Paul VI

1971
Evangelica Testificatio

On the Renewal of the Relgious Life according to the Teaching of the Second Vatican Council

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1978

Religious and
Human Promotion

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1978

Directives for the Mutual Relations between Bishops and Religious in the Church

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1980

The Contemplative Dimension of Relgious Life

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1983

Essential Elements in the Church’s Teaching on Religious Life

John Paul II

1984
Redemptionis Donum

Apostolic Exhortation to Men and Women Religious on the Their Consecration in the Light of hte Mystery of Redemption

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1990

Directives on Formation in Religious Institutes

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1994
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor

Fraternal Life in Community

John Paul II

1996
Vita consecrata

Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Consecrated Life and Its Mission in the Church and in the World

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1998

Inter-Institute Collaboration for Formation

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

1999
Verbi sponsa

Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

2002

Starting Afresh from Christ: A Renewed Commitemnt to Consecrated Life in the Third Millennium

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

2008

The Service of Authority and Obedience

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

2015

Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church

Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life
and Societies
of Apostolic Life

2018
Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago

Instruction on the Order of Virgins