Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
58 chapters · 29 h 1 min · English
Read by Algy Pug, M.S.C. Lambert, LC, Aubrie Kinser, jbev, Kevin F Karam, SJ, Brandy Jay and others
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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
1 Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (On the Evils of Society) April 21, 1878 29 min 2 Quod Apostolici Muneris (On Socialism) December 28, 1878 28 min 3 Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Philosophy) August 4, 1879 56 min 4 Arcanum Divinae (On Christian Marriage) February 10, 1880 1 h 1 min 5 Sancta Dei Civitas (On Mission Societies) December 3, 1880 20 min 6 Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labour) May 15, 1881 - Part 1 45 min 7 Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labour) May 15, 1881 - Part 2 43 min 8 Pastoralis Vigilantiae (On Religious Union) June 25, 1881 16 min 9 Diuturnum (On the Origin of Civil Power) June 29, 1881 33 min 10 Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881 8 min 11 Etsi Nos (On Conditions in Italy) Feburary 15, 1882 25 min 12 Auspicato Concessum (On St. Francis of Assisi) September 17, 1882 30 min 13 Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) December 8, 1882 20 min 14 Supremi Apostolatus Officio (On Devotion to the Rosary) September 1, 1883 17 min 15 Nobilissima Gallorum Gens (On the Religious Question in France) February 8, 1884 26 min 16 Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry) April 20, 1884 57 min 17 Superiore Anno (On the Recitation of the Rosary) August 30, 1884 9 min 18 Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) November 1, 1885 1 h 3 min 19 Spectata Fides (On Christian Education) November 27, 1885 6 min 20 Quod Auctoritate (Proclaiming a Jubilee) December 22, 1885 16 min 21 Vi è ben noto (On the Rosary and Public LIfe) September 20, 1887 8 min 22 Officio Sanctissimo (On the Church in Bavaria) December 22, 1887 48 min 23 Quod Anniversarius (On His Sacerdotal Jubilee) April 1, 1888 7 min 24 In Plurimis (On the Abolition of Slavery) May 5, 1888 43 min 25 Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty) June 20, 1888 1 h 13 min 26 Saepe Nos (On Boycotting in Ireland) June 24, 1888 10 min 27 Paterna Caritas (On Reunion with Rome) July 25, 1888 17 min 28 Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants) December 10, 1888 9 min 29 Exeunte Iam Anno (On the Right Ordering of Christian Life) December 25, 1888 30 min 30 Quamquam Pluries (On Devotion to St. Joseph) August 15, 1889 15 min 31 Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens) January 10, 1890 1 h 2 min 32 Dall'alto dell'Apostolico Seggio (On Freemasonry in Italy) October 15, 1890 39 min 33 Pastoralis Officii (On the Morality of Duelling) September 12, 1891 10 min 34 Octobri Mense (On the Rosary) September 22, 1891 30 min 35 Au Milieu Des Sollicitudes (On the Church and State in France) February 16, 1892 38 min 36 Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (On Christopher Columbus) July 16, 1892 15 min 37 Laetitiae Sanctae (Commending Devotion to the Rosary) September 8, 1893 26 min 38 Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) November 18, 1893 1 h 11 min 39 Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (The Reunion of Christendom) June 20, 1894 38 min 40 Iucunda Semper Expectatione (On the Rosary) September 8, 1894 22 min 41 Christi Nomen (On Propagation of the Faith and Eastern Churches) December 24, 1894 9 min 42 Longinqua (On Catholicism in the United States) January 6, 1895 35 min 43 Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896 - Part 1 51 min 44 Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896 - Part 2 53 min 45 Fidentem Piumque Animum (On the Rosary) September 20, 1896 17 min 46 Divinum Illud Munus (On the Holy Spirit) May 9, 1897 48 min 47 Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary) September 12, 1897 20 min 48 Affari Vos (On the Manitoba School Question) December 8, 1897 19 min 49 Annum Sacrum (Consecration to the Sacred Heart) May 25, 1898 16 min 50 Caritatis Studium (On the Church in Scotland) July 21, 1898 26 min 51 Spesse Volte (On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions) August 5, 1898 20 min 52 Diuturni Temporis (On the Rosary) September 5, 1898 8 min 53 Depuis Le Jour (On the Education of the Clergy) September 8, 1899 52 min 54 Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (On Jesus Christ the Redeemer) November 1, 1900 41 min 55 Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy) January 18, 1901 34 min 56 In Amplissimo (On the Church in the United States) April 15, 1902 7 min 57 Mirae Caritatis (On the Holy Eucharist) May 28, 1902 46 min 58 Fin Dal Principio (On the Education of the Clergy) December 8, 1902 21 min