Pastorale officium explained

Pastorale officium
Type:pbr
Pope:Paul III
Language Of Title:latin
Translation Of Title:Pastoral office
Signature Date:29 May 1537
Subject:Prohibition of enslaving Indigenous people of the Americas

Pastorale officium is an apostolic brief issued by Pope Paul III, May 29, 1537, to Cardinal Juan Pardo de Tavera which declares that anyone who enslaved or despoiled indigenous Americans would be automatically excommunicated.[1] [2] [3]

The harsh threat of punishment (Latae sententiae) contained in Pastorale officium made the conquistadors complain to the Spanish king and Emperor. Charles V went on to argue that the letter was injurious to the Imperial right of colonization and harmful to the peace of the Indies. The urging of Charles V to revoke the briefs and bulls of 1537 exemplifies the tension of the concern for evangelisation as manifested in the teachings of 1537 and the pressure to honor the system of royal patronage.[4] The weakened position of the pope and the memory of the Sack of Rome (1527) a decade earlier by imperial troops made the ecclesiastical authorities hesitant in engaging in any possible confrontation with the Emperor.[5] Under mounting pressure Pope Paul III succumbed and removed the ecclesiastical censures in the letter titled Latin: Non Indecens Videtur.

The annulling of the ecclesiastical letter was not a denial of the doctrinal teaching of the spiritual equivalence of all human beings. The annulment gave rise to the subsequent papal encyclical Sublimis Deus promulgated by Pope Paul III on June 2, 1537.[6] [7] [8] [9] Thus the Pastorale officium has been seen as a companion document for the encyclical Sublimis Deus.[10]

Stogre notes that Sublimus Dei is not present in Denzinger compendium of theological-historical source texts.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Origins of Global Humanitarianism: Religion, Empires, and Advocacy. 978-1-107-47028-6. Stamatov. Peter. 2013-12-23. Cambridge University Press .
  2. Web site: To the Native Americans gathered in the Memorial Coliseum of Phoenix (September 14, 1987) | John Paul II. w2.vatican.va.
  3. Web site: Untitled Document. 2016-09-27. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063925/http://www.kingscollege.net/gbrodie/Timeline%201537%20-%20Pastorale%20Officium.html. dead.
  4. Book: The Encyclodedia of Christianity. 978-0-8028-2417-2. Fahlbusch. Erwin. Bromiley. Geoffrey William. Lochman. Jan Milic. Mbiti. John. Pelikan. Jaroslav. 2008-02-14. Wm. B. Eerdmans .
  5. http://www.fransamaltingvongeusau.com/documents/njno/GL.%2008.%20A%20Prophetic%20Challenge%20to%20the%20Church.pdf "A Prophetic Challenge to the Church"
  6. Book: That the World May Believe: The Development of Papal Social Thought on Aboriginal Rights. 9782890395497. Stogre. Michael. 1992. Médiaspaul.
  7. Sublimis Deus. Hans-Jürgen. Prien. March 21, 2011. Encyclopedia of Christianity Online. referenceworks.brillonline.com.
  8. Book: The Popes, the Catholic Church and the Transatlantic Enslavement of Black Africans 1418–1839. 978-3-487-42216-9. Adiele. Pius Onyemechi. 2017. Georg Olms Verlag AG .
  9. http://www.lascasas.org/Rivera_Pagan.htm#_ftn1 "A Prophetic Challenge to the Church:The Last Word of Bartolomé de las Casas"
  10. Book: The Origins of Global Humanitarianism: Religion, Empires, and Advocacy. 978-1-107-47028-6. Stamatov. Peter. 2013-12-23. Cambridge University Press .
  11. Book: Stogre . Michael . That the World May Believe: The Development of Papal Social Thought on Aboriginal Rights . 1992 . 9782890395497 . 115, fn. 133. Médiaspaul .

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