Ecumenical Councils

 

Council of Florence

• Decretum pro Armenis, 1439; nos. 1310, 1327  (LATIN)

 

Council of Trent

• Decreto Tametsi, 1563; nos. 1797-1816  (LATIN)

 

Second Vatican Council

• Lumen Gentium, 1964; nos. 11, 12, 35
• Gaudium et spes, 1965; nos. 46-52, 93
• Apostolicam Actuositatem, 1966; n. 11
• Gravissimum Educationis, 1965; n. 3

 

Code of Canon Law

Code of Canon Law, 1983

• can. 834–848
• 1055–1165

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1992

• 1601–1666
• 1691–1698
• 2331–2359
• 2360–2400
• 2514–2533

Papal Magisterium

Leo XIII

• Arcanum Divinae, 1880

 

Pius XI

• Casti Connubii, 1930

 

Pius XII

• Message to the participants at the International Conference on the Family, 1958

 

John XXIII

• Mater et Magistra, 1961; nos. 32, 33, 144, 173, 180, 182, 229

 

Paul VI

• Humanae vitae, 1968
• Discourse to the Movement  «Equipes Notre-Dame», 1970
• Discourse to the Pilgrims of the «Equipes Notre-Dame», 1976

 

John Paul II

• Familiaris consortio, 1981
• Mulieris dignitatem, 1988
• Gratissimam sane, 1994
• Ad paucos dies, 1994
• Evangelium Vitae, 1995
• To each one of you, 1995

 

Benedict XVI

• Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons 2003
• Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, 2004
• To the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2006
• To the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family on the theme: “Grandparents: their witness and presence in the family”, 2008
• Clarification on procured abortion, 2009
• Note on the banalization of sexuality Regarding certain interpretations of “Light of the World”, 2010
• To Participants in the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2010
• To Participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2011

Documents of the Holy See

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

• Persona humana, 1975
• Donum Vitae, 1987
• Annus Internationalis, 1994
• Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Foetuses, 2005
• Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, 2008

 

Pontifical Council for the Family

• Charter of the Rights of the Family, 1983
• In the Service of Life, 1992
• The Church and the International Year of the Family, 1993
• Ethical and Pastoral Dimensions of Population Trends, 1994
• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality. Guidelines for Education within the Family, 1995
• Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage, 1996
• Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life, 1997

 

Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

• Declaration on CCL can. 915, 2000

 

World Meeting of the Families 

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