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Encyclicals
Papal Encyclicals on the Web
An encyclical is the name generally given to letters written by a pope to a certain audience of bishops. This website has placed many encyclicals online for free public access.
Books
McNichols Campus Library
HD6338 .C27
Catholic social principles : a commentary on the papal encyclical Rerum novarum
Watt, Lewis. (Oates & Washbourne ltd., 1929)McNichols Campus Library
HN 37 .C3 A3 1929
Christianity and social progress; a commentary on Mater et magistra
Cronin, John Francis. (Helicon [1965])McNichols Campus Library
HN 37 .C3 C694
Church unity and the papal office : an ecumenical dialogue on John Paul II
Braaten, Carl E.; Jenson, Robert W.. (W.B. Eerdmans, c2001)McNichols Campus Library
BX 1784 .C48 2001
McNichols Campus Library
Electronic book.
McNichols Campus Library
BX 1396 .A31 1945
Encyclical letter of His Holiness Pope Paul VI on the development of peoples
Catholic Church. Pope Paul VI. (Paulist Press, 1967)McNichols Campus Library
HN 37 .C3 A35 1967
Encyclical letter of our Holy Father by divine providence, Pope Leo XIII, on the condition of labor
Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIII). (J. Murphy, 1891)McNichols Campus Library
HD 6338 .C26
Encyclical on climate change & inequality : on care for our common home
Pope Francis. (Melville House, 2015)McNichols Campus Library
BX 1795 .H82 C38313 2015
The encyclicals of John Paul II
Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II. (Our Sunday Visitor, c1996)McNichols Campus Library
BX 870 1978a 1996
The great encyclical letters of Pope Leo XIII
Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIII. (Benziger Brothers, 1903)McNichols Campus Library
BX 870 1878c
The hidden encyclical of Pius XI
Passelecq, Georges. (Harcourt Brace, c1997)McNichols Campus Library
BM 535 .P2431513 1997
Humanae vitae and the bishops; the encyclical and the statements of the national hierarchies
Horgan, John. (Irish University Press [1972])McNichols Campus Library
HQ766.3C37 H67
The last of the Fathers; Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the encyclical letter, Doctor Mellifluus
Merton, Thomas. (Harcourt, Brace [1954])McNichols Campus Library
BX 4700 .B5 M4
The Logic of solidarity : commentaries on Pope John Paul II
Baum, Gregory; Ellsberg, Robert; Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II. (Orbis Books, c1989)McNichols Campus Library
BX 1753 .C34 1989
Mater et magistra, encyclical letter on Christianity and social progress
Catholic Church. Pope John XXIII. (National Catholic Welfare Conference [1961])McNichols Campus Library
HN 37 .C3 A3 1961
Mediator Dei. Encyclical letter of Pope Pius XII on the sacred liturgy
Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII. (Paulist Press [1948])McNichols Campus Library
BX1970 .A54 1948
McNichols Campus Library
HD 6338 .C261
Peace on earth; a commentary on Pope John
Riga, Peter J. (Herder and Herder [1964])McNichols Campus Library
BX 1793 .A26 R5
Peace on earth; an encyclical letter of His Holiness Pope John XXIII
Catholic Church. Pope John XXIII. (Ridge Press/Odyssey Press [1964])McNichols Campus Library
BX 1793 .A1
The priority of labor : a commentary on Laborem exercens : encyclical letter of Pope John Paul II
Baum, Gregory. (Paulist Press, c1982)McNichols Campus Library
HD 6338 .B34
The rosary of Mary. Translations of the encyclical and apostolic letters of Pope Leo XIII
Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIII. (St. Anthony Guild Press, 1944)McNichols Campus Library
BX 2163 .L46 1944
McNichols Campus Library
BX 860 .A4 1963
Sixteen encyclicals of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, 1926-1937
Catholic Church. Pope Pius XI. (National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1922)McNichols Campus Library
BX 870 1922
The splendor of truth : veritatis splendor, encyclical letter
Catholic Church. Pope: John Paul II. (St. Paul Books & Media, [1993])McNichols Campus Library
BX 873 1993
The two wings of Catholic thought : essays on Fides et ratio
(Catholic University of America Press, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
BT 50 .T96 2003