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THE OATH AGAINST MODERNISM
Given by His Holiness St. Pius X
September 1, 1910.
To be sworn to by all clergy, pastors,
confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and
professors in philosophical-theological
seminaries.
I . . . . firmly embrace and accept each and
every definition that has been set forth and
declared by the unerring teaching authority of
the Church, especially those principal truths
which are directly opposed to the errors of this
day. And first of all, I profess that God, the
origin and end of all things, can be known with
certainty by the natural light of reason from the
created world (see Rom. 1:90), that is, from the
visible works of creation, as a cause from its
effects, and that, therefore, his existence can
also be demonstrated: Secondly, I accept and
acknowledge the external proofs of revelation,
that is, divine acts and especially miracles and
prophecies as the surest signs of the divine
origin of the Christian religion and I hold that
these same proofs are well adapted to the
understanding of all eras and all men, even of
this time. Thirdly, I believe with equally firm
faith that the Church, the guardian and teacher
of the revealed word, was personally instituted
by the real and historical Christ when he lived
among us, and that the Church was built upon
Peter, the prince of the apostolic hierarchy, and
his successors for the duration of time.
Fourthly, I sincerely hold that the doctrine of
faith was handed down to us from the apostles
through the orthodox Fathers in exactly the same
meaning and always in the same purport.
Therefore, I entirely reject the heretical'
misrepresentation that dogmas evolve and change
from one meaning to another different from the
one which the Church held previously. I also
condemn every error according to which, in place
of the divine deposit which has been given to the
spouse of Christ to be carefully guarded by her,
there is put a philosophical figment or product
of a human conscience that has gradually been
developed by human effort and will continue to
develop indefinitely. Fifthly, I hold with
certainty and sincerely confess that faith is not
a blind sentiment of religion welling up from the
depths of the subconscious under the impulse of
the heart and the motion of a will trained to
morality; but faith is a genuine assent of the
intellect to truth received by hearing from an
external source. By this assent, because of the
authority of the supremely truthful God, we
believe to be true that which has been revealed
and attested to by a personal God, our creator
and lord.
Furthermore, with due reverence, I submit and
adhere with my whole heart to the condemnations,
declarations, and all the prescripts contained in
the encyclical Pascendi and in the decree
Lamentabili, especially those concerning what is
known as the history of dogmas. I also reject the
error of those who say that the faith held by the
Church can contradict history, and that Catholic
dogmas, in the sense in which they are now
understood, are irreconcilable with a more
realistic view of the origins of the Christian
religion. I also condemn and reject the opinion
of those who say that a well-educated Christian
assumes a dual personality-that of a believer and
at the same time of a historian, as if it were
permissible for a historian to hold things that
contradict the faith of the believer, or to
establish premises which, provided there be no
direct denial of dogmas, would lead to the
conclusion that dogmas are either false or
doubtful. Likewise, I reject that method of
judging and interpreting Sacred Scripture which,
departing from the tradition of the Church, the
analogy of faith, and the norms of the Apostolic
See, embraces the misrepresentations of the
rationalists and with no prudence or restraint
adopts textual criticism as the one and supreme
norm. Furthermore, I reject the opinion of those
who hold that a professor lecturing or writing on
a historico-theological subject should first put
aside any preconceived opinion about the
supernatural origin of Catholic tradition or
about the divine promise of help to preserve all
revealed truth forever; and that they should then
interpret the writings of each of the Fathers
solely by scientific principles, excluding all
sacred authority, and with the same liberty of
judgment that is common in the investigation of
all ordinary historical documents.
Finally, I declare that I am completely opposed
to the error of the modernists who hold that
there is nothing divine in sacred tradition; or
what is far worse, say that there is, but in a
pantheistic sense, with the result that there
would remain nothing but this plain simple
fact-one to be put on a par with the ordinary
facts of history-the fact, namely, that a group
of men by their own labor, skill, and talent have
continued through subsequent ages a school begun
by Christ and his apostles. I firmly hold, then,
and shall hold to my dying breath the belief of
the Fathers in the charism of truth, which
certainly is, was, and always will be in the
succession of the episcopacy from the apostles.
The purpose of this is, then, not that dogma may
be tailored according to what seems better and
more suited to the culture of each age; rather,
that the absolute and immutable truth preached by
the apostles from the beginning may never be
believed to be different, may never be understood
in any other way.
I promise that I shall keep all these articles
faithfully, entirely, and sincerely, and guard
them inviolate, in no way deviating from them in
teaching or in any way in word or in writing.
Thus I promise, this I swear, so help me God. . .
Freemasonry must die, or liberty must die." -- Charles G. Finney
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page 96. Llewlellyn Publications
"For by thy sorceries were all nations decieved." Rev. 18:23
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"Join me in battle, little children,
against the black beast, Masonry..."
Mother Mary [source: Father Gobbi,
Evolution & Freemasonry]
"THEIR GOD IS THE DEVIL.
THEIR LAW IS UNTRUTH.
THEIR CULT IS TURPITUDE."
Pope Pius IX, speaking of
Freemasonry
"Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of
Moloch,
and the star of your god
Remphan,
figures which ye make to worship
them; and I will carry you away
beyond Babylon." Acts 7:43 KJV
Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing.." (II
Corinthians 6:18 KJV)
Joan of Arc on
the Bohemians
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