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Encyclical Letter, Dilexit Nos - He Loved Us: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ
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Dilexit Nos & Dilexi Te > 4. Differences between both documents

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message 1: by CBC (last edited Apr 01, 2026 01:22AM) (new)

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4. Is Leo XIV's vision identical to Francis's vision? Or have you noticed any points where the current Pope qualifies his predecessor? Can the differences (if any) be attributed to their monastic origin (Francis was a Jesuit and Leo Augustinian)?


message 2: by Manuel (last edited Apr 12, 2026 12:16AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Manuel Alfonseca | 2539 comments Mod
In Encyclical Letter, Dilexit Nos - He Loved Us: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis addressed the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The last chapter of this Encyclical deals with the social implications of this devotion.

Pope Francis envisioned Dilexi Te: Apostolic Exhortation on Love for the Poor as a continuation to that last chapter, putting emphasis more on the social consequences than on the devotion, which has been sufficiently dealt with in the Encyclical.

Given that Pope Francis was probably the author of both documents (with some reflections added by Pope Leo) the monastic origin of Pope Leo must be shown in those reflections, as mentioned in another thread in this discussion.


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