AD 1878–1903
Leo XIII
He created modern Catholic social teaching and reconciled the Church with historical scholarship.
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- Years served
- AD 1878–1903
- Biography
- Leo XIII opened the Vatican Archives to scholars, revived the study of Aquinas, and published Rerum Novarum on labour and capital.
- Historical context
- Industrial society, mass migration and the rise of socialist movements.
- Major events
- Aeterni Patris (1879) on Christian philosophy
- Rerum Novarum (1891)
- Providentissimus Deus (1893) on biblical study
- Historical significance
- He created modern Catholic social teaching and reconciled the Church with historical scholarship.
Sources and References
- Rerum Novarum (1891)vatican.va