Encyclical letters are pastoral letters issued by the Pope to the entire Catholic Church, addressing matters of faith, morals, or discipline. They serve to communicate important teachings and guidance on doctrinal, moral, or social issues, and while they are not dogmatic, they carry significant authority within the Church. Encyclicals are a primary means by which the Church expresses its teachings and are part of the Pope's ordinary teaching authority.
Encyclical Letters of Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV (1854 - 1922)
Read in English by KHand; Valeria De Felice; KevinS; Ares Sancho; Ann Boulais
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Genre(s): Christianity - Other
A collection of 10 out of the 12 Encyclicals written by Pope Benedict XV, who was Pope from 1914-1922. Public domain English translations of 'In Hac Tanta' and 'Principi Apostolorum Petro' were not able to be located for this collection.
Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum (Appealing for Peace) November 1, 1914
Humani Generis Redemptionem (On Preaching the Word of God) June 15, 1917
Quod Iam Diu (On the Future Peace Conference) December 1, 1918
Paterno Iam Diu (On Children of Central Europe) November 24, 1919
Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum (On Peace and Christian Reconciliation) May 23, 1920
Spiritus Paraclitus (On St. Jerome) September 15, 1920 - Part 1
Spiritus Paraclitus (On St. Jerome) September 15, 1920 - Part 2
Annus Iam Plenus (On Children of Central Europe) December 1, 1920
Sacra Propediem (On the Third Order of St. Francis) January 6, 1921
In Praeclara Summorum (On Dante) April 30, 1921
Fausto Appetente Die (On St. Dominic) June 29, 1921
Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (1810 - 1903)
Read by Algy Pug, M.S.C. Lambert, LC, Aubrie Kinser, J Bev, Kevin F Karam, SJ, Brandy Jay, Larry Wilson, Scott Roe, Dory, Alexandra Atiya, Joe Grimer, Mancipia, Cassiopeia Sparks, KevinS, Leo Behe, Petra St Augustine, Helen Sears
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Genre(s): Christianity - Other
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) wrote eighty-eight Encyclicals during his twenty-five year pontificate (1878-1903). Fifty-six of those are included in this collection.
Among the topics covered are the Rosary, socialism, Christian marriage, labour, freemasonry, Church and state, human liberty, dueling, the Holy Eucharist, and more.
Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (On the Evils of Society) April 21, 1878
Quod Apostolici Muneris (On Socialism) December 28, 1878
Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Philosophy) August 4, 1879
Arcanum Divinae (On Christian Marriage) February 10, 1880
Sancta Dei Civitas (On Mission Societies) December 3, 1880
Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labour) May 15, 1881
Pastoralis Vigilantiae (On Religious Union) June 25, 1881
Diuturnum (On the Origin of Civil Power) June 29, 1881
Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881
Etsi Nos (On Conditions in Italy) Feburary 15, 1882
Auspicato Concessum (On St. Francis of Assisi) September 17, 1882
Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) December 8, 188219:34
Supremi Apostolatus Officio (On Devotion to the Rosary) September 1, 1883
Nobilissima Gallorum Gens (On the Religious Question in France) February 8, 1884
Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry) April 20, 1884
Superiore Anno (On the Recitation of the Rosary) August 30, 1884
Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) November 1, 1885
Spectata Fides (On Christian Education) November 27, 1885
Quod Auctoritate (Proclaiming a Jubilee) December 22, 1885
Vi è ben noto (On the Rosary and Public LIfe) September 20, 1887
Officio Sanctissimo (On the Church in Bavaria) December 22, 1887
Quod Anniversarius (On His Sacerdotal Jubilee) April 1, 1888
In Plurimis (On the Abolition of Slavery) May 5, 1888
Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty) June 20, 1888
26 26 - Saepe Nos (On Boycotting in Ireland) June 24, 1888
Paterna Caritas (On Reunion with Rome) July 25, 1888
Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants) December 10, 1888
Exeunte Iam Anno (On the Right Ordering of Christian Life) December 25, 1888
Quamquam Pluries (On Devotion to St. Joseph) August 15, 1889
Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens) January 10, 1890
