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 | | Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Nativity 2005 | | | Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Holy Unmercenaries | | | Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Holy Archangels - November 8, 2005 |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/archbishop/demetrios/encyclicals
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| | Encyclical - definition of Encyclical in Encyclopedia |
| | In the ancient Church, an encyclical was a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area. | | | In the modern Roman Catholic Church an encyclical is a letter sent by the Pope to all Roman Catholic bishops, usually a statement of policy or announcing a new initiative. | | | As used at that time, the word could be used of a letter sent out by any bishop. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Encyclical
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| | In the early centuries the term encyclical was applied, not only to papal letters, but to certain letters emanating from bishops or archbishops and directed to their own flocks or to other bishops. | | | From the nature of the case encyclicals addressed to the bishops of the world are generally concerned with matters which affect the welfare of the Church at large. | | | Another important encyclical of Pius IX, described as an "Encyclical of the Holy Office", was that beginning "Supremæ" (4 Aug., 1856) in condemnation of Spiritualism. |
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http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/e/encyclical.html
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| | The encyclical calls on the Church to do what everyone expects her to do: to be a witness to the truth, both of God and man. | | | But since, as the encyclical also rightly insists, this interest is not at all a sectarian affair, not constitutive of a party as such, but is rather the preeminently human interest, faith and reason, philosophy and theology, have everything to do with the question of human dignity. | | | The encyclical does not answer all the questions that could be raised concerning the relationships between faith and reason and philosophy and theology. |
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http://publicaffairs.cua.edu/speeches/fides98.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Encyclical |
| | Encyclical, a pastoral letter written by a bishop or group of bishops as an exposition of Christian belief and practice. | | | Although the Roman Catholic Church holds certain doctrines that distinguish it from other Christian churches, it is most characteristic in the... |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Encyclical
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| | QUADRAGESIMO ANNO |
| | The Encyclical itself, whose anniversary we are celebrating, is clearest proof that it is the height of injustice to hurl these calumnies and reproaches at the Church and her teaching. | | | And so, with Leo's Encyclical pointing the way and furnishing the light, a true Catholic social science has arisen, which is daily fostered and enriched by the tireless efforts of those chosen men whom We have termed auxiliaries of the Church. | | | Nor is the benefit that has poured forth from Leo's Encyclical confined within these bounds; for the teaching which On the Condition of Workers contains has gradually and imperceptibly worked its way into the minds of those outside Catholic unity who do not recognize the authority of the Church. |
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http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11QUADR.HTM
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| | The Splendor of Truth: A Symposium |
| | This encyclical furnishes a ground to the bishops to raise some stern questions to the presidents of colleges about the misteaching that is taking place with their acquiescence and complicity. | | | Moreover, the encyclical's emphasis on the claims of the Gospel on everyone, and especially ordinary believers, is laudable. | | | But the main point of the encyclical is that the dichotomy between autonomy and heteronomy is false, and that it has no ground in either faith or reason. |
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http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9401/symposium.html
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| | The Pope's 12th Encyclical |
| | With the Orthodox Church (and the encyclical significantly refers to the Orthodox Church in the singular), it is suggested that there are no church-dividing disagreements on the constituting truths of apostolic Christianity. | | | All those who are, as the New Testament puts it, "in Christ," are necessarily, however imperfectly, in communion with the body of Christ that is the Church. | | | The additional teaching of Vatican II, reiterated in the present encyclical, is that all who are Christians are "truly but imperfectly" in communion with the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Crisis-0995/encylc.html
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| | Musicae Sacrae |
| | We are doing so in order that this noble and distinguished art may contribute more every day to greater splendor in the celebration of divine worship and to the more effective nourishment of spiritual life among the faithful. | | | It did this so that the people who were to be converted might be more easily led to accept the truths of the Christian religion by the attractiveness of these melodies. | | | It should hardly be necessary to add the warning that, when the means and talent available are unequal to the task, it is better to forego such attempts than to do something which would be unworthy of divine worship and sacred gatherings. |
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http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_25121955_musicae-sacrae_en.html
