Officio sanctissimo Latin for 'The Holiest Office (or Duty)' Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII | |
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Signature date | 22 December 1887 |
Subject | On the Church in Bavaria |
Number | 23 of 85 of the pontificate |
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Officio sanctissimo, subtitled "On The Church in Bavaria", was a papal encyclical published by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. It recalled the continuous history of Catholicism in Bavaria; [1] and praised the people's resistance to the Kulturkampf. [2] It also condemned Freemasonry, calling it a "sect of darkness." [3]
Officio sanctissimo Latin for 'The Holiest Office (or Duty)' Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII | |
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Signature date | 22 December 1887 |
Subject | On the Church in Bavaria |
Number | 23 of 85 of the pontificate |
Text | |
Officio sanctissimo, subtitled "On The Church in Bavaria", was a papal encyclical published by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. It recalled the continuous history of Catholicism in Bavaria; [1] and praised the people's resistance to the Kulturkampf. [2] It also condemned Freemasonry, calling it a "sect of darkness." [3]