Roman Catholic Magisterial Documents
The Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church has published countless doctrinal and disciplinary texts throughout its 2,000-year history: papal and conciliar constitutions, decrees, bulls, letters, encyclicals, allocutions, speeches, etc. There is a woeful lack of these texts on the internet, at least in the English language. For this reason, Novus Ordo Watch makes an effort to procure, translate, transcribe, or simply reproduce important hard-to-find magisterial documents for the benefit of all Catholics.
Further below you will find a list of the magisterial texts available on our web site. Immediately below, there is a short list of third-party web sites that feature an abundance of magisterial documents in Latin, English, or other languages:
- Documenta Catholica Omnia
- Acta Sanctae Sedis (1865-1908)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (1909-1958)
- Denzinger’s Sources of Catholic Dogma (1954)
- Papal Encyclicals Online
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List of Magisterial Documents on Novus Ordo Watch
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Magisterial Texts (25)
- Pope Pius VI, Apostolic Constitution “Auctorem Fidei” (1794)
- Pope Leo XIII, Apostolic Letter “Epistola Tua” (1885)
- Pope Leo XIII, Apostolic Letter “Est Sane Molestum” (1888)
- Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Letter “Jam Vos Omnes” (1868)
- Pope Pius XII, Canonical Warning “Cum Compertum” on Ecumenism
- Pope Pius XI, Decree “Cum Supremae” on the Abolition of the “Friends of Israel”
- Pope Leo XIII, Apostolic Letter to Cardinal Respighi condemning the Proselytism of Protestants
- Pope Pius IX, Allocution “Singulari Quadam” (1854)
- Pope Pius IX, Holy Office Letter to Certain Puseyite Anglicans (1865)
- Pope Pius IX, Allocution “Multiplices Inter Machinationes” (1865)
- Pope Pius IX, Holy Office Letter to English Bishops on Christian Unity (1864)
- Pope Pius XII, Allocution “Quamvis Inquieti” (1946)
- Pope Pius XII, Address “Vegliare con Sollecitudine” (1951)
- Pope Pius XII, Radio Message “La Famiglia” (1952)
- Pope Pius XII, Address “Soyez Les Bienvenues” (1952)
- Pope Pius XII, Address “Nous Vous Souhaitons” (1953)
- Pope Pius XII, Holy Office Instruction “Contra Doctrinam” (1956)
- The Catholic Teaching on the Papacy
- Pope Pius IX, Allocution “Jamdudum Cernimus” (1861)
- Pope St. Pius X, Allocution “Festivitas Dominicae Passionis” (1907)
- Pope St. Pius X, Allocution “Accogliamo Colla Più Viva Compiacenza” (1907)
- Pope St. Pius X, Address “Con Vera Soddisfazione” (1909)
- Pope Pius VI, Decree “Super Soliditate” (1786)
- Pope Pius XII, Allocution “Magnificate Dominum” (1954)
- Condemnation of Twelve Propositions pertaining to the Philosophy of Action
