| Sacrorum antistitum Latin for 'Bishop' Motu proprio ofPopePius X | |
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| Signature date | 1 September 1910 |
| Subject | Modernism |
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| AAS | 2 (17): 655-680 |
← Illibatae custodiendae Ob singularem → | |
TheOath Against Modernism was a formal oath instituted byPope Pius X in hismotu proprioSacrorum antistitum on September 1, 1910. The oath was required of "allclergy,pastors,confessors,preachers,religious superiors, andprofessors in philosophical-theologicalseminaries"[1] of theCatholic Church. It remained in force until theCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the approval ofPaul VI, replaced it (along with theTridentine Profession of Faith [de]) with a revisedprofession of faith in 1967.[2]
The oath marked the culmination of Pius X's campaign against the theological movement ofModernism, which he analyzed and denounced asheretical in his 1907encyclicalsPascendi Dominici gregis andLamentabili sane exitu.[3][page needed]
The Oath Against Modernism is still pronounced by theSociety of Saint Pius X,[4] andsedeprivationist andsedevacantist groups such as theCongregation of Mary Immaculate Queen[5] and theIstituto Mater Boni Consilii.[6]
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)
