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Source: Wikipedia Foreword The translation found here is that which appears in Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils ed. Norman Tanner. S.J. Apart from the footnotes any text in square brackets "[ ]" is editor's addition. The choice of terms to put in bold or italic print, the arrangement of the text into paragraphs in "structured English" format, as well as the numbering of the paragraphs is also editor's and constitutes editor's "invisible" interpretation/commentary. The numbering of the canons is however found in Tanner's text. Contents INTRODUCTION SESSION 1 : 8 December 1869 - Opening of the Council SESSION 2 : 6 January 1870 - Profession of Faith SESSION 3 : 24 April 1870 - Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith Chapter 1 On God the creator of all things Chapter 2 On revelation INTRODUCTION This council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull  Aeterni Patris  of 29 June 1868. The first session was held in St Pet...

QUAS PRIMAS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE. Venerable Brethren, Greeting and the Apostolic Benediction. In the first Encyclical Letter which We addressed at the beginning of Our Pontificate to the Bishops of the universal Church, We referred to the chief causes of the difficulties under which mankind was laboring. And We remember saying that these manifold evils in the world were due to the fact that the majority of men had thrust Jesus Christ and his holy law out of their lives; that these had no place either in private affairs or in politics: and we said further, that as long as individuals and states refused to submit to the rule of our Savior, there would be no really hopeful prospect of a lasting peace among nations. Men must look for the  peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ ; and that We promised to ...