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Papal Documents
Pope Saint Peter (32-67)
Pope Honorious III (1216-1227)
*Solet Annuere (Approval of the Rule of St. Francis.) (November 29, 1226)
Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241)
*Mira Circa Nos (Canonizing St. Francis of Assisi) (July 16, 1228)
Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254)
*Quae Honorem Conditoris Omnium (Whatever is for the Honor of the Creator of All) (October 1, 1247)
Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261)
Clara Claris Praeclara (Latin) (Bull) (September 26, 1255)
Dignum Arbitramur Et Congruum (Bull) (September 22, 1255)
Petitionibus vestris benignum impertientes (Latin) (July 15, 1255)
Inter ea quae placita (Latin) (April 6, 1255)
Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280)
Exiit qui seminat (The Rule of Friars Minor) (August 14, 1279)
Pope Gregory X (1271-1276)
Papal Protection of the Jews (October 7, 1272)
Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292)
Supra Motem (Bull) (August 17, 1289)
Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Unam Sanctam (Pope Boniface VIII asserting his rights against King Phillip of France) (November 19, 1302)
Pope Clement V (1305-1314)
Exivi De Paradiso (Declaration of the Supreme Pontiff on the Rule of the Friars Minor) (May 6, 1312)
Pope John XXII (1316-1334)
Ad Ea Ex Quibus (Latin) (Bull - Scanned text of bull establishing the Knightly Order of Christ) (March 1319 )
Quum Inter Nonnullos (November 12, 1323)
Quia Quorundam (Explains earlier papal statements regarding the Rule of Friar Minors) (November 10, 1324)
Summa providit altitudo consilii (Latin) (December 2, 1333)
Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342)
Benedictus Deus (On the Beatific Vision of God) (1336)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484)
Superna Caelestis (April 14, 1482)
Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Inter Caetera (Bull) (Division of the undiscovered world between Spain and Portugal (May 4, 1893)
Pope Leo X (1513-1521)
The Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem - Leo X Excommunicates Martin Luther
The Bull Exsurge Domine (Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther) (June 15, 1520)
Pope Paul III (1534-1549)
In apostolatus culmine (Latin) (October 28 1538)
Sublimus Dei (On slavery in the New Word) (1537)
Pope St. Pius V (1566-1572)
Exponi nobis nuper (Latin) (July 25, 1571)
Quo Primum Tempore Pope Puis V
Consueverunt Romani (September 17, 1569)
Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590)
Triumphantis Hierusalem (1588)
Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Ex supernae dispositionis arbitrio (Latin) (October 7 1595)
Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689)
Coelestis Pastor (Condemning the Errors of Miguel De Molinos)(November 20, 1687)
Sollicitudo pastoralis (November 20, 1679)
Pope Clement XI (1700-1721)
Unigenius (Condemnation of the Errors of Paschasius Quesnel[1]) (Only Section 3(2)) (September 8, 1713)
Pope Clement XII (1730-1740)
In Eminenti (April 28, 1738)
Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758)
A Quo Primum (On Jews and Christians Living in the Same Space) (June 14, 1751)
Accepimus Praestantium (Italian) (July 16, 1746)
Allatae Sunt (On the Observance of Oriental Rites) (July 26, 1755)
Annus Qui Hunc (Italian) (February 19, 1749)
Apostolica Constitutio (On Preparation For The Holy Year) (June 26, 1749)
Benedictus Deus (Italian) (December 25, 1750)
Celebationem Magni (Italian) (January 1, 1751)
Certiores Effecti (Italian) (November 13, 1742)
Cum Illud Sempter (Italian) (December 14, 1742)
Cum Multorum Charitate (Italian) (February 18, 1745)
Cum Religiosi (On Catechesis) (June 26, 1754)
