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Papal Pronouncements, a Guide: 1740-1978
(Benedict XIV - John Paul I)
edited by Claudia Carlen, IHM
A need has long existed for a thorough,
discriminating guide to papal pronouncements --
a catalog of encyclicals, apostolic constitutions,
addresses, and other major papal documents
arranged in a convenient form so that the issues
addressed by the Catholic church, and the
corresponding primary documents,
can be identified, located, and studied.
This publication fulfills that need.
Coverage
Papal Pronouncements, a Guide: 1740-1978 covers
approximately 5,200 papal documents. They begin with Benedict XIV
and conclude with John Paul I who, in his 33 days in office (26
August to 28 September 1978), issued 30 significant documents.
Document Types Included
- encyclical letters
- encyclical epistles
- apostolic constitutions
- apostolic letters
- bulls
- motu proprios
- personal speeches
- radio and television addresses
- exhortations
- simple and autograph letters
- and other documents
Contents
The following information is given for each
pronouncement:
- date
- original title (designated by the first few words of the
original document)
- general subject, in English
- information on the circumstance of writing and/or audience
addressed (e.g., delegates to the 3rd International Press Congress)
- type of document (e.g., encyclical letter, radio address)
- word count
- concise summary of issues and subjects addressed
- sources containing the full text of the pronouncement,
including primary sources of the original language and English
translations
Example from Section 14: Pius XII
14:513
1957 Feb 24
Le IXe Congres National
(To the 9th National Congress of the Italian Society of
Anesthesiology: moral and religious problems with anesthetics)
address: 7,200w
Submits answers to questions proposed on anesthetics: 1) no
moral obligation to refuse anesthetic--a) combats forces that
produce evil effects or prevent greater good; b) physician's object
is to subdue pain; c) patient may legitimately avoid pain; 2) no
moral or spiritual liability in use of narcotics when objective is
not diminution of consciousness but preservation of psychic and
organic equilibrium; 3) use of narcotics with dying not illicit--a)
if patient is spiritually prepared, physical conditions justify it,
drug is properly administered, patient consents; b) if pain is
intolerable and shortening of life is unavoidable result of
subduing pain.
Sources: AAS, 49 (1957), 129-47; Discorsi,
18:777-99. English:Cath. Doc., no. 23 (May 1957),
27-42; Cath. Mind, 55 May-Jun 1957), 260-78.
End of Example
Arrangement
The documents are arranged in their chronological order of
issuance. The chronological arrangement facilitates a study of the
issues that were addressed by the various popes, the methods chosen
to deliver and disseminate statements on those issues, and the
treatments of those issues over time.
Access
An exhaustive subject index indicates all concepts and issues
covered by the pronouncements, making it possible to identify what
individual popes have said, for example, on specific topics such as
the Assumption of Mary, education, or atomic research.
A title index provides access to specific documents for which
title information is known.
About the Editor
Sister Claudia Carlen is the preeminent authority on papal
documents. She edited The Papal Encyclicals, 1740-1981 and
has authored/edited numerous other works on papal pronouncements
including the Guide to the Documents of Pius XII. In recent
years, she has received four honorary doctorates that specifically
recognize her work in this area.
"The scholar, the student, the researcher, know the joy
at finding and using a reference work that fulfills its purpose and
meets their needs. That is the joy I have experienced in reading
the manuscript of Papal Pronouncements. But not joy alone,
amazement and admiration as well in the face of a virtuoso work of
a recognized expert."
-- Thomas C. O'Brien, Editor Documents on Liturgy
Ordering Information:
- Papal Pronouncements, a Guide 1740-1978
- (Benedict XIV - John Paul I)
- 2-volume set, printed on acid-free, long-life paper with
corresponding quality cloth bindings
- ISBN 0-87650-266-4 (set)
- 8 1/2 x 11, $195.00
- Postage and handling: $8.00 domestic; foreign is extra, and
based on mode of transport.
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