Monitum

A monitum is a warning issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to an errant cleric, who is in danger of receiving an additional penalty.

## Notable cases

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### Teilhard de Chardin

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The writings, not named but described as "gaining a good deal of success", including some published posthumously, of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin were the subject of a monitum by the Holy Office in June 1962, seven years after Teilhard's death.[1]

### The Danube Seven

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The Danube Seven – seven women on whom Rómulo Antonio Braschi, the founder of a schismatic community, attempted to confer priestly ordination on June 29, 2002 – were the target of a monitum dated 10 July 2002.[2] The women were: Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Adelinde Theresia Roitinger, Gisela Forster, Iris Müller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner, and Angela White (pseudonym of Dagmar Braun Celeste).[3][4]

### Hans Küng

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In 1975, the CDF issued a monitum against certain of Hans Küng's writings.[5]

### Form criticism

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In 1961, the Holy Office issued a monitum against the use of form criticism in Catholic scriptural interpretation.[6]

### Vernacular publications of the Bible

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In 1856, a monitum was published under Pope Pius IX which re-iterated the ban on publishing vernacular editions of the Bible which had not been approved by the Pope or the competent church authority.[7]

## See also

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* Catholicism portal

* Vetitum

## References

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1. ^ O'Connell, Gerard (21 November 2017). "Will Pope Francis remove the Vatican's 'warning' from Teilhard de Chardin's writings?". America. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
2. ^ Mroz, Kate (2019). "Is it Necessary to Break the Rules? A Comparative Look at Amina Wadud and the Roman Catholic Womenpriests Movement". In Shafiq, Muhammad; Donlin-Smith, Thomas (eds.). Making Gender in the Intersection of the Human and the Divine. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 271\. ISBN 978-1-5275-2794-2.
3. ^ Monitum regarding the attempted priestly ordination of some Catholic women
4. ^ Vries, Lloyd (17 October 2002). "Former Ohio First Lady Reveals A Secret". CBS News. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
5. ^ Cracking Down on the Big Ones[permanent dead link]
6. ^ The Bible: The Catholic Scholars
7. ^ Correspondence on the Hereford Discussion