This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. The Syllabus of Condemned Propositions 1. There is no supreme, omniscient, all foreseeing Deity distinct from the universe. God is the same thing as Nature and therefore subject to change. That God acts upon man and the world is to be denied.
Human reason is the sole judge of truth and falseness, good and evil.
It is a law unto itself and suffices, by its natural resources, to promote the welfare of nations. All truths of religion have their origin in the natural use of human reason. Hence reason is the chief means by which we can and ought to arquire a knowledge of all truth. Divine revelation is imperfect and therefore subject to continual and indefinite progress, and this corresponds to the advance of human reason. The faith of Christ is opposed to human reason, and divine revelation is not merely useless but injurious to man's interests.