Dec

5

Spe Salvi

December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

LITTERAE ENCYCLICAE
SPE SALVI
SUMMI PONTIFICIS
BENEDICTI PP. XVI
EPISCOPIS
PRESBYTERIS AC DIACONIS
VIRIS ET MULIERIBUS CONSECRATIS
OMNIBUSQUE CHRISTIFIDELIBUS LAICIS
DE SPE CHRISTIANA

 
Prooemium
1. « SPE SALVI facti sumus » – ait sanctus Paulus Romanis et nobis quoque (Rom 8,24). « Redemptio », salus in christiana fide non est tantum simplex notitia. Redemptio nobis offertur eo sensu quod spes data est nobis, spes vero [...]

Nov

30

Encyclical Letter “Spe salvi”

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

SPE SALVI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE  

Introduction
1. “SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in [...]

Nov

30

Spe Salvi

November 30, 2007 | 3 Comments

LETTERA ENCICLICA
SPE SALVI
DEL SOMMO PONTEFICE
BENEDETTO XVI
AI VESCOVI
AI PRESBITERI E AI DIACONI
ALLE PERSONE CONSACRATE
E A TUTTI I FEDELI LAICI
SULLA SPERANZA CRISTIANA

 
Introduzione
1. « SPE SALVI  facti sumus » – nella speranza siamo stati salvati, dice san Paolo ai Romani e anche a noi (Rm 8,24). La « redenzione », la salvezza, secondo la fede cristiana, non è [...]

Sep

16

Passcendi Dominici Gregis

September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE MODERNISTS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X, SEPTEMBER 8, 1907
VENERABLE BRETHREN, HEALTH AND THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING:
1. One of the primary obligations assigned by Christ to the office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock is that of guarding with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the [...]

May

30

Fidei Donum

May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS, ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA APRIL 21, 1957
To the Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinanes in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See.
Venerable Brethren, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction.
The gift of faith, which through the goodness of God, is accompanied [...]