Pope Benedict XIV
Documents 48
19 bulls · 12 constitutions · 7 briefs · 6 encyclicals · 2 instructions · 1 motu proprio · 1 letter
- 17 October 1740 Constitution Ad apostolicae — Re-establishing the Congregation for the Election of Bishops
- 23 November 1740 Bull Decet Romanum Pontificem — Erection of the Particular Congregation on the State of Churches
- 5 April 1741 Constitution Saepe Romanorum — Ending the jurisdiction of the Commendatore of Santo Spirito over distant hospices
- 1 June 1741 Constitution Sacramentum Poenitentiae — On the crime of solicitation in confession
- 29 August 1741 Constitution In sublimi — On simoniacal conferral of benefices
- 1 September 1741 Bull Singularis — Confirming the Maronite Synod of 1736
- 3 November 1741 Constitution Dei miseratione — On the nullity of marriage and the office of the defender of the bond
- 17 November 1741 Encyclical Satis vobis — On Secret Marriages (Marriages of Conscience)
- 3 January 1742 Bull Regularis disciplinae — On the reform of regular discipline for the Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona
- 13 April 1742 Bull Ad militantis — On appeals and inhibitions to be granted or denied
- 1 June 1742 Constitution Etsi pastoralis — On the Greek rite in southern Italy and Sicily
- 11 July 1742 Bull Ex quo singulari — Condemning Chinese rites and prescribing the missionary oath
- 3 December 1742 Brief Et si dubitare — Urging the Basilian monks of Poland to unite with the Lithuanian Congregation
- 14 December 1742 Bull Cum illud — On the selection of parish priests and the conduct of competitions
- 15 February 1743 Bull Ad supremum — On the union of the metropolitan see of Amasea with Pavia
- 24 December 1743 Constitution Demandatam — On the Greek Rite of the Melkite Catholics of the Patriarchate of Antioch
- 24 December 1743 Bull Demandatum — On the right of Regular Canons to obtain secular parish churches without apostolic indult
- 13 April 1744 Bull Pastor bonus — On the reform of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 11 May 1744 Brief Inter plures — Approving the resolutions of the Basilian General Chapter and establishing governance
- 19 August 1744 Encyclical Pastorali — On the application of Masses and the obligation of choral prayer
- 29 August 1744 Bull Inter conspicuos — On the College of Consistorial Advocates
- 12 September 1744 Bull Omnium sollicitudinum — On the Malabar Rites
- 11 April 1745 Constitution Inter sollicitas — On the reduction of prohibited servile works on feast days
- 4 May 1745 Instruction Eo quamvis tempore — On doubts concerning the rites of the Coptic nation (confirmation, ordination of infants, clerical continence)
- 1 November 1745 Encyclical Vix pervenit — On usury and other unjust profits
- 2 June 1746 Bull Suprema omnium ecclesiarum sollicitudo — Condemning abuses in the administration of the sacrament of penance in Portugal
- 25 June 1746 Bull Ecclesiastica — On the resignation of benefices and pensions
- 3 September 1746 Encyclical Ad universae — On the residence of bishops
- 6 December 1746 Bull Candor lucis aeternae — Erection of the bishopric of Mariana (Ribeirão do Carmo), Brazil
- 13 December 1747 Motu proprio Quamvis — On the office of the scribes of the Apostolic Penitentiary
- 4 March 1748 Constitution Si datam — On Cases of Nullity of Religious Profession
- 27 September 1748 Bull Gloriosae Dominae — Praising Marian Congregations and granting indulgences and privileges
- 23 December 1748 Brief In sacrosancta — Erecting the Diocese of Pinerolo
- 9 February 1749 Brief Singulari Nobis — On the validity of marriage between a baptized non-Catholic and a converted infidel
- 13 August 1749 Brief Impensa — On the regulation of ricettizie churches
- 19 June 1750 Instruction Anno vertente — On the Rite of the Copts
- 18 March 1751 Constitution Providas Romanorum — Renewing the condemnation of Freemasonry
- 8 September 1751 Brief Quo tibi — Extending aggregation faculty to female Marian Congregations in Jesuit churches
- 15 November 1751 Bull Quanta curarum — Establishing a particular congregation for the economic affairs and Fabric of St. Peter's Basilica
- 25 March 1752 Letter Quam ardenti studio — Promulgating the new edition of the Roman Pontifical, Ritual, and Ceremonial of Bishops
- 5 October 1752 Bull In apostolicae dignitatis apice — Elevating the Abbey of Fulda to a bishopric
- 26 January 1753 Brief Ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in apostolic vicariates
- 9 July 1753 Constitution Sollicita ac provida — On the reform of the Congregation of the Index and the censorship of books
- 17 March 1754 Constitution Inter curat — Establishing the Academy of the Nude (Life Drawing) on the Capitol
- 26 July 1755 Bull Allatae sunt — On the preservation of Eastern rites and calendar in the missions
- 8 August 1755 Bull Quam ex sublimi — On the appointment of vicars general in the Eastern Indies
- 1 March 1756 Encyclical Ex quo primum — On the corrected edition of the Greek Euchologion
- 16 October 1756 Encyclical Ex omnibus — To the Bishops of France on Refusing the Sacraments to Opponents of Unigenitus