Cum Semper Oblatas (Italian) (August 19, 1744)
Elapso Proxime Anno (Italian) (February 20, 1751)
Etsi Minime (Italian) (February 7, 1742)
Ex Omnibus (On the Apostolic Constitution) (October 16, 1756)
Ex Quo (On the Euchdogion) (March 1, 1756)
Gravissimo Animi (Italian) (October 31, 1749)
Gravissimum Supremi (Italian) (September 8, 1745)
In Suprema Catholicae (Italian) (November 20, 1744)
In Suprema Universalis (Italian) (August 22, 1741)
Inter Caetera (Italian) (January 1, 1748)
Inter Omnigenas (Italian) (February 2, 1744)
Inter Praeteritos (Italian) (December 3, 1749)
Libentissime Quidem (Italian) (June 10, 1745)
Magnae Nobis (In Marriage Impediments and Dispensations) (June 29, 1748)
Magno Cum Animi (Italian) (June 2, 1751)
Nimiam Licentiam (On Validity of Marriages) (May 18, 1743)
Non Ambigimus (Italian) (May 30, 1741)
Officii Nostri (Italian) (March 15, 1749)
Peregrinantes (Proclaiming A Holy Year For 1750) (May 5, 1749)
Pro Eximia Tua (Italian) (June 30, 1741)
Prodiit Jamdudum (Italian) (January 30, 1751)
Providas Romanorum (Italian) (March 18, 1751)
Quam Ex Sublimi (Italian) (August 8, 1755)
Quam Grave (Italian) (August 2, 1757)
Quamvis Paternae (Italian) (August 26, 1741)
Quanta Cura (Forbidding Traffic In Alms) (June 30, 1741)
Quemadmodum Nihil (Italian) (December 26, 1746)
Quemadmodum Preces (Italian) (March 23, 1743)
Quod Provinciale (On Christians Using Mohammedan Names) (August 1, 1754)
Satis Vobis Compertum (Italian) (November 17, 1741)
Sollicita ac provida (On the Censorship of Books in Latin) (July 9, 1753)
Ubi Primum (On the Duties Of Bishops) (December 3, 1740)
Vix Pervenit (On Usury and other Dishonest Profit) (November 1, 1745)
Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769)
A Quo Die (On Unity Among Christians) (September 13, 1758)
Accedamus Cum Fiducia (Italian) (June 25, 1768)
Appetente Sacro (On the Spiritual Advantages of Fasting) (December 20, 1759)
Christianae Reipublicae (On the Dangers of Anti-Christian Writings) (November 25, 1766)
Cum Primum (On Observing Canonical Sanctions) (September 17, 1759)
In Dominico Agro (On Instruction in the Faith) (June 14, 1761)
Pastoralis Officii (Italian) (March 21, 1759)
Quam Graviter (Italian) (June 25, 1766)
Quanta Auxilii (Italian) (May 8, 1765)
Quanto In Dolore (Italian) (June 9, 1762)
Summa Quae (On the Church in Poland) (January 6, 1768)
Ubi Primum Accepimus (Italian) (January 14, 1768)
Venimus In Altitudinem (Italian) (September 11, 1758)
Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774)
Cum Summi (Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee) (December 12, 1769)
Decet Quam Maxime (On Abuses in Taxes and Benefices) (September 21, 1769)
Inscrutabili Divinae Sapientiae (Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee) (December 12, 1769)
Salutis Nostrae (Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee) (April 30, 1774)
Pope Pius VI (1775-1799)
Ad nostras manus [Italian] (July 31, 1793)
Adeo nota [Italian] (April 23, 1791)
Ancorché antichissimo [Italian] (November 5, 1791)
Auctorem fidei [Italian] (August 28, 1794)
Charitas (On The Civil Oath In France) (April 13, 1791)
Christi Ecclesiae [Italian] December 30, 1797
Constantiam vestram [Italian] November 10, 1798
Cum nos superiori [Italian] November 13, 1798
Cum populi [Italian] April 13, 1791
Dum nos [Italian] April 19, 1792
Ignotae nemini [Italian] November 21, 1792
In gravissimis [Italian] March 19, 1792
Inscrutabile (On the Problems of the Pontificate) (December 25, 1775)
Novae hae litterae [Italian] March 19, 1792
Nuper pro [Italian] March 6, 1779
Perpensis circumstantiis [Italian] (December 10, 1792)
Quae causa [Italian] (November 24, 1792)
Quare lacrymae [Italian] (June 17, 1793)
Quo fluctu [Italian] (May 30, 1792)
