Oath Against Modernism

Catholic oath, 1910–1967

Sacrorum antistitum
Latin for 'Bishops'
Motu proprio of Pope Pius X

Signature date | 1 September 1910
Subject| Modernism
Text|

* In Latin

AAS| 2 (17): 655-680

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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. [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]

## See also

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* Ad tuendam fidem
* Humani generis
* Providentissimus Deus

## References

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1. ^ Pope Pius X (1910-09-01). "The Oath Against Modernism". Papal Encyclicals. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
2. ^ "Formula to adopt from now on in cases in which the Profession of Faith is prescribed by law in substitution of the Tridentine formula and the oath against modernism, 17 July 1967". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
3. ^ Laplanche, François; Mayeur, Jean-Marie (1996). Les sciences religieuses: le XIXe siècle, 1800-1914 (in French). Beauchesne. ISBN 978-2-7010-1341-1.
4. ^ "The Anti-Modernist Oath". District of the USA. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
5. ^ "On the Oath Against Modernism". Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen. 2016-09-22.
6. ^ "In merito all'elezione di Jorge M. Bergoglio". Sodalitium (in Italian). 2016-02-26. "Innanzitutto, i membri dell'Istituto intendono qui rinnovare pubblicamente la propria professione di fede cattolica del Concilio di Trento e Vaticano primo (DH 1862-1870) ed il giuramento antimodernista (DH 3537-3550)"

## External links

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* The original Latin text of Sacrorum antistitum
* Latin translation of Sacrorum antistitum in The American Catholic Quarterly Review (October 1910: vol. 35 (140), pp. 712–31)
* The oath against modernism in English, excerpted from Sacrorum antistitum

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