Nov 29, 20235 minInscrutabili Dei Consilio by Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII’s first encyclical is hardly the most interesting document but it does show the circumstances at the time.
Oct 25, 20234 minEtsi Multa: On the Church in Italy, Germany and Switzerland by Pope Pius IXPope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 21...
Aug 25, 20236 minSingulari Quidem: On the Church in Austria by Pope Pius IXPope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 17...
Apr 3, 20235 minQui Pluribus: On Faith and Religion by Pope Pius IXPope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 9...
Jan 4, 20236 minInter Praecipuas: On Biblical Societies by Pope Gregory XVIIn this encyclical published in 1844, Pope Gregory XVI warns of the dangers of the numerous translations of the Bible.
Nov 29, 20223 minSingulari Nos: On the Errors of Lammenais by Pope Gregory XVIPope Gregory XVI’s encyclical in response to Lammenais’s writings on religious indifferentism and liberty of conscience.
Oct 16, 20225 minMirari Vos: On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism by Pope Gregory XVIPope Gregory XVI’s encyclical on religious indifferentism, liberty of conscience and revolutionary sentiments.
Oct 14, 20224 minTraditi Humilitati by Pope Pius VIIIPope Pius VIII’s encyclical on religious indifferentism, unauthorized translations of Scripture and secret societies.