The States of Perfection According to the Teaching of the Church: Papal Documents From Leo XIII to Pius XII

1. Letter 'Testem Benevolentiae' to Cardinal Gibbons on "Activism" (22 January 1899) / Leo XIII 2. Apostolic constitution 'Conditae a Christo' on diocesan congregations (8 December 1900) / Leo XIII 3. Letter to Cardinal Richard on religious orders (23 December 1900) / Leo XIII 4. Letter to superiors general of religious orders (29 June 1901): encouragement in persecutions / Leo XIII 5. Letter to the superior general of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (23 April 1905): primacy of the religious life / Saint Pius X 6. Motu proprio 'Dei Providentis' on congregations of simple vows (16 July 1906) / Saint Pius X 7. Instruction 'Illud Saepius' of the sacred congregation of religious on admission to religious orders (18 August 1915) / Benedict XV 8. Code of canon law (23 May 1917): special obligations of religious / Benedict XV 9. Instruction 'Plures Exstant' of the sacred congregation of religious (3 November 1921): second year of novitiate / Benedict XV 10. Apostolic letter 'Unigenitus Dei Filius' on the studies of religious (19 March 1924) / Pius XI **← PDF pp. 77ff.: cited in Antonio Royo-Marín, O.P.'s**[ Vida religiosa](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=6935) 11. Apostolic constitution 'Umbratilem' (8 July 1924): Carthusians and the contemplative life / Pius XI 12. Letter of Cardinal Pacelli to superiors of religious orders (4 March 1936): religious and Catholic action / Pius XI 13. Instruction 'Postquam Pius' of the sacred congregation of the sacraments (8 December 1938): practice of daily communion and frequent confession / Pius XI 14. Discourse to the general congregation of the Society of Jesus (17 September 1946): fidelity to spirit of founder / Pius XII 15. Apostolic constitution 'Provida Mater Ecclesia' on secular institutes (2 February 1947) / Pius XII 16. Encyclical letter "Fulgens Radiatur' for the fourteenth centenary of the death of St. Benedict (21 March 1947) / Pius XII 17. Motu proprio 'Primo Feliciter' (12 March 1948): secular institutes / Pius XII 18. Instruction 'Cum Sanctissimus' of the sacred congregation of religious (19 May 1948): secular institutes / Pius XII 19. Allocution to clerics regular of the Mother of God (22 November 1948): Catholic schools / Pius XII 20. Declaration of the sacred congregation of religious (19 May 1949): secular institutes / Pius XII 21. Discourse to Missionaries of the Kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ (3 August 1949): apostolate in the world / Pius XII 22. Letter to Cardinal Micara on adaptation byi religious (12 November 1950) / Pius XII 23. Discourse to the Brothers of the Christian Schools (6 May 1951): adaptation / Pius XII 24. Apostolic constitution 'Sponsa Christi' (21 November 1950): status of nuns / Pius XII 25. Instruction 'Inter Praeclara' of the sacred congregation of religious on monastic labour (23 November 1950) / Pius XII 26. Allocution 'Annus Sacer' to the international congress of religious (8 December 1950): priestly perfection and perfection of religious life / Pius XII 27. Circular letter of the sacred congregation of religious on the use of tobacco (10 January 1951) / Pius XII 28. Encyclical 'Evangelii Praecones' on the missions (2 June 1951) / Pius XII 29. Discourse to teaching sisters (13 September 1951): apostolate among modern young women / Pius XII 30. Allocution to Discalced Carmelites (23 September 1951): natural virtues, chastity, poverty, intellectual culture / Pius XII 31. Letter to the sacred congregation of extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs with reference to the allocution 'Annus Sacer' (13 July 1952) / Pius XII 32. Allocution to the superiors general of religious institutes and congregations (15 September 1952): crisis of vocations and role of superiors / Pius XII 33. Encyclical '[Sacra Virginitas](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_list&search=authors:%22%3DPius%20XII%2C%20Pope%22%20title:%22Sacra%20virginitas%22)' on Christian virginity (25 March 1954) / Pius XII 34. Letter to Cardinal Valeri on the mission of religious engaged in teaching (31 March 1954) / Pius XII 35. Motu proprio 'Cum Supremae' instituting in Rome the pontifical work of religious vocations (11 February 1955) / Pius XII 36. Letter to the secretariate of state for the third congress on parochial teaching sisters of France (10 September 1955): civic education / Pius XII 37. Motu proprio 'Nihil Ecclesiae' approving the pontifical institute 'Regina Mundi' for the higher studies of women religious (11 February 1956) / Pius XII 38. Apostolic constitution 'Sedes Sapientiae' (31 May 1956): general statutes for training of religious destined for the priesthood / Pius XII 39. Discourse to nursing sisters (24 April 1957) / Pius XII 40. Discourse to the general congregation of the Society of Jesus (19 September 195): virtues characteristic of the Society / Pius XII 41. Lettr to the secretariate of state for the fourth congress of parochial teaching sisters of France (12 September 1957): women religious and working-class life / Pius XII 42. Discourse to members of the second congress of state of perfection (9 December 1957): Christian perfection, adaptation, religious obedience / Pius XII 43. Exhortation of superiors general of orders and religious institutes (11 February 1958): norms for the exercise of authority / Pius XII 44. Radio message to enclosed women religious of the whole world (19, 16 July & 2 August 1958): the contemplative life / Pius XII 45. Prayer for religious vocations (8 February 1957) / Pius XII