Encyclical Letter of his holiness Pope John XXIII Peace on Earth [antikvár]

ENCYCLICAL LETTER ON ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL PEACE IN TRUTH, JUSTICE, CHARITY AND LIBERTY To Our Venerable Brothers The Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops And Other Local Ordinaries In Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See To the Clergy and Faithful of the Whole World And to All Men of Good Will POPE JOHN XXIII Venerable Brothers and Beloved Children, Health and Apostolic Benediction INTRODUCTION Order in the Universe feace on earth, which all men of every era have most eagerly yearned for, can be firmly established only if the order laid down by God be dutifully observed. 2. The progress of learning and the inventions of technology clearly show that, both in living things and in the forces of nature, an astonishing order reigns, and they also bear witness to the greatness of man, who can understand that order and create suitable instruments to harness those forces of nature and use them to his benefit. 3. But the progress of science and the inventions of technology show above all the infinite greatness of God, Who created the universe