Quamquam pluries
Quamquam pluries Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII | |
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Signature date | 15 August 1889 |
Subject | On Devotion to Saint Joseph |
Number | 32 of 85 of the pontificate |
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Quamquam pluries is an
Saint Joseph
Leo XIII presented
The pope stated the challenges facing the Church and urged Catholics to pray to Saint Joseph, as the patron of the Church:
The special motives for which St. Joseph has been proclaimed Patron of the Church, and from which the Church looks for singular benefit from his patronage and protection, are that Joseph was the spouse of Mary and that he was reputed the Father of Jesus Christ. From these sources have sprung his dignity, his holiness, his glory. ...Thus in giving Joseph the Blessed Virgin as spouse, God appointed him to be not only her life's companion, the witness of her maidenhood, the protector of her honour, but also, by virtue of the conjugal tie, a participator in her sublime dignity.[3]
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Labor as a vocation
Leo was concerned with the industrial capitalism of the end of the nineteenth century and its treatment of workers. According to D. Stephen Long, Pope Leo "viewed labor not as a mere commodity subject to free competition, but as a dignified vocation."[4] Referring to Saint Joseph, Pope Leo wrote, "[h]e set himself to protect with a mighty love and a daily solicitude his spouse and the Divine Infant; regularly by his work he earned what was necessary for the one and the other for nourishment and clothing"[3]
Pope Leo saw the family as the foundation of Christianity and society, therefore, a wage sufficient to support the family was essential.
The pope then prescribed that during October, a prayer to Saint Joseph be added to the Rosary[6] and granted an indulgence of seven years and seven Lents for each such act; the prayer remains enriched with a partial indulgence in the current Enchiridion Indulgentiarum.
See also
- Josephology
- List of encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII
- Redemptoris Custos
References
- ^ "Commentary: St Joseph the Worker in the 21st century", Catholic News Agency, May 01, 2018
- ^ "Leo XIII, and patron of the universal Church", L'Osservatore Romano, March 28, 2010
- ^ a b Pope Leo XIII. "Quamquam pluries", §3, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- ^ ISBN 9781134588879
- ISBN 9780253113566
- ^ "Prayer to St. Joseph after the Rosary", USCCB