What's the difference between different types of Papal documents?

[Timidity]

What’s the difference, in a nutshell, between the followng types of documents?

• Apostolic Constitutions
• Apostolic Exhortations
• Apolstolic Letters
• Encyclicals

Thanks!

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Timidity:

What’s the difference, in a nutshell, between the followng types of documents?

• Apostolic Constitutions
• Apostolic Exhortations
• Apolstolic Letters
• Encyclicals

Thanks!

Apostolic Constitutions generally enact some norm or law.

Apostolic Exhortations are used to reinforce a Church teaching

Apolstolic Letters is a general term for any of these documents.

Encyclicals are the highest form of Papal a teaching document.