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    An apostolic constitution is the highest level decree issued by the Pope. Apostolic constitutions address important church laws or teachings to the public in a solemn manner. They are issued as papal bulls and cover topics such as defining doctrines, establishing liturgical rules, and reforming ecclesiastical structures. Examples from the 16th century to today are provided, with the most recent being Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009 which established rules for Anglican groups joining the Catholic Church.

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    An apostolic constitution is the highest level decree issued by the Pope. Apostolic constitutions address important church laws or teachings to the public in a solemn manner. They are issued as papal bulls and cover topics such as defining doctrines, establishing liturgical rules, and reforming ecclesiastical structures. Examples from the 16th century to today are provided, with the most recent being Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009 which established rules for Anglican groups joining the Catholic Church.

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    An apostolic constitution is the highest level decree issued by the Pope. Apostolic constitutions address important church laws or teachings to the public in a solemn manner. They are issued as papal bulls and cover topics such as defining doctrines, establishing liturgical rules, and reforming ecclesiastical structures. Examples from the 16th century to today are provided, with the most recent being Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009 which established rules for Anglican groups joining the Catholic Church.

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    Apostolicconstitution
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    Anapostolicconstitution(Latinconstitutioapostolica)isthehighestlevelofdecreeissuedbythe
    Pope.TheuseofthetermconstitutioncomesfromLatinconstitutio,whichreferredtoanyimportantlaw
    issuedbytheRomanemperor,andisretainedinchurchdocumentsbecauseoftheinheritancethatthe
    canonlawoftheRomanCatholicChurchreceivedfromRomanlaw.
    Bytheirnature,apostolicconstitutionsareaddressedtothepublic.Genericconstitutionsusethetitle
    apostolicconstitution,andtreatonsolemnmattersofthechurch,suchasthepromulgationoflawsor
    definitiveteachings.Theformsdogmaticconstitutionandpastoralconstitutionaretitlessometimesused
    tobemoredescriptiveastothedocument'spurpose.
    Apostolicconstitutionsareissuedaspapalbullsbecauseoftheirsolemn,publicform.Thesecond
    highestcategoryofdecree,belowanapostolicconstitution,isanencyclicalletter.

    Introduction
    Genericconstitutionscontainthefollowingintroduction:
    [Popename],Bishop
    ServantoftheServantsofGod
    Foraneverlastingmemorial/eternalmemory/etc.

    Examplesofapostolicconstitutions
    16thCentury
    Quoprimum(1570)PiusV'sApostolicConstitutionontheTridentineMass
    19thCentury
    IneffabilisDeus(1854)PiusIX'sDogmaticConstitutionontheImmaculateConceptionofMary
    AdUniversalisEcclesiae(1862)PiusIX'sPapalConstitutiondealingwiththeconditionsfor
    admissiontoreligiousordersofmeninwhichsolemnvowsareprescribed
    RomanosPontifices(1881)byPopeLeoXIII
    20thCentury
    BisSaeculari(1948),PopePiusXIIonSodalityofOurLady
    MunificentissimusDeus(1950)PopePiusXII'sDogmaticConstitutionontheAssumptionof
    Mary
    ExsulFamilia(1952)PopePiusXII'sConstitutiononMigration
    Veterumsapientia(1962)PopeJohnXXIII'sApostolicConstitutiononthepromotionofthestudy
    ofLatin
    Deiverbum(1965)PopePaulVI'sDogmaticConstitutiononDivineRevelation
    Paenitemini(1966)PopePaulVI'sApostolicConstitutiononFastingandAbstinenceinthe
    RomanCatholicChurch
    MissaleRomanum(1969)PopePaulVI'sApostolicConstitutionontherevisedliturgy
    RomanoPontificieligendo(1975)PopePaulVI'sApostolicConstitutionontheelectionofthe
    Romanpontiff
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    Utsit(1982)PopeJohnPaulII'sApostolicConstitutionraisingOpusDei(Latinfor,"TheWork
    OfGod")totherankofaPersonalPrelature(similartoadiocese,butgroupingpeoplebysome
    peculiarpastoralreasoninsteadofbywheretheylive)
    SacraeDisciplinaeLeges(1983)PopeJohnPaulII'sconstitutioninstitutingthe1983Codeof
    CanonLaw
    PastorBonus(1988)PopeJohnPaulII'srulesonthereorganisationoftheRomanCuria
    Excordeecclesiae(1990)JohnPaulII'srulesonCatholicuniversities
    Fideidepositum(1992)PopeJohnPaulII'sApostolicConstitutiononthenewCatechismofthe
    CatholicChurch
    UniversiDominicigregis(1996)PopeJohnPaulII'srulesonelectingtheRomanPontiff(the
    Pope)
    21stCentury
    AnglicanorumCoetibus(2009)PopeBenedictXVI'srulesforprovidingforPersonal
    OrdinariatesforAnglicanlaypeopleandclergywishingtoenterintofullcommunionwiththe
    CatholicChurch

    References
    Huels,JohnM."Atheoryofjuridicaldocumentsbasedoncanons2934",StudiaCanonica,1998,
    vol.32,no.2,pp.337370.
    Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_constitution&oldid=704963065"
    Categories: DocumentsoftheCatholicChurch Apostolicconstitutions Canonicaldocuments
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