Quo luctu [Italian] (May 4, 1791)
Quod aliquantum [Italian] (March 10, 1791)
Quoties animo [Italian] (August 13, 1799)
Summa Dei [Italian] (December 25, 1775)
Super soliditate [Italian] (November 28, 1786)
Suprema Disposition (In Latin) (1777)
Ubi communis [Italian] (April 4, 1792)
Ubi lutetiam [Italian] (June 13, 1792)
Pope Pius VII (1800-1823)
Diu Satis (On a Return to Gospel Principles) (May 15, 1800)
Il Trionfo (Italian) (May 18, 1814)
Pope Leo XII (1823-1829)
Charitate Christi (Extending Jubilee to the Entire Church) (December 25, 1825)
Quanta Laetitia (February 13, 1827)
Quod Hoc Ineunte (Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee) (May 24, 1824)
Ubi Primum (On His Assuming the Pontificate) (May 5, 1824)
Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830)
Traditi Humilitati (On His Program for the Pontificate) (May 24, 1829)
Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846)
Commissum Divinitus (On Church And State) (May 17, 1835)
Cum Primum (On Civil Obedience) (June 9, 1832)
In Supremo Apostolatus (Apostolic Letter Condemning the Slave Trade) (December 3, 1839)
Inter Praecipuas (On Biblical Societies) (May 8, 1844)
Mirari Vos (On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism) (August 15, 1832)
Probe Nostis (On the Propagation of the Faith) (September 18, 1840)
Quas Vestro (On Mixed Marriage) (April 30, 1841)
Quo Gravioar (On the "Pragmatic Constitution") (October 4, 1833)
Singulari Nos (On the Errors of Lammenais) (June 25, 1834)
Summo Iugiter Studio (On Mixed Marriage) (May 27, 1832)
Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
Amantissimi Redemptoris (On Priests and the Care of Souls) (May 3, 1858)
Amantissimus (On the Care of the Churches) (April 8, 1862)
Apostolicae Nostrae Caritatis (Urging Prayers for Peace) (August 1, 1854)
Beneficia Dei (On The 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of Pope Pius IX) (June 4, 1871)
Cum Nuper (On Care for Clerics) (January 20, 1858)
Cum Sancta Mater Ecclesia (Pleading for Public Prayer) (April 27, 1859)
Etsi Multa (On the Churches of Italy, Germany and Switzerland) (November 21, 1873)
Exultavit Cor Nostrum (On the Effects of the Jubilee) (November 21, 1851)
Graves Ac Diuturnae (On the Church in Switzerland) (March 23, 1875)
Gravibus Ecclesiae (Proclaiming a Jubilee for 1875) (December 24, 1874)
Incredibili (On Persecution in New Granada) (September 17, 1863)
Ineffabilis Deus (On the Immaculate Conception) (December 8, 1854)
Inter Multiplices (Pleading for Unity of Spirit) (March 21, 1853)
Levate (On the Affliction of Church) (October 27, 1867)
Maximae Quidem (On the Church in Bavaria) (August 18, 1864)
Meridionali Americae (On the Seminary for Native Clergy) (September 30, 1865)
Neminem Vestrum (On the Persecution of Armenians) (February 2, 1854)
Nemo Certe Ignorat (On Discipline for Clergy) (March 25, 1852)
Nostis Et Nobiscum (On the Church in the Pontifical States) (December 8, 1849)
Nullis Certe Verbis (On the Need for Civil Sovereignty) (January 19, 1860)
Omnem Sollicitudinem (On the Greek-Ruthenian Rite) (May 13, 1874)
Optime Noscitis (On the Proposed Catholic University Of Ireland) (March 20, 1854)
Optime Noscitis (On Episcopal Meetings) (November 5, 1855)
Praedecessores Nostros (On Aid for Ireland) (March 25, 1847)
Probe Noscitis Venerabiles (On the Discipline for Clergy) (May 17, 1852)
Quae In Patriarchatu (On the Church in Chaldea) (November 16, 1872)
Quanta Cura (Condemning Current Errors) (December 8, 1864)
Quanto Conficiamur Moerore (On Promotion of False Doctrines) (August 10, 1863)
Quartus Supra (On the Church in Armenia) (January 6, 1873)
Qui Nuper (On Pontifical States) (June 18, 1859)
Qui Pluribus (On Faith and Religion) (November 9, 1846)
Quod Nunquam (On the Church in Prussia) (February 5, 1875)
