Rerum omnium perturbationem

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With the encyclical Rerum omnium perturbationem of January 26, 1923 Pope Pius XI paid tribute to the 300th anniversary of the death of Francis de Sales († December 28, 1622 ). His predecessor, Pope Benedict XV. , actually had the intention to write encyclicals about several doctors of the church . During his pontificate he was only able to publish three. These were In hac tanta about Boniface , Principi apostolorum Petro about Ephrem the Syrians and Fausto appetente about Dominic . Pius XI. With this encyclical took over the legacy of its predecessor and continued the publication of encyclicals on saints and doctors of the Catholic Church .

1610: Francis de Sales gives the Sisters of the Visitation of Mary their religious rules.

At the outset, Pius paid tribute to Francis de Sales, who was one of the great men who were canonized some 300 years ago (canonization April 19, 1665), that he was a brilliant example of wisdom and that as an apostle he fought against heresy and reformers. In the following chapters and sections, Pope Francis describes the life of Francis, then comes to his writings, textbooks and books and expressly mentions the devotional book Philothea as an “introduction to the pious life”. He praises the book Theotimus as a "treatise on the love of God" and explains some passages that are important to him. (See also: Works of Francis de Sales '.)

Pius XI. also mentions the founding of the “ Order of the Visitation ”, which Francis de Sales founded in 1610 together with Jeanne Françoise . Alexander VII canonized Francis de Sales in 1665, and Pope Pius IX. elevated him to doctor of the church in 1877. In addition to his patronage of writers and journalists , Pius XI. him now the patronage over the Catholic press.

In his concluding remarks, the Pope urges his confreres to hold a triduum or novena in the congregations in commemoration of the saint by December 28 of that year , in whose sermons the work of this Doctor of the Church should be the subject.

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