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Work #1201 · Late

Amoris Laetitia

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio)
2016 (March 19) · Italian
Apostolic exhortation · Catholic-Thomistic / Pastoral-marriage tradition

Pope Francis's 2016 apostolic exhortation on love in the family — synthesis of the 2014-15 Synods

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Attribute Amoris Laetitia (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Amoris Laetitia

The March 2016 Francis pontificate moment; the 2014-15 Synod period.

Space

Amoris Laetitia

The global Catholic-magisterial setting; the domestic-family space.

Matter

Amoris Laetitia

The embodied Catholic families whose pastoral situation the exhortation addresses.

Observer

Amoris Laetitia

Pope Francis as pastoral-magisterial subject.

Energy

Amoris Laetitia

The pastoral-familial energies the exhortation addresses.

Information

Amoris Laetitia

The pastoral-theological content on marriage and family.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Amoris Laetitia

Amoris Laetitia's chapter 8 has been a major source of intra-Catholic controversy — the 2016 dubia (formal questions submitted by four cardinals), the ongoing pastoral-theological debate about divorced-and-civilly-remarried Catholics and the sacraments.