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Definition of Encyclic

Encyclic
Encyclic En*cyc"lic, Encyclical En*cyc"li*cal, n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley.
Encyclic
Encyclic En*cyc"lic, Encyclical En*cyc"li*cal, a. [L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. ?; ? in + ? circle: cf. F. encyclique. See Cycle.] Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.

Meaning of Encyclic from wikipedia

- An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could...
- Third World. His opposition to birth control was published in the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae. Pope Benedict XVI, citing his heroic virtue, proclaimed...
- XIII List of encyclicals of Pope Clement XIV List of encyclicals of Pope Pius VI List of encyclicals of Pope Pius VII List of encyclicals of Pope Leo XII...
- the encyclical's release. In May 1978, Luciani was invited to speak at a Milanese conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the encyclical. He refused...
- issued numerous encyclicals, including Quadragesimo anno on the 40th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's groundbreaking social encyclical Rerum novarum, highlighting...
- He took up this theme in his first encyclical Deus caritas est. In his explanation and summary of the encyclical, he stated: "If friendship with God...
- revolutionary change"), or Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor, is an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on 15 May 1891. It is an open letter, p****ed to...
- anti-Hitler resistance and shared intelligence with the Allies. His first encyclical Summi Pontificatus (1939) expressed dismay at the 1939 Invasion of Poland...
- foundations are considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical, Rerum novarum, which advocated distributism. Its roots can be traced...
- in his Apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. His forty-one encyclicals include Mystici Corporis Christi, on the Church as the Mystical Body...