Concept

Encyclical

Overview

circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Encyclical

• Thomas Aquinas
• Blaise Pascal
• Joseph Kleutgen
• Matteo Liberatore
• Félicité de La Mennais

Related ideas

• Eastern Orthodox Church
• Anglicanism
• Holy See
• Ancient Greek
• Latin
• Eastern Orthodoxy
• French Third Republic
• The New York Times
• Bishop
• Vernacular
• Catholic Church
• Encyclopedia

Opposing perspectives

• Holy See
• Patriarch
• Bishop
• Catholic Church

Place in the tradition

Part of Fideism.

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