Consueverunt Romani Pontifices

Consueverunt Romani Pontifices
Coat of arms of Pope Pius V.

Consueverunt Romani Pontifices is a papal bull by Pope Pius V issued on September 17th, 1569 on the rosary.[1] This papal bull officially established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church.[2][3]

The papal bull refers to the Dominican roots of the Rosary and fact that as a young friar, Pope Pius V had been a member of the Dominican Order:

And so Dominic looked to that simple way of praying and beseeching God, accessible to all and wholly pious, which is called the Rosary, or Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which the same most Blessed Virgin is venerated by the angelic greeting repeated one hundred and fifty times, that is, according to the number of the Davidic Psalter, and by the Lord's Prayer with each decade. Interposed with these prayers are certain meditations showing forth the entire life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, thus completing the method of prayer devised by the by the Fathers of the Holy Roman Church.[4]

In this papal bull Pius V also confirmed the indults and indulgences which his predecessors had granted to those who pray the Rosary.

This 1569 document is distinct from an Apostolic Letter with the same title issued in November 2000.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ University of Dayton [1]
  2. ^ The Seeker's Guide to Mary by María Ruiz Scaperlanda 2002 ISBN 0829414894 page 151
  3. ^ Mark Miravalle, 1993, Introduction to Mary, Queenship Publishing ISBN 978-1-882972-06-7, page 134
  4. ^ EWTN Consueverunt Romani Pontifices summary in English [2]
  5. ^ Vatican website: Consueverunt Romani Pontifices November 2000
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