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In extremis (1961.04.06) – A Manifesto of Academic Humanism in Manila
The letter “In extremis” of John XXIII congratulates the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila on its 350th anniversary, extols its historical merits for Church and nation, praises its role in the Christian formation of the Philippines, recalls earlier papal commendations, and confers an “Apostolic Blessing” on its authorities, professors, students, and civil powers, presenting the university as a bulwark of Christian culture and harmonious cooperation between Church, academy, and modern state. Its entire tone and structure, however, reveal the programmatic shift from the supernatural and confessional order to an academicist, nationalist, and humanistic paradigm that dissolves the integral Catholic mission into the preparatory rhetoric of the conciliar revolution.
Tuus quinquagesimus (1961.05.30)
The letter is a congratulatory message of John XXIII to Joseph Beran on the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood: it recalls Beran’s academic and pastoral work in Prague, laments his forced isolation under the communist regime, lists injustices suffered by the Church in Czechoslovakia (closure of religious houses, persecution of clergy, propaganda of atheism), offers Gospel consolations about persecution, invokes Czech saints, and concludes with blessings and pious wishes.
Quinque implenti (1961.06.12)
The text signed by John XXIII on 12 June 1961 is a short congratulatory letter addressed to Anselmo Albareda, O.S.B., on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his appointment as Prefect of the Vatican Library. It praises his diligence, his continuity with predecessors, the expansion and adornment of the Library, the promotion of critical editions, and the “cultivation of Christian humanism” radiating from this academic center. The author reminisces about his own historical studies there and ends with a spiritual commonplace, urging Albareda to make his heart a library of Christ through meditation and reading, promising an “Apostolic Blessing” for him and his collaborators.
Hoc mense quinque (1961.06.15)
Venerable Eugenio Tisserant is congratulated by John XXIII for the fiftieth anniversary of his elevation to the cardinalate, praised for his erudition, his work in the Apostolic Library, his services regarding the Eastern Churches, and for the prestigious recognition of membership in the Académie française; the letter concludes with benevolent wishes for further virtues and an “apostolic blessing.” This apparently innocuous panegyric is in fact a concentrated manifestation of the anthropocentric, naturalistic and proto-ecumenical mentality that paved the way for the conciliar revolution and the systematic erosion of the Catholic notion of authority, sanctity, and the reign of Christ the King.
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