Catholic oath, 1910–1967
Sacrorum antistitum Latin for 'Bishops'
Motu proprio of Pope Pius X Signature date 1 September 1910 Subject Modernism Text AAS 2 (17): 655-680 ← Illibatae custodiendae
Ob singularem →
The Oath Against Modernism was instituted by Pope Pius X in his motu proprio Sacrorum antistitum on September 1, 1910. The oath was required of "all clergy , pastors , confessors , preachers , religious superiors , and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries "[1] of the Catholic Church . It remained in force until the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , with the approval of Paul VI , replaced it with a revised Profession of Faith on July 17, 1967.[2]
The oath marked the culmination of Pius X's campaign against the theological movement of Modernism , which he extensively analyzed and denounced as heretical in his 1907 encyclicals Pascendi Dominici gregis and Lamentabili sane exitu . Thomas Pègues ,[who? ] O.P. , was also influential in the anti-modernist movement within the Church.[3]
The Oath Against Modernism is still pronounced by the Society of Saint Pius X ,[4] and sedeprivationist and sedevacantist groups such as the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen [5] and the Istituto Mater Boni Consilii .[6]
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