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| | Centesimus annus - Ioannes Paulus PP. II - Encyclical Letter (1991.05.01) |
| | The present Encyclical seeks to show the fruitfulness of the principles enunciated by Leo XIII, which belong to the Church's doctrinal patrimony and, as such, involve the exercise of her teaching authority. | | | The Encyclical and the related social teaching of the Church had far-reaching influence in the years bridging the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. | | | Re-reading the Encyclical in the light of contemporary realities enables us to appreciate the Church's constant concern for and dedication to categories of people who are especially beloved to the Lord Jesus. |
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http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus_en.html
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| | Encyclical on the Eucharist: Restore Doctrine, Piety End Abuses |
| | The encyclical's six chapters combine a profound meditation on the transcendence of the Eucharist with an appeal to all believers to reaffirm fundamental doctrine of the Mass. | | | At his Wednesday audience April 16, the Holy Father said of the encyclical he would sign the next day,"In this text I intend to give every believer an organic reflection on the Eucharistic sacrifice that gathers within it the entire spiritual good of the Church". | | | Presumably the "competent offices" that will undertake this momentous task are the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. |
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| | QUAS PRIMAS - POPE PIUS XI's ENCYCLICAL (quasprim.htm) |
| | Encyclical by Pope Pius XI on the Declaration of the Feast of Christ the King given on December 11, 1925 | | | In the first Encyclical Letter which We addressed at the beginning of Our Pontificate to the Bishops of the universal Church, We referred to the chief causes of the difficulties under which mankind was laboring. | | | Man is composed of body and soul, and he needs these external festivities so that the sacred rites, in all their beauty and variety, may stimulate him to drink more deeply of the fountain of God's teaching, that he may make it a part of himself, and use it with profit for his spiritual life. |
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http://www.dailycatholic.org/quasprim.htm
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| | Laborem Exercens |
| | The encyclical Rerum novarum, which has the social question as its theme, stresses this issue also, recalling and confirming the church's teaching on ownership, on the right to private property even when it is a question of the means of production. | | | Evidence of this are the many documents of the magisterium issued by the popes and by the Second Vatican Council, pronouncements by individual episcopates, and the activity of the various centers of thought and of practical apostolic initiatives, both on the international level and at the level of the local churches. | | | It is certainly true that work, as a human issue, is at the very center of the "social question" to which, for almost a hundred years, since the publication of the above mentioned encyclical, the church's teaching and the many undertakings connected with her apostolic mission have been especially directed. |
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http://www.osjspm.org/cst/le.htm
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| | Encyclicals EWTN - search |
| | In this encyclical, John Paul, reaffirms the continuity of the Church's social doctrine in its vital link with the Gospel and its constant renewal because it is subject to changing conditions and the flow of events which are the setting of the life of people and society. | | | This encyclical was written to counter the attacks on 'truth and justice' caused by the encroachment of fascism on Italy. | | | In this encyclical Pope John XXIII strives to help the clergy to foster and grow in friendship with Christ as the main source of the joy and fruitfulness of their priestly life. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/in/theworkofgod/Encndx.html
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| | LT60 - THE ENCYCLICAL SPIRITUS PARACLITUS IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT |
| | Fitzmyer rightly observes, "That encyclical responded in part to problems that were raised by the rationalistic interpretation of the Bible in the nineteenth century and to many historical and archaeological discoveries, scientific advances, progress in textual criticism, and by the comparative study of ancient religions. | | | Part I. September 1995 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of a highly significant document of the Catholic Church's Magisterium: the Encyclical Letter Spiritus Paraclitus, issued by Pope Benedict XV on September 15, 1920, to mark the 1500th anniversary of the death of the greatest Scripture scholar of the ancient Church, St. Jerome. | | | In its reaction to the Modernism of the early decades of the century, this encyclical developed a negative approach to Scripture, insisting on its inerrancy and, in effect, denying that one had to interpret the Bible according to its literary forms. |
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| | Grata Recordatio: On the Rosary: Encyclical of Pope John XXIII promulgated on 26 September 1959 |
| | Among the pleasant recollections of Our younger days are the Encyclicals which Pope Leo XIII used to write to the whole Catholic world as the month of October drew near, in order to urge the faithful to devout recitation of Mary's rosary during that month in particular.[1] | | | These Encyclicals had varied contents, but they were all very wise, vibrant with fresh inspiration, and directly relevant to the practice of the Christian life. | | | In strong and persuasive terms they exhorted Catholics to pray to God in a spirit of faith through the intercession of Mary, His Virgin Mother, by reciting the holy rosary. |
