Apostolicum Pascendi Minis

Apostolicum Pascendi is the title of a Papal Bull from 1765 with Pope Clement XIII. , Confirmed the order of the Jesuits, despite considerable political resistance.

Defense of the Jesuit Order

After the Jesuits, especially in France, 1764 under political pressure and within the church by Louis XV. came to Pope Clement XIII saw. causes intervene. This bull, the Pope turned against the attacks on the Society of Jesus and condemned the slander charges. On this occasion, he praised the work of the Jesuits and raised their activities especially in the dioceses forth. To protect the Jesuits from further attacks, he reaffirmed the Order, as it was originally founded. He advocated their working method and underlined its solidarity with the members of the Order.

Comments

In some sources, this bull is also called the Apostles' Creed Pascendi mini or Apostolicum Pascendi munus, just different data are given for publication, they fluctuated between January 7, January 9, 12 January and 7 April 1765th The substantive representation is identical for all variants.