Dall'alto dell'Apostolico Seggio (On Freemasonry in Italy) October 15, 1890
Pastoralis Officii (On the Morality of Duelling) September 12, 1891
Octobri Mense (On the Rosary) September 22, 1891
Au Milieu Des Sollicitudes (On the Church and State in France) February 16, 1892
Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (On Christopher Columbus) July 16, 1892
Laetitiae Sanctae (Commending Devotion to the Rosary) September 8, 1893
Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) November 18, 1893
Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (The Reunion of Christendom) June 20, 1894
Iucunda Semper Expectatione (On the Rosary) September 8, 189421:54
Christi Nomen (On Propagation of the Faith and Eastern Churches) December 24, 1894
Longinqua (On Catholicism in the United States) January 6, 1895
Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896
Fidentem Piumque Animum (On the Rosary) September 20, 1896
Divinum Illud Munus (On the Holy Spirit) May 9, 1897
Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary) September 12, 1897
Affari Vos (On the Manitoba School Question) December 8, 1897
Annum Sacrum (Consecration to the Sacred Heart) May 25, 1898
Caritatis Studium (On the Church in Scotland) July 21, 1898
Spesse Volte (On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions) August 5, 1898
Diuturni Temporis (On the Rosary) September 5, 1898
Depuis Le Jour (On the Education of the Clergy) September 8, 1899
Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (On Jesus Christ the Redeemer) November 1, 1900
Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy) January 18, 1901
In Amplissimo (On the Church in the United States) April 15, 1902
Mirae Caritatis (On the Holy Eucharist) May 28, 190246:22
Fin Dal Principio (On the Education of the Clergy) December 8, 1902
Encyclical Letters of Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX (1792 - 1878)
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Genre(s): Christianity - Other
Amongst the vast correspondence of the longest-reigning pontiff since St. Peter, Pope Pius IX wrote upwards of forty Encyclicals during his thirty-two year pontificate (1846-1878). Twenty-six of these are included in this collection.
Qui Pluribus (On Faith and Religion) November 9, 1846
Praedecessores nostros (On Aid for Ireland) March 25, 1847
Ubi Primum (On Discipline for Religious) June 17, 1847
Ubi Primum (On the Immaculate Conception) February 2, 1849
Nostis et Nobiscum (On the Church in the Papal States) December 8, 1849
Exultavit Cor Nostrum (On the Effects of the Jubilee) November 21, 1851
Inter Multiplices (Pleading for Unity of Spirit) March 21, 1853
Neminem vestrum (On the Persecution of the Armenians) February 2, 1854
Apostolicae nostrae caritatis (Urging Prayers of Peace) August 1, 1854
Ineffabilis Deus (Dogma of the Immaculate Conception) December 8, 1854
Amantissimi Redemptoris (On Priests and the Care of Souls) May 3, 1858
Qui nuper (On the Pontifical States) June 18, 1859
Nullis certe verbis (On the Need for Civil Sovereignty) January 19, 1860
Ubi urbaniano (Russian Persecutions of Catholics in Poland) July 30, 1864
Quanta cura (Condemning Current Errors) and the Syllabus of Errors December 8, 1864
Levate (On the Affiliations of Church) October 27, 1867
Respicientes (Protesting the Taking of the Pontifical States) November 1, 1870
Ubi Nos (On the Pontifical States) May 15, 1871
Beneficia Dei (On the 25th Anniversary of His Pontificate) June 4, 1871
Saepe Venerabiles Fratres (Thanksgiving for 25 Years of Pontificate) August 5, 1871
Quartus supra (On the Church in Armenia) January 6, 1873
Etsi multa (On the Church in Italy, Germany and Switzerland) November 21, 1873
Vix dum a Nobis (On the Church in Austria) March 7, 1874
Omnem sollicitudinem (On the Greek-Ruthenian Rite) May 13, 1874
Gravibus Ecclesiae (Proclaiming a Jubilee) December 24, 1874
Quod nunquam (On the Church in Prussia) February 5, 1875
Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X
Pope St Pius X (1835 - 1914)
Read by Larry Wilson, KevinS, Ann Boulais, Russ Hobbs, andreabertelli, Gregg, Ken Masters, Algy Pug
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Genre(s): Christianity - Other
During his eleven year pontificate (1903-1914) Pope St. Pius X wrote 16 encyclicals. The subjects ranged from saints, The Immaculate Conception, The Restoration of All Things in Christ, Catholic Social Action, and more. This is collection of 14 out of the 16 encyclicals that he authored.
