The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-20

for adults, giving detailed rules. espe
cially in relation to suita BILE schools
for the religious instruction of stu
dents of the public schools, and even
OF the universities. He caused a new
catechism to be published for the do
Cese of Rome.
AS bishop, his chief care had been
for the formation OF the clergy. and
in harmony with this purpose, AN En-
cyclical to the Italian episcopate (July
20, 1900 enioined the greatest caution
in the ordination of priests. calling
the attention Of the bishops to the
fact that there was frequently mani
tested among the younger clergy a
spirit of independence that, was "a
menace to ecclesiastical discipline. In
the interest of Italian seninaries, he
ordered them 10 be visited by the
bishops, and promulgated a new order
Of studies. which had been In use for
several years at the Roman seminary.
On the 1her hand, as the dioceses
/ Of Central and OF Southern Italy were
so small that their respective semi
naries could not prosper. Plus X es-
tablished the regional seminary which
is common TO the sees of a given re-
gion; and. as a consequence, many
small deficient seminaries were
closed. For the more efficient guild
ance Of souls, by decree Of the
Sacred Congregation Of the Consis-
tory august 20, 1870. instructions
were given concerning the removal of
parish priests, as administrative acts.
, wen sucn procedure was required
by grave circumstances that might not
constitute canoniCal cause for the
removal At the time of the Jubilee
in honor of his ordination as priest,
he addressed a letter full of affection
and wise council to all the clergy. BY
a recent decree November Is. 1910,
the clergy have been barred from the
temporal administration OF social or
CARNATIONS. which was often a cause
. of grave difficulties
The pope has al heart above all
things the purity OF the faith On
various occasions, as in the Encycli-
cal regarding the centenary Of Saint
Gregory the Great, Plus X had point
ed out the dangers of certain new
theological methods. which based
upon Arncsttcism and upon Tmma-
nentism. necessarily divest The dec
triue OF the faith Of It's teachings of
objective, absolute and mmutahle
truth, ard all the more, when those
methods are associated with subYer-
siFe criticism of the Holy Scriptures
and Of tire origins OF Christianity.
Wherefore. in 1907, he caused the
publication of tho decree +Iamen-
IA hilf (called also the Syllabus OF
Plus &) in which sixty-five PROPOSE
lions are condemned The greater
number Of these propositions concern
the Holy Scriptures. their inspiration,
ard the doctrine OF Jesus and II the
APOSTLES. while others relate to dogma.
the sacFamentS. and the prtmacy ~
the bishop Of Rome Soon after that.
on September s. 1907, there appeared
the famous EucyClical "Pascendi.' /
which expounds and condemns the
system Of Modernism "a ~. II
POINTS ont the danger of Modernism
IN relation N PHILOSOPHY, apoioretics,
. exeeesis history. liturgy and discip-
line, and shows the contradiction be-
tween that innovation and the an
Gent faith, and. finally, II establishes
/ rules by which to com bat efficiently
the pernicious doctrines in question.
! Among the means suggested mention
should be made OF the esta blishment
of an official body of ''censors" of
books and the creation of a commit
tee of vigilance.
Subsequently, by the Motu Proprio
"Sacrorurn Antistitum," Plus X called
attention to the injuncttons Of the En-
cyciiCal and also to the provision that
had already been established under
/ Leo XIII on preaching, and prescribed
that oil those who exercised the holN
ministry or who taught in ecclesiasu-
cal Institutions as well as canons. the
superiors of the regular clergy. and
those serving in eCClesiastlc hureaux
should take a n oath, binding them
selves To reject the errors that are de-
rounced in the EncyClical or in the
decree 'Lamentabili Plus \ re-
verted to this vital subject on other
occasions especially In those Encycii-
4 Gals that were written in commemo-
ration af st Anselm (Aprl 81, 1909
and OF st, Charles Borromeo (June
22. 1870. in the latter Of which Re-
f0rnist Modernism was especially
I condemned AS the study of the BIZ
bic IS both the most important and the
most dangerous study in theology
/ Plus wished 10 found at Rome a
center for these studies, 10 give as
surance at once of unquestioned or
thodoxy and scientific worth; and so,
with the assistance OF the whole Cath
Ollie world there was established at
! Rome the Biblical institute. under the
/ direction of the 1esuits
A need that had been felt for
long time was that of the codincation
( of the canon law. and with a view 10
effecting 1t. Plus X, on March 10,
/ 1908, created a special congregation
of cardinals of which Mgr. Gasparri,
now cardinal became the secretary.