The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

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LibriVox recording of The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII by Pope Leo XIII. Read in English by Maria Therese Pope Leo XIII (2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, reigned from 20 February 1878 to his death in 1903. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third longest pontificate. He is well known for his intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his famous papal encyclical Rerum Novarum and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. He issued a record eleven encyclicals on the rosary earning the moniker the "Rosary Pope". This book includes thirty of his most well know encyclicals and letters. They cover a wide range of subjects, including, Christian marriage, socialism, communism, freemasonry, Anglican orders, and human liberty. Some of the encyclicals included in this volume are: Inscrutabili, Rerum Novarum, Quod Apostolici Muneris, Humanum Genus, Arcanum Divinae, Immortale Dei and many others. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and by Maria Therese)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
• Author credits: Pope Leo XIII
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 19:07:32

Catalogue topics

• faith
• Catholic
• pope
• morals
• encyclical
• instructional
• inscrutabili
• quod apostolici muneris

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Preface — 7:12
2. 01 - On the Evils Afffecting Modern Society - Inscrutabili — 25:00
3. 02 - Socialism, Communism, Nihilism - Quod Apostolici Muneris — 24:44
4. 03 - The Study of Scholastic Philosophy - Aeterni Patris — 48:22
5. 04 - Christian Marriage - Arcanum Divinae — 51:34
6. 05 - Freemasonry - Humanum Genus — 50:10
7. 06 - The Christian Constitution of States - Immortale Dei — 59:27
8. 07 - Human Liberty - Libertas Praestantissimum — 1:05:16
9. 08 - The Right Ordering of Christian Life - Exeunte Jam Anno — 31:42
10. 09 - On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens - Sapientiae Christianae — 58:44
11. 10 - The Condition of the Working Classes - Rerum Novarum, Part 1 — 38:53
12. 11 - The Condition of the Working Classes - Rerum Novarum, Part 2 — 45:24
13. 12 - Allegiance to the Republic - Au Milieu des Sollicitudes — 31:28
14. 13 - The Pope and the Columbus Tercenary - Quarto Abrupto Saeculo — 12:58
15. 14 - The Study of Holy Scripture - Provindentissimus Deus — 59:57
16. 15 - The Reunion of Christendom - Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae — 34:37
17. 16 - Catholicity in the United States - Longuinque Oceani — 31:22
18. 17 - To the English People - Amantissima Voluntatis — 27:30
19. 18 - The Unity of the Church - Satis Cognitum — 1:17:21
20. 19 - Anglican Orders - Apostolicae Curae — 29:59
21. 20 - The Prohibition and Censorship of Books - Officiorum ac Munerum — 26:41
22. 21 - The Holy Spirit - Divinum Illud — 36:48
23. 22 - True and False Americanism in Religion - Testem Benevolentiae — 24:25
24. 23 - On the Consecration of Mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Annum Sacrum — 14:38

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