LAMENTABILI SANE Syllabus Condemning The Errors Of The Modernists

by Pope Pius X

Excerpt: With truly lamentable results, our age, casting aside all restraint in its search for the ultimate causes of things, frequently pursues novelties so ardently that it rejects the legacy of the human race. Thus it falls into very serious errors, which are even more serious when they concern sacred authority, the interpretation of Sacred Scripture, and the principal mysteries of Faith. The fact that many Catholic writers also go beyond the limits determined by the Fathers and the Church herself is extremely regrettable. In the name of higher knowledge and historical research (they say), they are looking for that progress of dogmas which is, in reality, nothing but the corruption of dogmas.
These errors are being daily spread among the faithful. Lest they captivate the faithful's minds and corrupt the purity of their faith, His Holiness, Pius X, by Divine Providence, Pope, has decided that the chief errors should be noted and condemned by the Office of this Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition.
Therefore, after a very diligent investigation and consultation with the Reverend Consultors, the Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals, the General Inquisitors in matters of faith and morals have judged the following propositions to be condemned and proscribed. In fact, by this general decree, they are condemned and proscribed.
(65 Errors listed)

Genres: Catholic

10 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 3, 2016

About the author

Pope Saint Pius X (Ecclesiastical Latin: Pius PP. X), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. His most important reform was to publish the first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time. Frequent communion was a lasting innovation of his papacy.

Reviews

[OSCAR · Rating 2 out of 5]

Este opúsculo, a más de cien años de publicarse, es el recordatorio del fracaso del tradicionalismo católico. Prácticamente cada una de las ideas condenadas las sostiene el católico hodierno sin escrúpulos; el modernismo ha triunfado. Salvo la gente ruda y yo me atrevo a decir, los literalistas bíblicos, considero que los católicos de a pie no podrían leer este documento sin sonrojarse. Los evangélicos que leen la Biblia avant la lettre, salvo en los puntos de obediencia al Magisterio (tema espinoso por demás), serían más fieles a lo dicho por Pío X que el fiel común católico.

El documento queda únicamente como testimonio de una resistencia inútil ante la modernidad.