Sacrorum antistitum

[anglicanmale]

SACRORUM ANTISTITUM
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.

Ego N. N. Firmiter amplector ac recipio omnia et singula, quae ab
inerranti Ecclesia magisterio definita, adserta ac declarata sunt,
praesertim ea doctrinae capita, quae huius temporis erroribus directo
adversantur.

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.

Ac primum quidem: Deum, rerum omnium principium et finem, naturali
rationis lumine “per ea quae facta sunt” hoc est, per visibilia
creationis opera, tamquam causam per effectus, certo cognosci, adeoque
demonstrari etiam posse, profiteor.

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.

 

[pnewton]

What has this to do with Liturgy or the Sacraments?

 

[Genesis315]

Iadmit, I never really understood the point of an oath that requires things Catholics are already bound to do–it’s like taking an oath to follow the 10 Commandments. Plus, the Modernists who did not respect the faith in the first place were surely not going to respect the oath. I guess it’s a reminder for young, impressionable clergy? Or maybe it’s similar to renewing Baptismal vows?

 

[Tomster]

SACRORUM ANTISTITUM
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.

Ego N. N. Firmiter amplector ac recipio omnia et singula, quae ab
inerranti Ecclesia magisterio definita, adserta ac declarata sunt,
praesertim ea doctrinae capita, quae huius temporis erroribus directo
adversantur.

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.

Ac primum quidem: Deum, rerum omnium principium et finem, naturali
rationis lumine “per ea quae facta sunt” hoc est, per visibilia
creationis opera, tamquam causam per effectus, certo cognosci, adeoque
demonstrari etiam posse, profiteor.

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.

Certain restless spirits within the Church, anxious to reconcile Catholic doctrine with the so-called exigencies of “Modern Thought,” formed the school known as Modernism. Rejecting with Kant all rational demonstration of religious tenets, and borrowing from his disciple Schleiermacher “the religious sense” as a criterion of truth, the Modernists found the source and the explanation of all religion in a subconscious “need of the divine.” Thus the revelation which Traditionalists (rightly) sought from God the Modernists (wrongly) thought to find within the nature of man himself. From this the way lies open to pantheism, to the rejection of all dogmas, and indeed of all objective religious truth. It would be beyond the scope of my reply to enumerate the manifold errors which Modernism involves. Suffice it to say that it was rightly stigmatised by Pope St. Pius X as “a compendium of all heresies.”

 

[wisdomseeker]

This is the time to pray for discernment. that is for sure. Lord that i may see.
we have so many deceitfull leaders in the Church today.

just the other day i almost got stoned by a group of women who invited me to a prayer group. these Catholic women begin to make remarks about how bad the CC is in relation to other faiths. then, they said that father has encouraged them to participate of other faiths services. when i tried to defend the Traditions of the Faith, this one lady told me that i was not allowed to be negative and the Church has to modernize. and that i was stucked on pre VII. it is so sad that people are being tought anti Catholic theology.