Respicientes (Protesting the Taking of the Pontifical States) (November 1, 1870)
Saepe Venerabiles Fratres (On Thanksgiving for 25 Years of Pontificate) (August 5, 1871)
Singulari Quidem (On the Church in Austria) (March 17, 1856)
The Syllabus of Errors (December 8, 1864)
Ubi Nos (On Pontifical States) (May 15, 1871)
Ubi Primum (On Discipline for Religious) (June 17, 1847)
Ubi Primum (On the Immaculate Conception) (February 2, 1849)
Vix Dum A Nobis (On the Church in Austria) (March 7, 1874)
Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Ad Extremas (On Seminaries for Native Clergy) (June 24, 1893)
Adiutricem (On The Rosary) (September 5, 1895)
Aeterni Patris (On Restoring Christian Philosophy) (August 4, 1879)
Affari Vos (On the Manitoba School Question) (December 8, 1897)
Annum Sacrum (On Consecration to the Sacred Heart) (May 25, 1899)
Apostolicae Curae (On the Nullity of Anglican Orders) (September 15, 1896)
Arcanum Divinae (On Christian Marriage) (February 10, 1893)
Au Millieu Des Sollicitudes (On the Church and State in France) (February 16, 1892)
Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary) (September 12, 1897)
Auspicato Concessum (On St. Francis of Assisi) (September 17, 1882)
Caritatis Studium (On the Church in Scotland) (July 25, 1898)
Catholicae Ecclesiae (On Slavery in the Missions) (November 20, 1890)
Christi Nomen (On the Propagation of Faith and Eastern Churches) (December 24, 1894)
Constanti Hungarorum (On the Church in Hungary) (September 2, 1893)
Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) (December 8, 1882)
Custodi Di Quella Fede (On Freemasonry) (December 8, 1892)
Dall'alto Dell'apostolico Seggio (On Freemasonry in Italy) (October 15, 1890)
Depuis Le Jour (On the Education of the Clergy) (September 8, 1899)
Diuturni Temporis (On the Rosary) (September 5, 1898)
Diuturnum (On the Origin of Civil Power) (June 29, 1881)
Divinum Illud Munus (On the Holy Spirit) (May 9, 1897)
Dum Multa (On Marriage Legislation) (December 24, 1902)
Etsi Cunctas (On the Church in Ireland) (December 21, 1888)
Etsi Nos (On Conditions in Italy) (February 15, 1882)
Exeunte Lam Anno (On the Right Ordering of Christian Life) (December 25, 1888)
Fidentem Piumque Animum (On the Rosary) (September 20, 1896)
Fin Dal Principio (On the Education of the Clergy) (December 8, 1902)
Grande Munus (On Saints Cyril and Methodius) (February 10, 1880)
Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy) (January 18, 1901)
Gravissimas (On Religious Orders in Portugal) May 16, 1901)
Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry) (March 20, 1884)
Iampridem (On Catholicism in Germany) (January 6, 1886)
Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) (November 1, 1885)
In Amplissimo (On the Church in the United States) (April 15, 1902)
In Ipso (On Episcopal Reunions in Austria) (March 3, 1891)
In Plurimism (On the Abolition of Slavery) (May 5, 1888)
Inimica Vis (On Freemasonry) (December 8, 1892)
Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (On the Evils of Society) (April 21, 1878)
Insignes (On the Hungarian Millennium) (May 1, 1896)
Iucunda Semper Expectatione (September 8, 1894)
Laetitiae Sanctae (On the Rosary) (September 8, 1893)
Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty) (June 20, 1888)
Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) (August 3, 1881)
Litteras A Vobis (On the Clergy in Brazil) (July 2, 1894)
Longinqua (On Catholicism in the United States) (January 6, 1895)
Lucunda Semper Expectatione (On the Rosary) (September 8, 1894)
Magnae Dei Matris (On the Rosary) (September 8, 1892)
Magni Nobis (On the Catholic University of America) (March 7, 1889)
Militantis Ecclesiae (On St. Peter Canisius) (August 1, 1897)
