--- title: "Lumen Fidei — Francis" description: "Lumen Fidei — Encyclical by Pope Francis (2013). A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR  - BE  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - JA  - LA  - PL  - PT  - RU  - …" canonical: "https://publica.now/creators/francis/works/lumen-fidei" --- Literary # Lumen Fidei [ ![Francis](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/creators/01ksht0gvbrdny294j439cfnpp/avatars/avatar.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260908%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260908T162412Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=4ef22a88fdcb39fe5d9a208b81e81f144fac553605d4b484ffa5cb1832d2cdfa) Francis ](https://publica.now/creators/francis) Follow Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born 1936) served as head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025. The first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, he focused on mercy, social justice, and... Free [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Ffrancis%2Fworks%2Flumen-fidei) Share Link copied Format epub Published Jun 29, 2013 Rating No reviews yet ![Lumen Fidei](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01ksht0gxw7zyhc4ge2mzbwtk4/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260908%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260908T162413Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=9e7e8e34b922b6c544828ecbf274c88f8544e7117b9f9dac212912e34810b14b) ## About this work Lumen Fidei — Encyclical by Pope Francis (2013). A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - JA - LA - PL - PT - RU - SL - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW DOWNLOAD PDF ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS… Sample ## Take a look inside A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - JA - LA - PL - PT - RU - SL - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW DOWNLOAD PDF ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFULON FAITH 1. The light of Faith: this is how the Church’s tradition speaks of the great gift brought by Jesus. In John’s Gospel, Christ says of himself: "I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness" (Jn 12:46). Saint Paul uses the same image: "God who said ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts" (2 Cor 4:6). The pagan world, which hungered for light, had seen the growth of the cult of the sun god, Sol Invictus, invoked each day at sunrise. Yet though the sun was born anew each morning, it was clearly incapable of casting its light on all of human existence. The sun does not illumine all reality; its rays cannot penetrate to the shadow of death, the place where men’s eyes are closed to its light. "No one — Saint Justin Martyr writes — has ever been ready to die for his faith in the sun".\[1\] Conscious of the immense horizon which their faith opened before them, Christians invoked Jesus as the true sun "whose rays bestow life".\[2\] To Martha, weeping for the death of her brother Lazarus, Jesus said: "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" (Jn 11:40). Those who believe, see; they see with a light that illumines their entire journey, for it comes from the risen Christ, the morning star which never… [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Ffrancis%2Fworks%2Flumen-fidei) The sample continues in the full work. 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