Testem benevolentiae

Testem benevolentiae
Latin for 'Witness to good will'
Apostolic letter of Pope Leo XIII
Signature date 22 January 1899 (1899-01-22)
SubjectAmericanism
Text
ASS31: 470-479

Testem benevolentiae is an apostolic letter written by Pope Leo XIII to Cardinal James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated January 22, 1899. In it, the pope addressed a heresy that he called Americanism and expressed his concern that the Catholic Church in the United States should guard against American values of liberalism and pluralism undermining the doctrine of the Church.

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