1900's Religion | Lamentabili Sane (Condemning the Errors of the Modernists)

Papal encyclical

By: Pope Pius X

Date: July 3, 1907

Source: Pope Pius X. Lamentabili Sane. Available online at http://www.newadvent.org/docs/df07ls.htm; website home page: http://www.newadvent.org/ (accessed May 16, 2003).

About the Author: Pope Pius X (1835–1914) was born near Treviso, Italy, as Giuseppe Sarto. He was ordained a priest in 1858, became a bishop in 1884, and was installed as a cardinal in 1893. He was elected pope in 1903 and served in that position until his death. He was noted for his interest in the poor, reforming the liturgy, and reorganizing canon law. He was canonized a saint in 1954.

Introduction

Modernism was a movement by some theologians that questioned the dogmatic theology of Christianity and the historical accuracy of the Bible....