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Date Posted: 04:48:32 04/18/02 Thu A crisis peaked around the beginning of the 20th century when the Liberalism of 1789 that had been "blowing' in the wind" swirled into the tornado of Modernism. Father Vincent Miceli identified this heresy as such by describing Modernism's "trinity of parents." He wrote: 1. Its religious ancestor is the Protestant Reformation; 2. Its philosophical parent is the Enlightenment; 3. Its political pedigree comes from the French Revolution. Pope St. Pius X, who ascended the papal chair in 1903, recognized Modernism as a most deadly plague that must be arrested. He wrote that the most important obligation of the Pope is to insure the purity and integrity of Catholic doctrine, and he further stated that if he did nothing, then he would have failed in his essential duty. St. Pius X waged a war on Modernism, issued an Encyclical (Pascendi) and a Syllabus (Lamentabili) against it, instituted the Anti-Modernist Oath to be sworn by all priests and theology teachers, purged the seminaries and universities of Modernists and excommunicated the stubborn and unrepentant. St. Pius X effectively halted the spread of Modernism in his day. It is reported, however, that when he was congratulated for having eradicated this grave error, St. Pius X immediately responded that despite his best efforts, he had not succeeded in killing the beast, but had only driven it underground. He warned that if Church leaders were not vigilant, it would return in the future more virulent than ever. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.caughey [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |