# The Syllabus for the People

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THE
Syllabus for the People.
A REVIEW OF THE PROPOSITIONS
CONDEMNED BY
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS IX.,
WITH TEXT OF THE CONDEMNED LIST.
BY A MONK OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S, RAMSGATE. Author of "The Vatican Decrees and Catholic Allegiance."
New York: THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 9 Warren Street.
1875.
PREFACE.
The Syllabus of Pius IX. has been the subject of so many misconceptions, that a plain and simple setting forth of its meaning cannot be useless. This is what I have tried to do in the following pages. A vindication or defence of the Syllabus was, of course, out of the question in so small a compass; but I think more than half the work of defence is done by a simple explanation. During the ten years just completed since its promulgation, much has occurred to shew the wisdom that dictated it. The translation I have given is the one authorized by His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin.
Ramsgate, Dec. 8th, 1874.
CONTENTS.
* PAGE
* I.—Introduction,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* II.—Syllabus,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* III.—What is defined when the Holy See condemns Errors of Doctrine?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
* IV.—Papal Infallibility and the Syllabus,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29
* V.—Review of the condemned Propositions:—................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
* §1. Errors on Pantheism, Naturalism and absolute Rationalism,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* §2. Moderate Rationalism,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* §3. Indifferentism—Latitudinarianism,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* §4. Secret Societies and Communism,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* §5. & 6. Errors concerning Church and State,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* §7. Errors concerning Natural and Christian Ethics,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* §8. Errors concerning Christian Marriage,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* §9. Errors regarding the Civil Power of the Pope,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* §10. Errors having reference to Modern Liberalism,................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50