Mirae Caritatis (On the Holy Eucharist) (May 28, 1902)
Nobilissima Gallorum Gens (On the Religious Question in France) (February 8, 1884)
Octobri Mense (On the Rosary) (September 22, 1891)
Officio Sanctissimo (On the Church in Bavaria) (December 22, 1887)
Omnibus Compertum (On Unity Among the Greek Melchites) (July 21, 1900)
Pastoralis (On Religious Union) (June 25, 1891)
Pastoralis Officii (On the Morality of Dueling) (September 12, 1891)
Paternae (On the Education of Clergy) (September 18, 1899)
Paterna Caritas (Encyclical on Reunion with Rome) (July 25, 1888)
Pergrata Nobis (On the Church in Portugal) (September 14, 1886)
Permoti Nos (On Social Conditions in Belgium) (July 10, 1895)
Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Sacred Scripture) (November 18, 1893)
Quae Ad Nos (On The Church in Bohemia And Moravia) (November 22, 1902)
Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants) (December 10, 1888)
Quamquam Pluries (On Devotion to St. Joseph) (August 15, 1889)
Quam Religiosa (On Civil Marriage Law) (August 16, 1898)
Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (On the Columbus Quadricentennial) (July 16, 1892)
Quod Anniversarius (On the Occasion of the Sacerdotal Jubilee of Leo) (April 11, 1888)
Quod Apostolici Muneris (On the Evils of Socialism) (December 28, 1878)
Quod Auctoritate (Proclaiming the Extraordinary Jubilee) (December 22, 1885)
Quod Multum (On the Liberty of the Church) (August 22, 1886)
Quod Votis (On the Proposed Catholic University) (April 30, 1902)
Quum Diuturnum (On the Latin American Bishop's Plenary Council) (December 25, 1898)
Reputantiubus (On the Language Question In Bohemia) (August 20, 1901)
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes) (May 15, 1891)
Saepe Nos (On Boycotting in Ireland) (June 24, 1888)
Sancta Dei Civitas (On Mission Societies) (December 3, 1880)
Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens) (January 10, 1890)
Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) (June 29, 1896)
Spectata Fides (On Christian Education) (November 27, 1885)
Spesse Volte (On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions) (August 5, 1898)
Superiore Anno (On the Recitation of the Rosary) (August 30, 1884)
Supremi Apostolatus Officio (On Devotion of the Rosary) (September 1, 1883)
Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (Jesus Christ the Redeemer) (November 1, 1900)
Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae (Concerning New Opinions, Virtue, Nature and Grace, With Regard to Americanism) (January 22, 1899)
Urbanitatis Veteris (On the Foundation of a Seminary in Athens) (November 20, 1901)
Vi E Ben Noto (On the Rosary and Public Life) (September 20, 1887)
Pope Pius X (1903-1914)
Acerbo Nimis (On Teaching Christian Doctrine) (April 15, 1905)
Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum (On the Immaculate Conception) (February 2, 1904)
Communium Rerum (On Saint Alselm of Aosta) (April 21, 1909)
E Supremi (On the Restoration of all Things in Christ) (October 4, 1903)
Editae Saepe (On Saint Charles Borromeo) (May 26, 1910)
Gravissimo Officii Munere (On French Associations of Worship) (August 10, 1906)
Haerent Animo (To the Catholic Clergy on Priestly Sanctity) (August 4, 1908)
Iamdudum (On the Law of Separation in Portugal) (May 24, 1911)
Il Fermo Proposito (On Catholic Action in Italy) (June 11, 1905)
Iucunda Sane (On Pope Gregory the Great) (March 12, 1904)
Lacrimabili Statu (On the Indians of South America) (June 7, 1912)
Lamentabili Sane (Syllabus of Errors) (July 3, 1907)
Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Doctrine of the Modernists) (September 8, 1907)
Pieni L'animo (On the Clergy in Italy) (July 28, 1906)
Praestantia Scripturae (On the Bible and on the Censures and Penalties Against t