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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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通谕（英語：encyclical）一开始指的是古代罗马公教中，一封送往某一区域中所有教堂的单张信。 在那时候，“通谕”一词也可以指主教发出的任何一封信。这个词曾被天主教、聖公宗和正教會使用过。
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