Papal Encyclical for devout non-Catholic

tassitus · #1 Jul 11, '12, 9:46 am

The only daughter of one of my best friends is getting married this fall. She and her beloved are devout and very active non-Catholic Christians. I've recently read Casti Connubii, the encyclical of Pope Pius XI, written in 1930. I think a nice copy of this would make a beautiful wedding gift, but am having trouble finding a presentable, gift-condition copy.

Anyone know of a publisher still printing these, hopefully in hardcover? I've had little luck with my usual book sites.

Reveling in the beautiful Pacific Northwest weather,

Terry

**Joe 5859** · #2 Jul 11, '12, 10:45 am

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Originally Posted by tassitus

The only daughter of one of my best friends is getting married this fall. She and her beloved are devout and very active non-Catholic Christians. I've recently read Casti Connubii, the encyclical of Pope Pius XI, written in 1930. I think a nice copy of this would make a beautiful wedding gift, but am having trouble finding a presentable, gift-condition copy.

Anyone know of a publisher still printing these, hopefully in hardcover? I've had little luck with my usual book sites.

Reveling in the beautiful Pacific Northwest weather,

Terry

Hmmm.... I would be surprised if someone was still printing nice-looking hard cover editions of this encyclical seeing as how it is more than 80 years old.

Ignatius Press has been doing this with Pope Benedict's encyclicals, but those are much newer.

I hope someone can come along and prove otherwise.

tassitus · #3 Jul 11, '12, 11:27 am

Okay, think I figured it out. The modern world frowns on the Latin, it seems. So I did a search on "Pius XI on Christian Marriage", and voila. Even found a few nice, presentable copies, though most slightly above my budget.

We'll see.

**Joe 5859** · #4 Jul 11, '12, 11:33 am

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Originally Posted by tassitus

Okay, think I figured it out. The modern world frowns on the Latin, it seems. So I did a search on "Pius XI on Christian Marriage", and voila. Even found a few nice, presentable copies, though most slightly above my budget.

We'll see.

LOL, I should have guessed that I'd have had more luck searching by the English title.

I'm glad you figured it out and were able to find something.