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Also known as Papal encyclical, encyclical letter
An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally from the Latin , a Latinization of Greek (), meaning "circular", "in a circle", or "all-round", also part of the origin of the word encyclopedia).
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Article · 日本語
回勅（かいちょく ラテン語：Encyclicae （単数形）Encyclica）とは、カトリック教会の公文書のひとつ。ローマ教皇から全世界のカトリック教会の司教へあてられるかたちで書かれる文書で、道徳や教えの問題についての教皇の立場を示すものであるが、教義を決定するものではない。
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