Cum primum | |
Type: | encyclical |
Pope: | Gregory XVI |
Language Of Title: | latin |
Translation Of Title: | As soon as |
Signature Date: | 9 July 1832 |
Subject: | Condemnation of the November Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland |
Web La: | https://www.vatican.va/content/gregorius-xvi/it/documents/enciclica-cum-primum-9-giugno-1832.html |
Web En: | https://www.papalencyclicals.net/Greg16/g16cumpr.htm |
Before: | Le armi valorose |
After: | Mirari vos |
Cum primum, subtitled On Civil Disobedience, is an encyclical issued by Pope Gregory XVI on June 9, 1832.[1] The encyclical is addressed to the episcopate of the Kingdom of Poland and is primarily a condemnation of the November Uprising: the Pontiff condemns the revolts, reminding Polish Catholics that legitimate authorities derive their power from God and cannot be disobeyed, unless they violate the law of God by their acts.[2]