ROLCAM
Jan 30, 2009, 04:47 AM
Who wrote the first encyclicals?
RickJ
Jan 30, 2009, 05:28 AM
By definition, the first encyclicals would have been the epistles of the New Testament... but today, the term is used about papal documents.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Encyclical (http://newadvent.org/cathen/05413a.htm)