Looking Back on Pope Leo XIII’s Aeterni Patris

Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical to Greece, and an Orthodox Response - Orthodox History

The new Pope of Rome, Leo XIV, has made it clear that he chose his name in honor of his predecessor Leo XIII. This is especially interesting to me as an Orthodox historian, since Leo XIII took a particular interest in Orthodoxy, and at the turn of the last century, Orthodox leaders and scholars (including […] The post Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical to Greece, and an Orthodox Response appeared first on Orthodox History.

Looking Back on Pope Leo XIII’s Aeterni Patris

The fact that Robert Cardinal Prevost has taken the name Leo IV, indicating his respect for his predecessor, Leo XIII, provides Catholics with a strong incentive to return to the latter’s encyclicals.  Pope Leo’s encyclical Rerum Novarum which the new pope mentioned in particular, deals with the worker.  The encyclical outlined here, Aeterni Patris, concerns […]