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7,HE P.tP.4L SYLL.IBUS.

10 occupy So ItttcH oi tHc l'tctlul vi TIC cUlu-
ing Council that We print Il;
TMK SYLLABUS or THE PRINCIPAL EKIoIS OF
OUR TINE, WHICH ARE STIt;MATlIED IN THE
CONSIST0RiAi ALLEGATIONS, ENCYCI.lCAI, AND
OTHER APOSTOLIC LETTERS or POPE PIus IN
/. PdntheiSm. Naturdiism, and Absolute Re-
tiOnd'iSa.
l. There exists no Divine Power, Supreme
Being, Wisdom and Providence distinct from
the universe. and God is none other than na-
turc, and therefore inlmnlahlc. In effect
God Is produced in man and in the world, and
all things are God. and have the Very slth-
stance OF God God is therefore one and the
sumo thing with the world, and thence spirit
is the same thing with matter. necessity with
liberty, true with false. good with evil, justice
with injustice.
2. All action OF God upon man and the world
is to be denied.
2. Human reason. without any regard to
God, is the sole arbiter of truth and fasrho0d,
Of good and evil; II is its own law TO itself, and
suillccs by its natural force to secure the wei
fare of men antl OF nations.
4. All the truths OF religion are derived from
the native strength of human reason; whence
reason is the master rule by which man can
and ought to arrive ut the knowledge of all
truths Of every kind.
6. Divine revelation is imperfect, and there
fore subject to continual and indefinite pro-
grcss, which corresponds with the progrcss of
human reason.
@. Christian faith is in opposition to human
reason, and divine revelation not only does
not benefit, but even Injuries the perfection OF
man.
7. The prophecies and miracles uttered and
narrated In the Sacred Scriptures are the iic-
tions OF poets, and the mysteries of Christian
faith the result of philosophical investigations.
In the books of the two Testamcnts there are
contained mythical Inventions, and Jesus
Christ is Himself II mythical fiction.
II. Moderate RationaliSm.
5. AS human reason Is placed on o level
with religion, so theological matters must be
treated In the same manner rs philosophical
encs.
8. All the dogmas of the Christian religion
are, without exception, the object of natural
science or philosophy, and human reason, In
natural strength and principles, to arrive at
the true knowledge of even the most abstrusc
dogmas; 1ropided, such dogmas be proposed
as subject matter for human reason.
10. As the philosopher Is one thing, and phi-
losophy another, so it is the right and duty of
the philosopher TO submit himself to the a,l-
thorlty which he shall have recognized us
true; but philosophy neither can nor ought TO
submit to any authority.
ii. The Church not only ought never to AMI
madvcrt upon philosophy, but ought TO tolG-
rate the errors Of philosophy, leaving to phil
losophy the care of their correction.
II. The DEGREES OF the Apostolic See and
OF the Roman Congregation fIttcr the free
progress OF science.
l3. The method and principles by which the
old scholastic doctors cultivated thcolory. are
no longer suitable to the demands of the age
and the progress OF science.
IA. Philosophy must be treated OF without
any account being taken Of supernatural rcvc-
N. B.-To the rationalistic system belongs,
In great part, the errors Of Anthony Guuther
condemned in the letter to the Cardinal Arch
bishop OF Cologne.
III. IndiDercntiSnl, Ldtittidindrianlsn.
l6. Every man Is free to embrace and pro-
fess the religion lie shall believe true, guided
by the light OF reason
16. Men may In any religion find the way
Of eternal salvation, and obtain eternal saliva
hon.
II. We may entertain at least wcll-found-
ed hope for the eternal salvation Of all those
who are in no manner In the true Church OF
Christ.
ls. Professionalism is nothing more than an
ether form OF tile same true Christian Re-
hgion, in which 1t Is possible to be equally
pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church.
IY. Socialism COnnnu,iSn, Secret Societies, BIB
heat Societies, Cterieo-Li6erat Societies
Pests OF this description are frequently re-
buked.
v. Errors Concerning The Church and her
Rights.
10. The Church is not Il true and ncrfecl.
and entirely free society, nor docs she enjoy
peculiar and perpetual rights conferred upon
: her by her Divine Founder. but it nppcr;ins
10 the civil power 10 define what are the rights
Of the Church and the limits within which SHE
may exercise the same.
20. The ecclesiastical power must not cXer-
cise It's authority without the permission and
assent of the civil Government.
2l. The Church las not the power of de-
hning dOgmatically that the religion of the
Catholic Church Is the only true religion
22. Tho obligations which bind Catholic
teachers and authors apply only to those things
which are proposed ior universal BELIEF us
d0grnas Of the faith by the infalliblc Judgment
OF the Church.
%. The Roman Pontifis and Gcumenical
Councils have exceeded the limits of their
power, have usurpcd the rights Of Princes,
and have even committed errors in defining
matters OF faith and morals.
"a. The Church has not the power OF avail
Ing hcr3clf of force, or any direct or indirect
temporal power.
rs. In addition 10 the authority Inherent in
the Episcopate, further and temporal power
ID granted TO 1t by the civil authority, either
expressly or tacitly, which Is on that account
also fevocablc by the civil authority whenever
Il plpases.
rs. The Church has not the innate and lcglti-
mate right OF acquisition and possession.
n. Tho ministers of the Church and the Ro-
man POntiff ought to be absolutely excluded
from all charge and dominion over temporal
affairs.
2s. Bishops have not even the right of pro-
mitigating the Apostocal letters without the
permission Of the Government.
70. DispensatiOns granted by tho Roman
Pontin must be considered null, unless they
have been asked for through the civil g0yerli-
30. The Immunity OF the Church and of &C
cleslaslical persons derives Its origin from
civil law.
81. Ecclesiastical Courts for the temporal
causes OF the clergy ought by all means 10 be
abolished, even without tho concurrence and
against the protest of the Holy Zee.
3d. The personal immunity cxonorating the
clergy RON military service may he abolished,
without violating either natural right or cgui-
fy lls abilities Is called for by civil progress,
especially In community constituted upon
principles of liberal government.
33. 1t does not appcrtain exclusively TO
ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, by any right prOnrr
and Inherent, to direct the teaching of theo-
logical subjects.
"a. The teaching of those who comnarc tho
Sovereign PontiT TO u free Sovereign acting i'm
the Universal Church Is q doctrine wlicn Dre.
vailed only in the Middle Ages.
90. There would be no obstacle to the SEN
tcncc of general council or the act of I'LL tho
universal peoples, transferring the POn,incal
Sovereignty from the Bishop and City of Rome
N ibnr rtn III,