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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more. Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year’s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents
October
October
POPE'S ENCYCLICAL ON MORAL THEOLOGY: October 5, 1993
Introduction
In response to what he perceived as increasing threats to the Roman Catholic church's moral authority, Pope John Paul II on October 5 released the tenth encyclical of his papacy, entitled Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth). In ...