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Bookmark or Share- What is an encyclical in the Catholic Church? - AleteiaAn encyclical is an official document sent by the pope to all the bishops of the world, focused on a particular Catholic doctrine. Occasionally Catholics will refer to papal encyclicals when ...
- The Papal Encyclicals Online“The Papal Encyclicals 1740-1981” published by Pierian Press. For several years, St. Michael’s Depot included these documents.
- What is An Encyclical? - Simply CatholicAn encyclical is a pastoral letter addressed by the pope to the whole Church. Encyclical letters generally address matters of faith or morals, encourage a particular commemoration or pious devotion, or deal with matters of Church discipline which are to be universally observed.
- Encyclical | Encyclopedia.comAn encyclical is, first, a papal letter and is therefore distinguished from pastoral letters written by an ordinary for his diocese. Second, it is a letter, and therefore distinguished from other papal documents, such as apostolic constitutions.
- Encyclical | Catholic Answers EncyclopediaIn 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. Such letters addressed by a bishop to all his subjects in general are now commonly called pastorals.
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