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| | The Patriarchal Encyclical of 1895 |
| | The union of the separated Churches with herself in one rule of faith is, as has been said before, a sacred and inward desire of the holy, catholic and orthodox apostolic Church of Christ; but without such unity in the faith, the desired union of the Churches becomes impossible. | | | In vain, therefore, does the Papal Encyclical promise to the Slavonic Churches prosperity and greatness, because by the goodwill of the most gracious God they already possess these blessings, and such as these, standing firm m the orthodoxy of their fathers and glorifying in it in Christ. | | | To the most Sacred and Most Divinely-beloved Brethren in Christ the Metropolitans and Bishops, and their sacred and venerable Clergy, and all the godly and orthodox Laity of the Most Holy Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne of Constantinople. |
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| | Humanae Vitae: Encyclical Letter of His HolinessPope Paul VI, Of Human Life |
| | ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF To the venerable Patriarchs, Archbishops and Bishops and other local ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic See, to priests, the faithful and to all men of good will. | | | Teach married couples the indispensable way of prayer; prepare them to have recourse often and with faith to the sacraments of the Eucharist and of Penance, without ever allowing themselves to be discouraged by their own weakness. | | | The most serious duty of transmitting human life, for which married persons are the free and responsible collaborators of God the Creator, has always been a source of great joys to them, even if sometimes accompanied by not a few difficulties and by distress. |
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| | Amazon.com: The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo Xiii, 1878-1903: Or a Light in the Heavens: Books: Pope Leo Xiii |
| | Among the most important encyclicals collected here are those dealing with the social doctrine of the Church, from the repeated, unequivocal condemnations of socialism, communism and anarchism, to a strong criticism of the separation of Church and state or a defense of the sanctity of Christian marriage against the encroachments of the state. | | | According to the *Catholic Enclyclopedia*, the function of encyclicals is to «condemn some prevalent form of error, point out dangers which threaten faith or morals, exhort the faithful to constancy, or prescribe remedies for evils foreseen or already existent». | | | For instance, according to the *Catholic Encyclopedia*, one of the purposes of the encyclical *Au Milieu des Sollicitudes* was «to guard against the dangers of the new style of apologetics founded on Kantism and now known as Modernism.» However, the present text merely deals with relations between Church and state in France. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895555298?v=glance
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| | Dr. Ann Riggs, NCC Faith and Order Director, Reflects on Pope's Holy Thursday Encyclical |
| | Entitled Ecclesia de Eucharistia (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church), the encyclical is addressed to the members of the Catholic Church. | | | The Pope& personal Eucharistic devotion is warmly present in the text as he recalls the special experience of celebrating the Eucharist in the room that tradition identifies as being the very Upper Room of the Last Supper and reflects on his more than fifty years of priesthood and twenty-five years as Bishop of Rome. | | | The fact that our churches have come to know one another well enough that the Pope is able show an awareness of and respect for the teachings and spirituality of so many Christian communities is a sign of tremendous ecumenical success. |
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| | Pope John Paul II's Encyclical: Veritatis Splendor by Prof. William E. May |
| | This encyclical, promulgated on the Feast of the Transfiguration in 1993, is the first magisterial encyclical devoted to central issues in fundamental moral theology. | | | Throughout this encyclical, and particularly in chapter one, Jesus Christ is portrayed as the living and personal "law" of the moral life. | | | It follows from this that the acceptance or refusal of the ethical doctrine developed in the Encyclical is directly dependent on the acceptance or refusal of its anthropological doctrine. |
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| | Encyclical -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Although formal papal letters for the entire church were issued from the earliest days of the church, the first commonly called an encyclical was Ubi primum, dealing with episcopal duties, published by Benedict XIV in 1740. | | | It enunciated the late 19th-century Roman Catholic position on social justice, especially in relation to the problems created by the Industrial Revolution, and it emphasized the church's right to make pronouncements on social issues as they related... | | | Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople who attempted to maintain his ecclesiastical authority over the rebellious Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and, with others, wrote an Orthodox encyclical letter repudiating Roman Catholic overtures toward reunion. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9322481?tocId=9322481
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| | USATODAY.com - Pope's encyclical: No communion for remarried Catholics |
