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Mystici corporis Christi
encyclical by Pius XII
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discussed in biography
- In Pius XII: World War II and the Holocaust
…for biblical studies, while his Mystici corporis Christi (“Mystical Body of Christ”; 1943) sought to promote a more positive relationship between the church and nonbelievers.
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Mystical Body of Christ
- In Roman Catholicism: The nature of the church
Pius XII, in the encyclical Mystici corporis Christi (1943; “Mystical Body of Christ”), identified the mystical body with the Roman Catholic Church. Most Roman Catholic theologians now take a less rigorous view, trying to find some way of affirming membership in the body for those who are not members of…
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