PAPAL BULLS & DOCUMENTS

This is a collection of the various types of documents issued from the Roman Curia relating to the governance, doctrines, ecumenical relations, and inter-diocese policy of the Latin Church. These documents are all penned by a reigning Roman Pope with the express purpose of offering pastoral guidance both to the diocese of the Western church, but also in relating to royal and Imperial authorities throughout the Mediterranean world. This documents, in their earliest form, are largely pastoral letters to specific bishops, but by the 11th century begin to take on the familiar genre of Papal Bulls and Encyclicals, which are still issued by the Roman Popes to the present day.