Impreclara Sumorum
In Preclara Summorum
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In Preclara Sumorum (often cited as In Preclara Summorum) is an encyclical issued by Pope Benedict XV in 1921 commemorating Dante Alighieri.
The document praises Dante's poetic genius and interprets his intellectual formation as deeply indebted to scholastic and Thomistic teaching.
It sought to rehabilitate Dante in the context of Catholic culture, affirming his compatibility with Christian wisdom and the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The encyclical contributed to early 20th-century papal efforts to promote Dante as a model of Catholic intellectual life.
It remains a key magisterial text for understanding the Church's official reception of Dante.
The document praises Dante's poetic genius and interprets his intellectual formation as deeply indebted to scholastic and Thomistic teaching.
It sought to rehabilitate Dante in the context of Catholic culture, affirming his compatibility with Christian wisdom and the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The encyclical contributed to early 20th-century papal efforts to promote Dante as a model of Catholic intellectual life.
It remains a key magisterial text for understanding the Church's official reception of Dante.
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