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- noun Plural form of
encyclical .
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In these encyclicals is the understanding of the Hegelian world: the understanding of the disillusion of Truth, [and] the understanding of liberalism.
His Lordship Gives an Update Francis 2006
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In these encyclicals is the understanding of the Hegelian world: the understanding of the disillusion of Truth, [and] the understanding of liberalism.
Archive 2006-11-01 Francis 2006
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But that it was in the style of the encyclicals, which is not all that clear.
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Brian is correct that the intended audience of the encyclicals is the Faithful: there is no attempt to convert or belief that reading it will convert anyone.
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If a secular book must be used in limited cases, because of the unavailability of a good Catholic book, use Catholic material such as encyclicals or other Catholic books to supplement the secular text, or at least to give the secular book a Catholic perspective.
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All doctrinal instructions contained in papal documents, such as encyclicals and the like were infallible utterances.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The most serious mistake which has been made in the use of the material is an unconscious attempt to read into the "encyclicals" of Albert Pike
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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"encyclicals," which are letters sent to all the bishops of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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There's encyclicals on it, which is, you know -- to be anti-Semitic is to be unchristian, and I'm not.
Mel Gibson Making Judah Maccabee Film With Warner Bros. 2011
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He had got into trouble with fellow Catholics by criticizing papal encyclicals, and I had become a kind of informal adviser on Catholic matters.
Daredevil 2009
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