes.
Lato sensu, la finance chrétienne inclut : (iv) les acteurs financiers similaires aux Acteurs Financiers Chrétiens (désignés « acteurs chrétien-compatibles »), (v) les principes similaires aux Principes Financiers Chrétiens (désignés « principes chrétien-compatibles »), et (vi) les pratiques financières similaires aux Pratiques Financières Chrétiennes (désignées « pratiques chrétien-compatibles »).
Finances éthiques : désigne les finances profanes (finance responsable, finance solidaire) et religieuses (finance chrétienne, finance islamique), qui se caractérisent toutes par le fait qu’elles appliquent des critères extra-financiers (développement durable, éthique, morale religieuse).
Finance Orthodoxe : désigne la part de la Finance Ethique Chrétienne au sens de la Charta conforme aux principes financiers orthodoxes.
Finance Protestante : désigne la part de la Finance Ethique Chrétienne au sens de la Charta conforme aux principes financiers protestants.
Pratiques Financières Chrétiennes : désigne les pratiques (transactionnelles, organisationnelles, infrastructurelles, ou individuelles) des Acteurs Financiers Chrétiens qui sont conformes aux Principes Financiers Chrétiens.
Principes Financiers Chrétiens : correspond aux "Principes Financiers Ethiques Chrétiens" au sens de la Charta, et désigne les principes applicables aux activités bancaires et financières qui se réfèrent explicitement aux valeurs et aux préceptes chrétiens. On peut distinguer les principes d’origine cléricale ("Principes Financiers Cléricaux") et les principes d’origine laïque ("Principes Financiers Laïcs") ; les principes d’origine doctrinale ("Principes Financiers Doctrinaux") et ceux d’origine biblique ("Principes Financiers Bibliques") ; ceux qui concernent les infrastructures financières ("Principes Financiers Généraux") et ceux qui ont vocation à s’appliquer au niveau transactionnel ("Principes Financiers Opérationnels").
Since the launching by Standard and Poor's of the product "SP 500 index Catholic Values", global media, notably French, seem to have proclaimed the birth of Christian Finance / Catholic Finance. To assist the media to present information accurately and clearly, the Observatory considered appropriate to recall some basic definitions:
Catholic Finance : refers to the part of the Christian Ethical Finance in the meaning of the Charta consistent with the Social Doctrine of the Catholic roman Church.
Charta : refers to the Fundamental Charter of Christian Ethical Finance (Ethicae Pecuniae Christiana Charta).
Christian Finance : refers to "Christian Ethical Finance" in the meaning of the Charta, in particular, without distinction, to the set of the Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox financial activities, principles and players to the extent that they comply with the Christian values and precepts.
Strictly speaking, the Christian Finance includes: (i) the Christian Financial Players, (ii) the Christian Financial Principles, and (iii) Christian Financial Practices.
In a broad sense, the Christian finance includes: (iv) the Christian Financial Players(designated "Christian-compatible players"), (v) the principles similar to the ChristianFinancial Principles (designated "Christian-compatible principles"), and (vi)the practices similar to the Christian Financial Practices (referred to as "Christian-compatible practices").
Christian Financial Players : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Actors" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the natural or legal persons, in the financial, insurance and banking sector, for-profit or not, which refer explicitly to the Christian values or precepts, on a transactional or organizational level.
Christian Financial Practices : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Activities" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the practices (transactional, organizational, infrastructural, or individual) from Christian Financial Players which are compatible with the Christian Financial Principles.
Christian Financial Principles : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Principles" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the principles applicable to the banking and financial activities which refer explicitly to the Christian values and precepts. It may be distinguished between the principles of clerical origin ("Clerical Financial Principles") and the principles of secular origin ("Lay Financial Principles") ; principles of teaching origin ("Teaching Financial Principles") and those of biblical origin ("Biblical Financial Principles"); those related to the financial infrastructures ("General Financial Principles") and those applicable to the transactions ("Operating Financial Principles").
CST : refers to the Catholic social teaching (synonym of SDC).
Ethical Finance : refers to profane finance (SRI, social finance) and religious finance(Christian finance, Islamic finance), which are all characterized by the fact that theyapply extra-financial criteria (sustainable development, ethical, religious).
Orthodox Finance : refers to the part of the Christian Ethical Finance in the meaning of the Charta consistent with the Orthodox financial principles.
Protestant Finance : refers to the part of the Christian Ethical Finance in the meaning of the Charta consistent with the Protestant financial principles.
SDC : refers to the Social Doctrine of the Catholic roman Church (synonym of CST)
Financial Sin's Structures : refers to the non virtuous objectives and conducts in the meaning of the Charta, and means the facts, mechanisms, systems in the financial and banking sector, which may be considered as socially abusive and harmful and as constituting sins with regard to the Christian values and precepts.
Charta : refers to the Fundamental Charter of Christian Ethical Finance (Ethicae Pecuniae Christiana Charta).
Christian Finance : refers to "Christian Ethical Finance" in the meaning of the Charta, in particular, without distinction, to the set of the Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox financial activities, principles and players to the extent that they comply with the Christian values and precepts.
Strictly speaking, the Christian Finance includes: (i) the Christian Financial Players, (ii) the Christian Financial Principles, and (iii) Christian Financial Practices.
In a broad sense, the Christian finance includes: (iv) the Christian Financial Players(designated "Christian-compatible players"), (v) the principles similar to the ChristianFinancial Principles (designated "Christian-compatible principles"), and (vi)the practices similar to the Christian Financial Practices (referred to as "Christian-compatible practices").
Christian Financial Players : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Actors" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the natural or legal persons, in the financial, insurance and banking sector, for-profit or not, which refer explicitly to the Christian values or precepts, on a transactional or organizational level.
Christian Financial Practices : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Activities" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the practices (transactional, organizational, infrastructural, or individual) from Christian Financial Players which are compatible with the Christian Financial Principles.
Christian Financial Principles : refers to "Christian Ethical Financial Principles" in the meaning of the Charta, and means the principles applicable to the banking and financial activities which refer explicitly to the Christian values and precepts. It may be distinguished between the principles of clerical origin ("Clerical Financial Principles") and the principles of secular origin ("Lay Financial Principles") ; principles of teaching origin ("Teaching Financial Principles") and those of biblical origin ("Biblical Financial Principles"); those related to the financial infrastructures ("General Financial Principles") and those applicable to the transactions ("Operating Financial Principles").
CST : refers to the Catholic social teaching (synonym of SDC).
Ethical Finance : refers to profane finance (SRI, social finance) and religious finance(Christian finance, Islamic finance), which are all characterized by the fact that theyapply extra-financial criteria (sustainable development, ethical, religious).
Orthodox Finance : refers to the part of the Christian Ethical Finance in the meaning of the Charta consistent with the Orthodox financial principles.
Protestant Finance : refers to the part of the Christian Ethical Finance in the meaning of the Charta consistent with the Protestant financial principles.
SDC : refers to the Social Doctrine of the Catholic roman Church (synonym of CST)
Financial Sin's Structures : refers to the non virtuous objectives and conducts in the meaning of the Charta, and means the facts, mechanisms, systems in the financial and banking sector, which may be considered as socially abusive and harmful and as constituting sins with regard to the Christian values and precepts.
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