| | John Paul's warnings were contained in an encyclical, a special letter reserved for matters of extreme importance to the church. | | | "It is my hope that the present encyclical letter will effectively help to banish the dark clouds of unacceptable doctrine and practice," the pope wrote, going on to denounce abuses and confusion over "sound faith and Catholic doctrine" concerning communion. | | | The enclyclical comes at the outset of four days of lengthy and demanding ceremonies which form the most solemn week in the Church calendar, when Christians commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. |
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Who Are The Modernists Of The Encyclical? |
| | A man may reject all the dogmas of the Church, in the sense in which the Church imposes them on our faith, and still claim to be a Catholic. | | | The wonder is that men holding such theories should call themselves Catholics or even Christians, since their view of faith, of the Church, and of Christianity, is so utterly opposed to that which has obtained from the beginning. | | | In spite of clear evidence to the contrary recently appearing in the London Tablet, it is asserted that, "The Encyclical intends to classify all the disciples of Newman among the Modernists" (p. |
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| | JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Encyclical Rumor Update |
| | This has nothing to do with the Pope or the excellent encyclical which he will certainly be blessing the Church with, but only the resounding drone of insubstantial homilies we've all heard far too much of, purportedly on the same theme. | | | The Italian daily “La Stampa,” announced today that the Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, that other source already mentioned would be versed in the theme of Charity, could be released in the beginning of January, probably on January 6, day of the Solemnity of the Epiphany. | | | There are some interesting questions theologically about what is and isn't meant by the affirmation that God is love, and we could (maybe) be looking at some doctrinal development depending on what B16 chooses to do. |
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| | Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs was a letter sent in May, 1848 by the patriarchs of the Orthodox Church in reply to Pope Pius IX's Epistle to the Easterns (1848). | | | Rather than being a private letter to Pius IX, it is addressed to "All the Bishops Everywhere, Beloved in the Holy Ghost, Our Venerable, Most Dear Brethren; and to their Most Pious Clergy; and to All the Genuine Orthodox Sons of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church." | | | The encyclical explicitly denounces the Filioque clause added by Rome to the Nicene Creed as a heresy, censures the papacy for missionizing among Eastern Orthodox Christians, and repudiates Ultramontanism (papal supremacy). |
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| | ENCYCLICAL LETTER of Pope John Paul II -- "Faith and Reason" |
| | In this regard, Pope Leo XIII with his Encyclical Letter ®terni Patris took a step of historic importance for the life of the Church, since it remains to this day the one papal document of such authority devoted entirely to philosophy. | | | The chapter deals with the value of the human person created in the image of God, explains the dignity and superiority of the human being over the rest of creation, and declares the transcendent capacity of human reason. | | | For the reasons suggested here, it has seemed to me urgent to re-emphasize with this Encyclical Letter the Church's intense interest in philosophy--indeed the intimate bond which ties theological work to the philosophical search for truth. |
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| | FT November 2003: The Holocaust: What Was Not Said |
| | This was the encyclical’s precise purpose: to defend the Church in the face of totalitarian dictatorship. | | | Their central focus is the undoubted enmity between National Socialism and the Catholic Church. | | | It is also true that no institution opposed the Nazis’ deification of the state, people, and race as clearly as the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0311/articles/rhonheimer.html
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| | Holy Orders Encyclical - Pope Pius XI |
| | In it, among all the means to preserve and increase the grace of the priesthood, he placed first the use of the Spiritual Exercises. | | | However it may have come about that he undertook the obligations of the priesthood, the abiding grace of this divine sacrament will not be wanting in power to enable him to fulfill them. | | | Only thus can you continue the glorious traditions of the Catholic priesthood and hasten that most auspicious hour when it will be given to all humanity to enjoy the fruits of the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ. |
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| | POPE JOHN PAUL II’S ENCYCLICAL VERITATIS SPLENDOR AND BIOETHICS by William E. May |
| | Nevertheless, he takes pains to point out that the discernment which the Church exercises regarding the “teleologisms” repudiated earlier in the encyclical “is not limited to denouncing and refuting them” because they lead to a denial of moral absolutes and of intrinsically evil acts. | | | Rather, in making this discernment the Church, in a positive way, “seeks, with great love, to help all the faithful to form a moral conscience which will make judgments and lead to decisions in accordance with the truth,” ultimately with the truth revealed in Jesus (no. 85). | | | He goes on to say that the negative precepts of the Decalogue—“You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness”—“express with particular force the ever urgent need to protect human life, the communion of persons in marriage,” and so on (no. 13). |
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| | An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. | | | Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope. | | | An, As, Bishop, Circular, Council, Encyclical, For, From, General, Intended, Letter, Many, Men, Of, One, Or, Order, Persons, Places, Pope, Sent, The, To, Whole |