E Supremi (On the Restoration of All things in Christ) October 4, 1903
Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum (On the Immaculate Conception) February 2, 1904
Iucunda Sane (On Pope Gregory the Great) March 12, 1904
Acerbo Nimis (On Teaching Christian Doctrine) April 15, 1905
Extracts from Il Fermo Proposito (On Catholic Social Action) June 11, 1905
Vehementer Nos (On the French Law of Separation) February 11, 1906
Tribus Circiter (On the Mariavites: Mystic Priests of Poland) April 5, 1906
Pieni L’animo (On the Clergy in Italy) July 28, 1906
Gravissimo Officii Munere (On French Associations of Worship) August 10, 1906
Une Fois Encore (On the Separation of Church and State) January 6, 1907
Communium Rerum (On St. Anselm of Aosta) April 21, 1909
Editae Saepe (On St. Charles Borromeo) May 26, 1910
Iamdudum (On the Law of Separation in Portugal) May 24, 1911
Lacrimabili Statu (On the Indians of South America) June 7, 1912
The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (1810 - 1903)
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Pope Leo XIII (2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, reigned from 20 February 1878 to his death in 1903. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third longest pontificate.
He is well known for his intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his famous papal encyclical Rerum Novarum and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. He issued a record eleven encyclicals on the rosary earning the moniker the "Rosary Pope".
This book includes thirty of his most well know encyclicals and letters. They cover a wide range of subjects, including, Christian marriage, socialism, communism, freemasonry, Anglican orders, and human liberty. Some of the encyclicals included in this volume are: Inscrutabili, Rerum Novarum, Quod Apostolici Muneris, Humanum Genus, Arcanum Divinae, Immortale Dei and many others.
Preface
On the Evils Affecting Modern Society - Inscrutabili
Socialism, Communism, Nihilism - Quod Apostolici Muneris
The Study of Scholastic Philosophy - Aeterni Patris
Christian Marriage - Arcanum Divinae
Freemasonry - Humanum Genus
The Christian Constitution of States - Immortale Dei
Human Liberty - Libertas Praestantissimum
The Right Ordering of Christian Life - Exeunte Jam Anno
On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens - Sapientiae Christianae
The Condition of the Working Classes - Rerum Novarum
Allegiance to the Republic - Au Milieu des Sollicitudes
The Pope and the Columbus Tercenary - Quarto Abrupto Saeculo
The Study of Holy Scripture - Provindentissimus Deus
The Reunion of Christendom - Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae
Catholicity in the United States - Longuinque Oceani
To the English People - Amantissima Voluntatis
The Unity of the Church - Satis Cognitum
Anglican Orders - Apostolicae Curae
The Prohibition and Censorship of Books - Officiorum ac Munerum
The Holy Spirit - Divinum Illud
True and False Americanism in Religion - Testem Benevolentiae
On the Consecration of Mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Annum Sacrum
Christ Our Redeemer - Tametsi
Christian Democracy - Graves de Communi
The Religious Congregations in France
Congratulations to the American Hierarchy
The Most Holy Eucharist - Mirae Caritatis
The Holy Scriptures; The Biblical Commission - Vigilantiae
The Church in the Philippines
Review of His Pontificate
Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Errors of the Modernists)
Pope St Pius X (1835 - 1914)
Translated by Thomas E. Judge (1865 - 1907)
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Genre(s): Christianity - Other
During a relatively short pontificate (1903 - 1914) Pope Pius X devoted much of his time to dealing with issues related to the rapid spread of secularism in the early Twentieth century. Pius eschewed the liberal approach of his immediate predecessor, Leo XIII, favouring instead the strict doctrinal guidelines established by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (1864). Pius X defined the root cause of the decline of the influence of the Catholic Church to be Modernism, a philosophical and artistic movement which came to prominence in the later Nineteenth Century.
The largest and most notable Encyclical of Pius X is Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Errors of the Modernists), published in 1907. This letter contains the famous statement, "Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies," and includes a lengthy appendix which contains a history of modernistic thought and refutations of the views held by its most celebrated representatives.