pope st. pius x and modernism
Sean Mac Eochaidh
Liberalism of 1789 that had been "blowing' in the wind" swirled into
the tornado of Modernism. Father Vincent Miceli identified this heresy
as such by describing Modernism's "trinity of parents." He wrote:
1. Its religious ancestor is the Protestant Reformation;
2. Its philosophical parent is the Enlightenment;
3. Its political pedigree comes from the French Revolution.
Pope St. Pius X, who ascended the papal chair in 1903, recognized
Modernism as a most deadly plague that must be arrested. He wrote that
the most important obligation of the Pope is to insure the purity and
integrity of Catholic doctrine, and he further stated that if he did
nothing, then he would have failed in his essential duty.
St. Pius X waged a war on Modernism, issued an Encyclical (Pascendi)
and a Syllabus (Lamentabili) against it, instituted the Anti-Modernist
Oath to be sworn by all priests and theology teachers, purged the
seminaries and universities of Modernists and excommunicated the
stubborn and unrepentant.
St. Pius X effectively halted the spread of Modernism in his day. It
is reported, however, that when he was congratulated for having
eradicated this grave error, St. Pius X immediately responded that
despite his best efforts, he had not succeeded in killing the beast,
but had only driven it underground.
He warned that if Church leaders were not vigilant, it would return in
the future more virulent than ever.
Alan Zanker
>A crisis peaked around the beginning of the 20th century when the
>Liberalism of 1789 that had been "blowing' in the wind" swirled into
>the tornado of Modernism.
etc etc
Would it be unkind to suggest we beware of trolls in billy-goats'
clothing?
Alan
Richard Emblem
j.ca...@ntlworld.com (Sean Mac Eochaidh) writes:
>A crisis peaked around the beginning of the 20th century when the
>Liberalism of 1789 that had been "blowing' in the wind" swirled into
>the tornado of Modernism
<snip>
And your point is?
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Richard Emblem
How good and pleasant it is
when God's people live in unity.
(Psalm 133:1)
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Steven Carr
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> Pope St. Pius X, who ascended the papal chair in 1903, recognized
> Modernism as a most deadly plague that must be arrested. He wrote that
> the most important obligation of the Pope is to insure the purity and
> integrity of Catholic doctrine, and he further stated that if he did
> nothing, then he would have failed in his essential duty.
> St. Pius X waged a war on Modernism, issued an Encyclical (Pascendi)
> and a Syllabus (Lamentabili) against it, instituted the Anti-Modernist
> Oath to be sworn by all priests and theology teachers, purged the
> seminaries and universities of Modernists and excommunicated the
> stubborn and unrepentant.
Sometimes it can be hard to tell the satire from the serious postings
on this newsgroup.
Happily Pius XII waged a similar war on Nazism, instituting a
Anti-Nazi Oath to be sworn by all priests, excommunicating
stubborn Nazis and purged seminaries and universities of Nazis.
(How many Universities does the Pope actually control?)
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janet
Steven Carr <stevenc...@hotmail.com> writes
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>(How many Universities does the Pope actually control?)
In theory, I would assume, a great many.
In reality, there are a fairly small number of universities which are
styled "pontifical". I was once told that there were 50 of these -
because doctoral students in them had to submit 50 (yes, 5 0 ) copies of
the thesis for distribution. (One would like to believe that this has
been changed to, "the thesis on disk". One would like to believe a lot
of things....). :}
http://www.vocations.org/library/seminaries_universities.htm seems to
list nine of them.... (Though that doesn't seem to include Institutes,
like the John Paul II Institute for the study of marriage and the
family, at the Lateran....).
More information than you wanted, I'm sure, but trivia is us. :>
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janet
Steven Carr
news:cCKiaDB8$Ew8...@allestree.demon.co.uk...
Thanks for the info. I had never heard of universities which could be
styled 'pontifical'. Interesting.
janet
Steven Carr <stevenc...@hotmail.com> writes
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>Thanks for the info. I had never heard of universities which could be
>styled 'pontifical'. Interesting.
For more information about what goes on, have a look at:
http://www.angelicum.org/gen/guide/guide3degree.html
To get a better feel for it, there are photos at:
http://www.op.org/angelicum/gallery.htm
Ah, the heady days of yuf...... :}
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janet