Apostolica Sollicitudo, Pope Paul VI's 1965 motu proprio establishing the Synod of Bishops, is the Vatican's own founding instrument for that institution. Its strength is that it is the primary papal document itself, stating the Synod's purpose and structure in the pope's own authority. Its limit is that it states what the Synod was established to do, not an independent account of how it has actually functioned since, which needs a separate historical source.
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Reliability tier 1: the Vatican's own founding instrument for the institution, the primary papal document itself, not an independent account of how it has actually functioned since. NotesPope Paul VI's own motu proprio Apostolica Sollicitudo establishing the Synod of Bishops (1965); the papal instrument itself, not independent theological analysis.
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AuthorPaul VI
PublisherHoly See
Publication Year1965
Source TypePrimary document
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