{"product_id":"the-great-encyclicals-of-pope-leo-xiii-volume-one-the-social-letters","title":"The Great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII: Volume One—The Social Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Pope Leo XIII | Compiled and Introduced by Leo L. Clarke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe reign of Pope Leo XIII \u003c\/b\u003eis the fourth-longest of any papacy in the two-thousand-year history of the Catholic Church. Over the course of a full quarter-century, Leo XIII courageously engaged with the modern world, asserting the Church’s authority and wisdom in the face of unprecedented challenges and confusion. He was also a prolific author, issuing a total of eighty-six encyclical letters on matters both spiritual and social. Compiled and engagingly introduced by Leo L. Clarke, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Encyclicals\u003c\/i\u003e of Pope Leo XIII comprises—across two volumes—thirty-one of those letters, to present the vibrant and courageous insights of this great shepherd to an age with a pronounced need of hearing and heeding his message.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume One: The Social Letters\u003c\/i\u003e contains fourteen of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclicals dedicated to expounding upon and explaining the principles which govern the life of Catholics in civil society, including his first, \u003ci\u003eInscrutabili dei consilio \u003c\/i\u003e(on the evils of society); the forthright\u003ci\u003e Longinqua \u003c\/i\u003e(on Catholicism in the United States); and the most famous, \u003ci\u003eRerum novarum \u003c\/i\u003e(on capital and labor).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan it be true that civilization can bear no fruit in a society that lives by the spirit of Jesus Christ? Can man develop physically, socially and politically only upon condition of his repudiating the Catholic Church? That is the great and crucial question… \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Pope Leo XIII)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePope Leo XIII \u003c\/b\u003e(1810–1903) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. His papacy enacted a grand program of renovation and expansion of the Catholic Church, firmly grounded in her “holy and venerable authority.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo L. Clarke \u003c\/b\u003espent his professional career as a lawyer, law professor, and business exec­utive. His scholarship has centered on cyberlaw, law and economics, and Catholic social teaching; the last exemplified in his book, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/man-and-the-economy\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/man-and-the-economy\"\u003eMan and the Economy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Cluny, 2018).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685953683\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100041830767,"sku":"978-1685953683","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1156.jpg?v=1781124949","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-great-encyclicals-of-pope-leo-xiii-volume-one-the-social-letters","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}