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http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/en/encyclical159850.html
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : Humanae Vitae |
| | This encyclical On Human Life was issued on the 25th of July, 1968, the Feast of St. James the Apostle. | | | And now as We come to the end of this encyclical letter, We turn Our mind to you, reverently and lovingly, beloved and venerable brothers in the episcopate, with whom We share more closely the care of the spiritual good of the People of God. | | | To His Venerable Brothers the Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and other Local Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See, to the Clergy and Faithful of the Whole Catholic World, and to All Men of Good Will. |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=450
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| | encyclical on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Unlike those in the papal bull, doctrinal statements in an encyclical are not necessarily regarded as infallible; the faithful, however, are bound to give assent. | | | The encyclical Mater et Magistra, 1961, by John XXIII, makes current the church's teachings on social matters. | | | Among the numerous encyclicals of Pius XII are Mystici corporis Christi, 1943, on the nature of the church, and Sacra virgintas, 1954, on evangelical chastity. |
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| | Modern History Sourcebook: Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs, 1848 |
| | In this Encyclical, he addresses those who at different times have gone over from different Christian Communions, and embraced the Papacy, and of course are favorable to him, extending his arguments also to the Orthodox, either particularly or without naming them; and, citing our divine and holy Fathers (p. | | | Usurping as his own possession the Catholic Church of Christ, by occupancy, as he boasts, of the Episcopal Throne of St. Peter, he desires to deceive the more simple into apostasy from Orthodoxy, choosing for the basis of all theological instruction these paradoxical words (p. | | | But lately, Pius IX., becoming Bishop of Rome and proclaimed Pope in 1847, published on the sixth of January, in this present year, an Encyclical Letter addressed to the Easterns, consisting of twelve pages in the Greek version, which his emissary has disseminated, like a plague coming from without, within our Orthodox Fold. |
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| | HTC: Bishop Anthony on "Western Rite" |
| | His Grace makes clear that while we accept the priests and lay people of these parishes as fully Orthodox we are to avoid any activity which would tend to imply agreement with the formation of such parishes. | | | These are Orthodox Churches which do not use the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil, but instead celebrate revised versions of the Anglican and Roman mass. | | | His Grace Bishop Anthony [of San Francisco - GOANSA] recently issued an encyclical concerning the "Western Rite" Orthodox parishes. |
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| | Biblical Creation and the Papal Encyclical "On Human Work". |
| | The beautiful final section on Christian spirituality of work is a great blessing and joy to read, especially in its reference to the first chapter of Genesis where God records His own work and rest in Creation Week. | | | Finally, the encyclical's references to workers' "rights" need balance by references to workers' duties under God, such as an honest day's work for an honest day's wage (cf. | | | Of these 20 refer to earlier Catholic Church documents, 18 to the Book of Genesis, and the remainder to other Bible passages. |
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| | Documents of Popes, Bishops, and Councils about Justice and Peace |
| | Quod nunquam (On the Church in Prussia), encyclical of Feb 5, 1875, condemns new laws passed against the Church in Prussia, encourages the bishops there to be subject to civil authority when appropriate, but to obey God before men. | | | Cum Sancta Mater Ecclesia (Pleading for Public Prayer), encyclical of Pius IX of April 27, 1859, asks the bishops to order public prayers in their dioceses for peace. | | | E Supremi Restoration of all things in Christ, October 4, 1903, his first encyclical, peace church, religious, laity, formation. |
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| | Year of the Eucharist, encyclical of John Paul II |
| | It is my hope that the present Encyclical Letter will effectively help to banish the dark clouds of unacceptable doctrine and practice, so that the Eucharist will continue to shine forth in all its radiant mystery. | | | The priest says these words, or rather he puts his voice at the disposal of the One who spoke these words in the Upper Room and who desires that they should be repeated in every generation by all those who in the Church ministerially share in His priesthood. | | | Today I have the grace of offering the Church this Encyclical on the Eucharist on the Holy Thursday which falls during the twenty-fifth year of my Petrine ministry. |
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| | Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry |
| | The one is the kingdom of God on earth, namely, the true Church of Jesus Christ; and those who desire from their heart to be united with it, so as to gain salvation, must of necessity serve God and His only-begotten Son with their whole mind and with an entire will. | | | So it will be of interest to all to read what Pope Leo XIII wrote on April 20, 1884, a special encyclical letter (called “Humanum genus”) addressed to all the Bishops of the world, on the very subject of Freemasonry. | | | Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry |
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| | 'Faith and Reason' (Fides et Ratio): A Note on the New Encyclical By Avery Dulles, AMERICA Oct. 31, 1998 |
| | The encyclical, released on Oct. 15, one day before the 20th anniversary of Karol Wojtyla's election as Pope, confidently reaffirms the traditional teaching. | | | It is not surprising, therefore, that the Pope has now rounded out the roster of his encyclicals with Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio) a substantive discussion of faith and reason, theology and philosophy. | | | The encyclical, building constructively on the established Catholic tradition, is most timely. |
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| | Truth Cannot Contradict Truth: Pope John Paul II on science, evolution and faith -- Beliefnet.com |
| | In his encyclical Humani Generis (1950), my predecessor Pius XII had already stated that there was no opposition between evolution and the doctrine of the faith about man and his vocation, on condition that one did not lose sight of several indisputable points. | | | It gives us a wise vision of life inasmuch as it describes the loftiest forms of existence. | | | He also spelled out the condition on which this opinion would be compatible with the Christian faith, a point to which I will return. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/13/story_1352_1.html
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| | Catholic World News : Pope's first encyclical expected in January |
| | Vatican, Dec. 24, 2005 (CWNews.com) - The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) will be made public after the feast of the Epiphany, according to the Italian Apcom news agency. | | | The Italian media report said that the encyclical will be a 40-page letter, which Pope Benedict will formally sign on Christmas Day. | | | Catholic World News : Pope's first encyclical expected in January |
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http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41397
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| | MIRARI VOS - POPE GREGORY XVI's ENCYCLICAL (mirarvos.htm) |
| | Encyclical by Pope Gregory XVI on Liberalism and Religious Lukewarmness given on August 15, 1832 | | | Given in Rome at St. Mary Major, on August 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, in the year of Our Lord 1832, the second year of Our Pontificate. | | | MIRARI VOS - POPE GREGORY XVI's ENCYCLICAL (mirarvos.htm) |
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http://www.dailycatholic.org/issue/2002Sum/mirarvos.htm
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| | THE HIDDEN ENCYCLICAL OF PIUS XI. By Georges Passelecq and Bernard Suchecky. |
| | In 1938, Pius XI declared to a group of Belgian pilgrims, "We are spiritually Semites." His words were perfectly timed: The dictator Benito Mussolini was beginning to enforce anti-Jewish laws. | | | That is a question with no easy answers. | | | Although he was no anti-Semite, Pius XII viewed communism as a greater threat to the church than Nazism, despite the hatred for Christianity that Hitler, the former Catholic choirboy, so fervently voiced. |
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http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/10/19/encyclical.html
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| | HTC: Encyclical on Marriage |
| | Encyclical Letter of the Holy Synod of Bishops | | | If you have any questions or comments please contact us. |
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http://www.holy-trinity.org/morality/synod-marriage.html
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| | John Paul II's new social encyclical, Sollicitudo rei socialis |
| | It is here that the encyclical will inevitably prove disappointing to the politician or the economist, not merely in the lack of practical suggestions, inevitable in the light of the Church's inability to project "economic and political systems or programs", but in some aspects of its analysis. | | | "The Church does not have technical solutions to offer for the problem of underdevelopment as such, as Pope Paul Vl already affirmed in his encyclical. | | | He rightly sees these structures as "rooted in personal sin", practices which over long periods of history have been the expression of mere greed and the lust for power, both of which are personally sinful but which, unlike many ordinary personal sins, have become encrusted in "institutions". |
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http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1988/may1988p4_556.html
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| | Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome |
| | During his stay in the village of Les Combes, near Introd, Benedict XVI also hopes to prepare some addresses he will deliver at World Youth Day in Germany next month and at the Synod of Bishops, in October. | | | According to the Vatican Radio report, the Holy Father began writing the text some weeks ago. | | | INTROD, Italy, JULY 12, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has started to write his first encyclical, taking advantage of his peaceful surroundings in the Italian Alps, where he is vacationing. |
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http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74112
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| | The Saint John Chrysostom Webpage |
| | On the occasion of this sacred feast, which must not pass by unobserved, we bring to you, by way of this Encyclical Letter, a godly greeting replete with spiritual joy. | | | For what we are observing is nothing less than the 1600th anniversary of the accession to the most venerable Archiepiscopal and Ecumenical Throne of Constantinople, in the year of our Lord 398, of our father among the Saints, John Chrysostom. |
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http://www.chrysostom.org/encyclical.html
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