Were Documents Issued by the Church?

The documents issued by the church were encyclical.
An encyclical was initially a globular letter sent to all the churches of an area in the ancient Roman Church. Encyclicals specify high papal precedence for an issue at a specified time.

Where are documents issued in the Church?

Documents issued by the church are known as papal documents.

What are the Church documents?

Papal Encyclicals
  • Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) ...
  • Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) - On Reconstruction of the Social Order. ...
  • Mater et Magistra (On Christianity and Social Progress) ...
  • Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) ...
  • Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) ...
  • Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)
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