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Aeternis Patris
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy.
Divini Illius Magistri
Encyclical of Pope Pius XI On the
Christian Education of Youth
"The family holds...the right to educate the young...a right inviolable on
the part of any power on earth."
Exeunte Iam Anno
(On the Right Ordering of Christian Life) By Pope Leo XIII
Exeunte Iam Anno excerpt:
"As for the public schools, there is no ecclesiastical authority left in
them, and in the years when it is most fitting for tender minds to be
trained carefully in Christian virtue, the precepts of religion are for the
most part unheard. Men more advanced in age encounter a yet graver peril
from evil teaching, which is of such a kind as to blind the young by
misleading words, instead of filling them with the knowledge of the truth.
Many now-a-days seek to learn by the aid of reason alone, laying divine
faith entirely aside; and, through the removal of its bright light, they
stumble and fail to discern the truth, teaching for instance, that matter
alone exists in the world; that men and beasts have the same origin and a
like nature; there are some, indeed, who go so far as to doubt the existence
of God, the Ruler and Maker of the World, or who err most grievously, like
the heathens, as to the nature of God. Hence the very nature and form of
virtue, justice, and duty are of necessity destroyed. Thus it is that while
they hold up to admiration the high authority of reason, and unduly elevate
the subtlety of the human intellect, they fall into the just punishment of
pride through ignorance of what is of more importance."
(Encyclical promulgated on December 25, 1888.)
Familiaris Consortio
Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John
Paul II On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World. See
especially sections 36 through 40.
Fides et Ratio
Encyclical Letter of Pope John Paul II
On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason "Faith and reason are like two
wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God
has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth-in a word, to know
himself-so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to
the fullness of truth about themselves."
Gravissimum Educationis
Declaration on Christian Education
Proclaimed by Pope Paul VI.
In Praeclara Summorum
Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV On Dante to Professors
and Students of Literature and Learning in the Catholic World.
Spectata Fides
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII On
Christian Education.
On Christian Doctrine
by St. Augustine.
St. Augustine discusses how Scripture should be studied; offers rules for
interpreting Scripture, explains the value of knowing languages, rhetoric,
dialectic, history, and the natural sciences as an aid to interpreting
Scripture. An understanding of the works of the Platonic philosophers and
other pagan authors can help with the exposition of Scripture. Whatever has
been rightly said by the heathen, the Christian must appropriate to his own
use.
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