Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos (# 15), Aug. 15, 1832: "Here We must include that harmful and never sufficiently denounced freedom to publish any writings whatever and disseminate them to the people, which some dare to demand and promote with so great a clamor. Saint John Paul II recalls that “the geocentric representation of the world was commonly accepted in the culture of the time as fully consistent with the teaching of the Bible, in which some expressions, taken literally, seemed to constitute statements of geocentrism”. Pope Gregory XVI, in his 1832 encyclical Mirari Vos rejected the right to such freedom, quoting St. Augustine, “The death of the soul is worse than freedom of error”: When all restraints are removed by which men are kept on the narrow path of truth, their nature, which is … “This Matter of Religious Freedom,” that received much comment and was soon translated and published in Italian and German periodicals. Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos condemns the notion of necessary reformation. È poi obbligo di ogni Vescovo tenersi fedelissimamente attaccato alla cattedra di Pietro, custodire santamente e scrupolosamente il deposito della Fede, e pascere il gregge di Dio affidatogli. Né più lieti successi potremmo presagire per la Religione ed il Principato dai voti di coloro che vorrebbero vedere separata la Chiesa dal Regno, e troncata la mutua concordia dell’Impero col Sacerdozio. The very concept of reformulation of doctrine is heresy and has been explicitly condemned by Pius XI in Mortalium Animos (On Ecumenism). Venerable Brothers, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction. (This is a working translation from the original Italian text). Esempi così luminosi d’inalterabile sommissione ai Principi, che necessariamente derivavano dai santissimi precetti della Religione Cristiana, condannano altamente la detestabile insolenza e slealtà di coloro che, accesi dall’insana e sfrenata brama di una libertà senza ritegno, sono totalmente rivolti a manomettere, anzi a svellere qualunque diritto del Principato, onde poscia recare ai popoli, sotto colore di libertà, il più duro servaggio. Lateran. Inoltre, l’onorando matrimonio dei Cristiani esige le Nostre comuni premure affinché in esso, chiamato da San Paolo «Sacramento grande in Cristo e nella Chiesa» (Eb 13,4), nulla s’introduca o si tenti introdurre di meno onesto che sia contrario alla sua santità o leda l’indissolubilità del suo vincolo. Infatti, corrotti gli animi dei giovani allievi per gl’insegnamenti viziosi e per i pravi esempi dei Precettori, si sono dilatati ampiamente il guasto della Religione ed il funestissimo pervertimento dei costumi. The then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, underlined the “novelty of this gesture,” a “public act of repentance of the Church for the sins of the past and today,” a “mea culpa of the Pope in the name of the Church,” a truly “new gesture, but nevertheless in profound continuity with the history of the Church, and with its self-awareness.”. Si astenga ognuno dal commettere per qualsivoglia motivo atti che siano contrari alle canoniche disposizioni e ai decreti dei Concilii che lo riguardano, ben conoscendosi che esito infelicissimo sogliono avere quei matrimoni che o contro la disciplina della Chiesa o senza che sia stata implorata prima la benedizione del Cielo, o per solo bollore di cieca passione vengono celebrati senza che gli sposi si prendano alcun pensiero della santità del Sacramento e dei misteri che vi si nascondono. Title: Author: Year: Type : Baptism of the Armenian People: John Paul II: 2001: Apostolic Letter: Beginning of the II World War: 50th anniv. Rammentando che il matrimonio si annovera fra le cose sacre, e che per questo è soggetto alla Chiesa, essi abbiano di continuo presenti le leggi da questa stabilite in materia, e quelle adempiano santamente ed esattamente come prescrizioni, dalla cui osservanza fedele dipendono la forza, la validità e la giustizia del medesimo. Superba tripudia la disonestà, insolente è la scienza, licenziosa la sfrontatezza. Lastly, Pope Gregory XVI in his 1832 encyclical Mirari Vos said it was “absurd and injurious to propose a certain ‘restoration and regeneration’ for [the Church] as though necessary for her safety and growth, as if she could be considered subject to defect or obscuration or other misfortune” (n. 10). And historians have often restored the truth in the face of so many myths and distortions of reality. È Nostro obbligo, infatti, alzare la voce e tentare ogni prova, perché né il cinghiale della selva devasti la vigna, né i lupi rapaci piombino a fare strage del gregge. Gregory XVI in his Mirari vos of August 15, 1832, wrote that there is "a most fruitful cause of the evils with which, we lament, the Church is now afflicted, that is, indifferentism." Distinguevano il Signore eterno dal Signore temporale, tuttavia proprio per il Signore eterno ubbidivano quali sudditi anche al Signore terreno». The illustrious examples of faith, obedience, and devotion conveyed by the enthusiastic reception given everywhere … But this does not prevent us from making a serious examination of conscience in order “to recognize past wrongs,” as John Paul II affirmed, and “reawaken our consciences to the compromises of the present.” From this came the request for forgiveness, in 2000, “for the divisions which have occurred among Christians, for the violence some have used in the service of the truth and for the distrustful and hostile attitudes sometimes taken towards the followers of other religions.” “With the passage of time,” he said in 2004, “the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, perceives with ever clearer awareness what she needs in order to conform” to the Gospel, which rejects the intolerant and violent methods that have disfigured her face in history. Venerabili Fratelli, diciamo cose che voi pure avete di continuo sotto i vostri occhi e che deploriamo perciò con pianto comune. 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