Divinum Illud Munus
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Encyclical
An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Catholic Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop...
issued by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
on May 15, 1897.
The encyclical has seven parts:
- Apostolic Benediction
- Summary of Leo XIII's two principle aims of his pontificate
- The Catholic doctrine on the blessed Trinity
- The Holy Ghost and Incarnation
- The Holy Ghost and the Church
- The Holy Ghost in the souls of the just
- On devotion to the Holy Ghost
- An annual novena decreed