Looking East

Links to doctrines of the Roman Magisterium ‘looking East’

Orientale Lumen, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (Light of the East) - May 2, 1995

Paterna Caritas, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On Reunion with Rome of the Church in Armenia) - July 25, 1888

Orientalium Dignitas, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On the Dignity of the Eastern Churches) - November 30, 1894

Christi Nomen, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (On the Propagation of the Faith & the Eastern Churches) - December 24, 1894

Ecclesiam Dei [in Latin], Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (On the 300th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St. Josaphat) [in English] - November 12, 1923

Rerum Orientalium, Encyclical of Pope Pius XI (On the Study of the Things of the East) - September 8, 1928

Orientalis Ecclesiae, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On the 1500th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria) - April 9, 1944

Orientales Omnes Ecclesias, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On the 350th Anniversary of the Reunion of the Ruthenian Church with the Apostolic See) - December 23, 1945

Meminisse Iuvat, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII (On prayers and other helps for the Church persecuted in Eastern & Oriental lands) - July 14, 1958

Orientalum Ecclesiarum, Decree of Pope Paul VI (On the Catholic Churches of the East) - November 21, 1964

First Rendering Thanks to God, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (On the 350th Anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod) - April 18, 1996

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