Quartus supra vigesimum

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Quartus supra vigesimum is a very detailed encyclical of Pope Pius IX. about the Armenian Church . In this Apostolic Circular, published on January 6, 1873, the Pope dealt with the manifestations of the schism , he warns of further divisions and divisions that are only brought about by heretics , and explains to the Armenian Catholic Church why disagreement is a deception Represent God and faith.

The recipients of this encyclical were the Patriarch of Cilicia , as well as the archbishops , bishops , priests and lay people of the Armenian rite.

Pius IX refers to his encyclical Neminem vestrum from January 1854 , written almost twenty years ago, and emphasizes that the Holy See has shown a lot of patience and must now underline its demands again. The Pope called for adherence to the doctrine of the faith and declared that for him discipline and obedience were a unifying element and therefore had a strong influence on the preservation and purity of sacred doctrine.

In the following, the Pope goes into the previous separations and Catholicism in Constantinople and then describes the various forms of the schism. Then Pius IX explains. the false allegations involved; He demands the preservation of the given ecclesiastical hierarchy and the observance of canon law and sets out the boundaries of the church province .

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