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MYSTICI CORPORIS CHRISTI SOBRE EL CUERPO MÍSTICO DE CRISTO

MYSTICI CORPORIS CHRISTI
SOBRE EL CUERPO MÍSTICO DE CRISTO

Carta Encíclica del Papa Pío XII promulgada el 29 de junio de 1943


La Doctrina sobre el Cuerpo Místico de Cristo, que es la Iglesia[1], recibida primeramente de labios del mismo Redentor, por la que aparece en su propia luz el gran beneficio (nunca suficientemente alabado) de nuestra estrechísima unión con tan excelsa Cabeza, es, en verdad, de tal índole que, por su excelencia y dignidad, invita a su contemplación a todos y cada uno de los hombres movidos por el Espíritu divino, e ilustrando sus mentes los mueve en sumo grado a la ejecución de aquellas obras saludables que están en armonía con sus mandamientos. Hemos, pues, creído Nuestro deber hablaros de esta materia en la presente Carta encíclica, desenvolviendo y exponiendo principalmente aquellos puntos que atañen a la Iglesia militante. A hacerlo así Nos mueve no solamente la sublimidad de esta doctrina, sino también las presentes circunstancias en que la humanidad se encuentra.

Nos proponemos, en efecto, hablar de las riquezas encerradas en el seno de la Iglesia, que Cristo ganó con su propia sangre[2] y cuyos miembros se glorían de tener una Cabeza ceñida de corona de espinas. Lo cual ciertamente es claro testimonio de que todo lo más glorioso y eximio no nace sino de los dolores, y que, por lo tanto, hemos de alegrarnos cuando participamos de la pasión de Cristo, a fin de que nos gocemos también con júbilo cuando se descubra su gloria[3]. LEER...

Pope Pius XII - Mystici Corporis Christi - On the Mystical Body of Christ - 29 June 1943



Pope Pius XII - Mystici Corporis Christi - On the Mystical Body of Christ - 29 June 1943

Pope Pius XII To Our Venerable Brethren, Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries enjoying Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction.

1. The doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the Church, was first taught us by the Redeemer Himself. Illustrating as it does the great and inestimable privilege of our intimate union with so exalted a Head, this doctrine by its sublime dignity invites all those who are drawn by the Holy Spirit to study it, and gives them, in the truths of which it proposes to the mind, a strong incentive to the performance of such good works as are conformable to its teaching. For this reason, We deem it fitting to speak to you on this subject through this Encyclical Letter, developing and explaining above all, those points which concern the Church Militant. To this We are urged not only by the surpassing grandeur of the subject but also by the circumstances of the present time.

2. For We intend to speak of the Riches stored up in this Church which Christ purchased with His own Blood, and whose members glory in a thorn crowned Head. The fact that they thus glory is a striking proof that the greatest joy and exaltation are born only of suffering, and hence that we should rejoice if we partake of the sufferings of Christ, that when His glory shall be revealed we may also be glad with exceeding joy.

3. From the outset it should be noted that the society established by the Redeemer of the human race resembles its divine Founder who was persecuted, calumniated and tortured by those very men whom He had undertaken to save. READ...

Our Divine Redeemer also governs His Mystical Body in a visible and normal way through His Vicar on earth.

Mystici Corporis Christi (29 de Junho de 1943)
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Our Divine Redeemer also governs His Mystical Body in a visible and normal way through His Vicar on earth. You know, Venerable Brethren, that after He had ruled the “little flock” Himself during His mortal pilgrimage, Christ our Lord, when about to leave this world and return to the Father, entrusted to the Chief of the Apostles the visible government of the entire community He had founded. Since He was all wise He could not leave the body of the Church He had founded as a human society without a visible head. Nor against this may one argue that the primacy of jurisdiction established in the Church gives such a Mystical Body two heads. For Peter in virtue of his primacy is only Christ’s Vicar; so that there is only one chief Head of this Body, namely Christ, who never ceases Himself to guide the Church invisible, though at the same time He rules it visibly, through him who is His representative on earth. (MYSTICI CORPORIS CHRISTI, Pius XII)