A pastoral letter written by a bishop or group of bishops as an exposition of Christian belief and practice. The use of letters for elaborating on Christian doctrine originated with the Epistles of the New Testament.
Archive of encyclicals and other papal documents. Fairly complete from Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) to the present; some documents from earlier popes, as far back as Honorius III ...
An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent ...
According to its etymology, an encyclical is nothing more than a circular letter. In modern times, usage has confined the term almost exclusively to certain papal documents which ...
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