Diocese of Peterborough
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BXVI Retreat ’09
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Papal Primacy and Infallibility
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. Church Fathers’ Writings on St. Peter’s Primacy
  2. Church Fathers’ Writings on St. Peter as “the Rock” Upon Whom Christ Built His Church
  3. Canon V of the Council of Sardica (AD 343)
  4. Decree on Papal Power – Emperor Valentian III (AD 445)
  5. The Petrine Doctrine – Sermon by Pope St. Leo I (r. AD 440-461)
  6. Papal Primacy and Infallibility – Decrees of the First Vatican Council
Other Resources
  1. “Pope” – New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia Article
  2. “Infallibility” – New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia Article
  3. “Papal Infallibility” – Catholic.com Article
  4. “How to Argue for Papal Infallibility” – Catholic.com Article
  5. “The Strange Case of Pope Formosus” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
The Church & Women
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. On Christian Marriage (Arcanum Divinae) – Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII (February 10, 1880)
  2. On Consecrated Virginity (Sacra Virginitas) – Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XII (March 25, 1954)
  3. Address to Pope Paul VI to Women at the Closing of the Second Vatican Council (December 8, 1965)
  4. On the Dignity and Vocation of Women on the Occasion of the Marian Year (Mulieris Dignitatem) – Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (August 15, 1988)
  5. On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis) – Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II (May 22, 1994)
  6. Letter of Pope John Paul II to Women (June 29, 1995)
  7. Women at the Service of the Gospel – General Audience of Pope Benedict XVI (February 14, 2007)
Other Resources
  1. Catholic Perspective on: Women in Society and in the Church
  2. “Does the Church Hate Women?"
Slavery
Church
Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. Against the Enslaving of Black Natives from the Canary Islands (Sicut Dudum) – Papal Bull of Pope Eugene IV (January 13, 1435)
  2. The Enslavement and Evangelization of Indians (Sublimus Dei) – Papal Bull of Pope Paul III (May 29, 1537)
  3. Condemning the Slave Trade (In Supremo Apostolatus) – Apostolic Letter of Pope Gregory XVI (December 3, 1839)
  4. On the Abolition of Slavery (In Plurimis) – Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (May 5, 1888)
  5. On Slavery in the Missions (Catholicae Ecclesiae) - Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (November 20, 1890)
Other Resources
  1. “Slavery and the Catholic Church” – from A Catholic Response, Inc.
  2. “Let My People Go: The Catholic Church and Slavery” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  3. "The Truth About the Catholic Church and Slavery" - Article from Christianity Today
The Crusades
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. Declaration of Crusade to Assist the Greeks and Recover the Holy Land – Speech of Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont (November 27, 1095)
  2. “Crusade to Recover the Holy Land” - Constitution 71 of the Fourth Lateran Council (November 30, 1215)
Other Resources
  1. “Crusades” – New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia Article
  2. “Crusading for Truth” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  3. “Crusades” Truth and Black Legend”
The Inquisition
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. Canon Three of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
  2. “Inquisitorial Technique” - Bernard Gui (c.1307-1323)
  3. “Inquisitor’s Manual” - Bernard Gui (c. 1307-1323)
Other Resources
  1. “Inquisition” – New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia Article
  2. “An Inquisition Primer” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  3. Secrets of the Spanish Inquisition Revealed” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  4. Holy See Web Site of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Church and the Suppression of the Knights Templar
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. Papal Bulls on the Knights Templar – Declared by Pope Clement V (1311-1312)
  2. William of Tyre: The Foundation of the Order of the Knights Templar
  3. The Primitive Rule of the Templars
Other Resources
  1. “The Knights Templar” - New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia Article
  2. Apologia Pro Templaris:A Historical Investigation into the Founding, Suppression
    and Legacy of the Templar Knights
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The Evangelization of Latin America
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. The Enslavement and Evangelization of Indians (Sublimus Dei) – Papal Bull of Pope Paul III (May 29, 1537)
Other Resources
  1. Spain’s Black Legend
  2. Viewers & the Viewed: Black Legends
The Church and the Jews in Nazi Germany
Church Documents and Other Primary Documents
  1. On the Church and the German Reich (Mit Brennender Sorge) – Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XI (March 14, 1937)
  2. On the Unity of Human Society (Summi Pontificatus) – Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XII (October 20, 1939)
  3. Homily During the Holy Mass to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Death of the Servant of God Pope Pius XII (October 9, 2008)
Other Resources
  1. “A Pius Legend” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  2. “Catholic Martyrs of the Holocaust” – Article from “This Rock” Magazine
  3. “How Pius XII Protected Jews” – Article from Catholic.com
list of sources from speaker Mr. Anthony Schratz
  1. Bibliography on Controversial Issues in Church History PDF Image

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