| Humani generis redemptionem Latin for 'Redemption of the human race' Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV | |
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| Signature date | 15 June 1917 |
| Subject | On preaching the Word of God |
| Number | 2 of 12 of the pontificate |
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Humani generis redemptionem is an encyclical by Pope Benedict XV given at St. Peter's, Rome, on 15 June, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the year 1917, in the third of his Pontificate. The encyclical points to an ever-increasing number of Christian preachers and an ever-decreasing effect of their preaching. He admonished bishops to be preachers first of all, and to be more careful in the selection of preachers and confessors, for whom Humani generis redemptionem prescribed basic preconditions.