Church Documents - Priesthood
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Haerent Animo
Apostolic Exhortation to the Catholic Clergy on Priestly Sanctity
Pope Pius X
1908
Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood)
Encyclical Letter
Pope Pius XI
1935
Menti Nostrae
Apostolic Exhortation on the Development of Holiness in Priestly Life
Pope Pius XII
1950
Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (From the Beginning of Our Priesthood)
Encyclical Letter to the Catholic Clergy on St. John Vianney
Pope John XXIII
1959
Optatum Totius
Decree on Priestly Training
Second Vatican Council
1965
Presbyterorum Ordinis
Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
Second Vatican Council
1965
Sacerdotalis Coelibatus
Enclyclical Letter on the Celibacy of the Priest
Pope Paul VI
1976
Pastores Dabo Vobis (I Will Give You Shepherds)
Apostolic Exhortation on the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day
Pope John Paul II
1992
Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth)
Encyclical Letter Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching
Pope John Paul II
1993
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
Apostolic Letter on Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone
Pope John Paul II
1994
Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)
Encyclical Letter on the Relationship between Faith and Reason
Pope John Paul II
1998