Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

by Pope Leo XIII

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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. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Chapters (58)

1Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (On the Evils of Society) April 21, 1878

1740

2Quod Apostolici Muneris (On Socialism) December 28, 1878

1704

3Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Philosophy) August 4, 1879

3390

4Arcanum Divinae (On Christian Marriage) February 10, 1880

3668

5Sancta Dei Civitas (On Mission Societies) December 3, 1880

1225

6Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labour) May 15, 1881 - Part 1

2718

7Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labour) May 15, 1881 - Part 2

2580

8Pastoralis Vigilantiae (On Religious Union) June 25, 1881

985

9Diuturnum (On the Origin of Civil Power) June 29, 1881

1952

10Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881

451

11Etsi Nos (On Conditions in Italy) Feburary 15, 1882

1479

12Auspicato Concessum (On St. Francis of Assisi) September 17, 1882

1780

13Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) December 8, 1882

1174

14Supremi Apostolatus Officio (On Devotion to the Rosary) September 1, 1883

995

15Nobilissima Gallorum Gens (On the Religious Question in France) February 8, 1884

1568

16Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry) April 20, 1884

3448

17Superiore Anno (On the Recitation of the Rosary) August 30, 1884

550

18Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) November 1, 1885

3757

19Spectata Fides (On Christian Education) November 27, 1885

365

20Quod Auctoritate (Proclaiming a Jubilee) December 22, 1885

942

21Vi è ben noto (On the Rosary and Public LIfe) September 20, 1887

473

22Officio Sanctissimo (On the Church in Bavaria) December 22, 1887

2868

23Quod Anniversarius (On His Sacerdotal Jubilee) April 1, 1888

425

24In Plurimis (On the Abolition of Slavery) May 5, 1888

2559

25Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty) June 20, 1888

4381

26Saepe Nos (On Boycotting in Ireland) June 24, 1888

578

27Paterna Caritas (On Reunion with Rome) July 25, 1888

1010

28Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants) December 10, 1888

534

29Exeunte Iam Anno (On the Right Ordering of Christian Life) December 25, 1888

1774

30Quamquam Pluries (On Devotion to St. Joseph) August 15, 1889

925

31Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens) January 10, 1890

3750

32Dall'alto dell'Apostolico Seggio (On Freemasonry in Italy) October 15, 1890

2363

33Pastoralis Officii (On the Morality of Duelling) September 12, 1891

609

34Octobri Mense (On the Rosary) September 22, 1891

1778

35Au Milieu Des Sollicitudes (On the Church and State in France) February 16, 1892

2252

36Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (On Christopher Columbus) July 16, 1892

882

37Laetitiae Sanctae (Commending Devotion to the Rosary) September 8, 1893

1570

38Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) November 18, 1893

4251

39Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (The Reunion of Christendom) June 20, 1894

2250

40Iucunda Semper Expectatione (On the Rosary) September 8, 1894

1314

41Christi Nomen (On Propagation of the Faith and Eastern Churches) December 24, 1894

526

42Longinqua (On Catholicism in the United States) January 6, 1895

2117

43Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896 - Part 1

3065

44Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896 - Part 2

3207

45Fidentem Piumque Animum (On the Rosary) September 20, 1896

1016

46Divinum Illud Munus (On the Holy Spirit) May 9, 1897

2892

47Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary) September 12, 1897

1177

48Affari Vos (On the Manitoba School Question) December 8, 1897

1162

49Annum Sacrum (Consecration to the Sacred Heart) May 25, 1898

986

50Caritatis Studium (On the Church in Scotland) July 21, 1898

1530

51Spesse Volte (On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions) August 5, 1898

1176

52Diuturni Temporis (On the Rosary) September 5, 1898

495

53Depuis Le Jour (On the Education of the Clergy) September 8, 1899

3115

54Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (On Jesus Christ the Redeemer) November 1, 1900

2481

55Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy) January 18, 1901

2037

56In Amplissimo (On the Church in the United States) April 15, 1902

395

57Mirae Caritatis (On the Holy Eucharist) May 28, 1902

2782

58Fin Dal Principio (On the Education of the Clergy) December 8, 1902

1263

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