Octobri mense

Octobri mense
Latin: The Month of October
Encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII
Date 22 September 1891
Argument On the Rosary
Encyclical number 40 of 85 of the pontificate
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Pope Leo XIII Coat of arms

Octobri mense "[At the coming of] the Month of October" is an encyclical on the Rosary by Pope Leo XIII, also known as the Rosary Pope.[1] It was issued on 22 September 1891 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.[2]

Background

Octobri mense is the fifth of twelve encyclicals written by Leo XIII on the Rosary. Starting in 1883, all but two were issued in September in anticipation of October, the month dedicated to the Rosary. The subject of Octobri mense was the power of prayer and the efficacy of the rosary.[3]

"The Eternal Son of God, ... did not accomplish His design without adding there the free consent of the elect Mother, who represented in some sort all human kind, according to the illustrious and just opinion of St. Thomas, who says that the Annunciation was effected with the consent of the Virgin standing in the place of humanity.[4]

Magnae Dei Matris

Octobri Mense was followed the following year by the encyclical Magnae Dei matris, issued on 8 September 1892.[5]

"[A]s we are indebted to Christ for sharing in some way with us the right, which is peculiarly His own, of calling God our Father and possessing Him as such, we are in like manner indebted to Him for His loving generosity in sharing with us the right to call Mary our Mother and to cherish her as such."[6]

"For it is mainly by faith that a man sets out on the straight and sure path to God and learns to revere in mind and heart His supreme majesty, His sovereignty over the whole of creation, His unsounded power, wisdom, and providence. For he who comes to God must believe that God exists and is a rewarder to those who seek Him."[7]

Leo describes the Rosary as presenting the chief mysteries of the faith for contemplation, and presents Mary "a most suitable example of every virtue."[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Church dogmatics: Volume 1 by Karl Barth, Geoffrey William Bromiley 2004 ISBN 0-567-05069-6 Page 142
  2. ↑ The Christian Faith: In the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church by Jacques Dupuis 2001 ISBN 0-8189-0893-9 page 285
  3. ↑ Thompson, Thomas. "Twelve Rosary Encyclicals by Pope Leo XIII (1883-1898)", International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio
  4. ↑ Pope Leo XIII, Octobri mense, §4, Vatican, September 22, 1891
  5. ↑ Pope Leo XIII. Magnae Dei matris, 8 September 1892, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
  6. ↑ Magnae Dei matris, §11.
  7. ↑ Magnae Dei matris, §14.
  8. ↑ Magnae Dei matris, §26.


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