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Lil Red

Which encyclical to start with?  

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I'm in! I've never read an encyclical before, but am willing to wade through as I'm able. :)

What are these four about? I know Deus Caritas Est is about God's love...

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Guest KevinSymonds

Sacramentum Caritatis it not an option.

It's not an Encyclical :)

Seriously though, I would love studies of the older Encyclicals first because they provide much background to the newer ones. Work your way from the bottom (foundation) up. That's the best approach.

I vote [i]Mirari Vos[/i] by Gregory XVI. If you've ever wanted to read Popes talk in the old language of "damnable, impious and perverse men" who spread their "accursed doctrines" over the entire world, then Gregory is for you.

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[quote name='Raphael' post='1872837' date='May 21 2009, 05:56 PM']I'm in the middle of reading Witness to Hope, but I'd be willing to graze over such a study and provide some input if/when I have something of value to say.[/quote]

Don't tell me how it ends. I just got that book.

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[quote name='KevinSymonds' post='1873275' date='May 22 2009, 11:09 AM']Sacramentum Caritatis it not an option.

It's not an Encyclical :)[/quote]
+J.M.J.+
sorry. i just pulled the ones that i had printed out. i know that it's an apostolic exhortation.

missy: Sacramentum Caritatis is on the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Church's life and mission.

Deus Caritas Est is on Christian Love.

Spe Salvi is on Christian Hope.

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Thy Geekdom Come

[quote name='KevinSymonds' post='1873275' date='May 22 2009, 01:09 PM']I vote [i]Mirari Vos[/i] by Gregory XVI. If you've ever wanted to read Popes talk in the old language of "damnable, impious and perverse men" who spread their "accursed doctrines" over the entire world, then Gregory is for you.[/quote]
Oh no, pope Gregory, is that the Vatican train headed straight for you?! AHHHH!!!

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Thy Geekdom Come

[quote name='Old_Joe' post='1873292' date='May 22 2009, 01:47 PM']Don't tell me how it ends. I just got that book.[/quote]
He gets shot, does a lot of really cool holy things, defeats communism in Russia and Eastern Europe, and opens the Third Millennium.

THERE! :P

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Thy Geekdom Come

[quote name='KevinSymonds' post='1873275' date='May 22 2009, 01:09 PM']Sacramentum Caritatis it not an option.

It's not an Encyclical :)

Seriously though, I would love studies of the older Encyclicals first because they provide much background to the newer ones. Work your way from the bottom (foundation) up. That's the best approach.

I vote [i]Mirari Vos[/i] by Gregory XVI. If you've ever wanted to read Popes talk in the old language of "damnable, impious and perverse men" who spread their "accursed doctrines" over the entire world, then Gregory is for you.[/quote]
Yes, starting earlier would be better, but I think that might be a little too academic in nature for this setting. Most people would probably lose interest before you even got to Pio Nono.

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[quote name='Raphael' post='1873355' date='May 22 2009, 02:34 PM']Yes, starting earlier would be better, but I think that might be a little too academic in nature for this setting. Most people would probably lose interest before you even got to Pio Nono.[/quote]
+J.M.J.+
thanks raph for stating the obvious much more charitably than i could have.

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AdesteFidelis

Totally in! Doesn't matter where we start, either, or if it is "too academic." I'm up for any of it.

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puellapaschalis

[quote name='AdesteFidelis' post='1873358' date='May 22 2009, 10:39 PM']Totally in! Doesn't matter where we start, either, or if it is "too academic." I'm up for any of it.[/quote]

This!

Although I've got that encyclical on music...ugh, I can never get its name right. Tre la Sollici...something. I really need to read that but can't get past the freakin' title.

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[quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1873392' date='May 22 2009, 03:29 PM']This!

Although I've got that encyclical on music...ugh, I can never get its name right. Tre la Sollici...something. I really need to read that but can't get past the freakin' title.[/quote]
+J.M.J.+
by Pope St. Pius X: Tra Le Sollecitudini (On Sacred Music)

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puellapaschalis

[quote name='Lil Red' post='1873437' date='May 23 2009, 01:26 AM']+J.M.J.+
by Pope St. Pius X: Tra Le Sollecitudini (On Sacred Music)[/quote]

Thanks! :yes:

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