Pastorale officium

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Pastorale officium is a 1537 papal bull issued by Pope Paul III that, together with Sublimis Deus, sought to protect the rights and freedom of Indigenous peoples in the newly colonized Americas.

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Pastorale officium canonical 1

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instanceOf papal bull ⓘ
pontifical document ⓘ
aimsTo protect the freedom of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
protect the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
appliesTo Indigenous peoples of the newly colonized Americas ⓘ
author Pope Paul III ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the magisterium of the Catholic Church ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Papal States ⓘ
followedBy Sublimis Deus ⓘ
follows earlier debates on Indigenous slavery in the Americas ⓘ
genre canon law document ⓘ
hasEffectOn Catholic teaching on Indigenous rights ⓘ
hasPart provisions on the freedom of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
issuedBy Holy See ⓘ
Pope Paul III ⓘ
issuedDuringPontificateOf Pope Paul III ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus ecclesiastical law ⓘ
mainSubject Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
colonialism in the Americas ⓘ
human rights in Christian theology ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
placeOfPublication Rome ⓘ
positionOnTopic affirmation that Indigenous peoples have natural freedom ⓘ
affirmation that Indigenous peoples have property rights ⓘ
condemnation of depriving Indigenous peoples of liberty or property ⓘ
condemnation of the enslavement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
publicationDate 1537 ⓘ
relatedTo New Laws of 1542 ⓘ
Sublimis Deus ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significance early papal defense of Indigenous rights in the Americas ⓘ
important document in the history of Catholic social teaching ⓘ

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Sublimis Deus → relatedTo → Pastorale officium ⓘ