Encyclicals? Bulls?

[Matariel]

I was wondering:

1. Are Papal Bulls just the old names for Encyclicals?
2. If not, then what is the difference?
3. Are Papal Bulls magisterial documents? Ex Cathedra?
4. I don’t seem to hear about any modern Bulls. Were they dispensed with? And why?

Thanks for all your help in advance.

 

[thistle]

I was wondering:

1. Are Papal Bulls just the old names for Encyclicals?
2. If not, then what is the difference?
3. Are Papal Bulls magisterial documents? Ex Cathedra?
4. I don’t seem to hear about any modern Bulls. Were they dispensed with? And why?

Thanks for all your help in advance.

papalencyclicals.net/