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==Dignity of work==

''Laborem Exercens'' begins with a scriptural argument that work is more than just an activity or a commodity, but an essential part of human nature. tori mo

:The Church finds in the very first pages of the Book of Genesis the source of her conviction that work is a fundamental dimension of human existence on earth.... When man, who had been created “in the image of God.... male and female,” (Gen 1:27) hears the words: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen 1:28), even though these words do not refer directly and explicitly to work, beyond any doubt they indirectly indicate it as an activity for man to carry out in the world.<ref>''Laborem Exercens'' §4</ref>