HERETICAL CONFUSION Part II: Proxima Fidei

Please reread pages 369 - 373 on the subject of Condemned Propositions. Note well, that the penalty of Canon 2317 is incurred ipso facto for teaching any condemned doctrine to which a censure has been attached. However, if the doctrine is condemned as heretical, then the penalty of Canon 2314 is incurred for the heresy. Canon 2317 is an extension of the Church's right to teach and defend Truth, no matter how 'revealed. Also the holding of some doctrine not condemned as heretical, may by its application, lead to heresy or be considered heresy as St. Thomas teaches. (page 59, paragraph 1)

In preparing these articles we have found that we unfortunately omitted to give the Denziger references for the list on pages 372 and 373. It is as follows:

List I

1. DZ 581-625, 657-689

2. DZ 741-781

3. DZ 1088-1089

4. DZ 1101-1148

5. DZ 1151-1216

6. DZ 1221-1288

7. DZ 1288-1321

8. DZ 1351-1451

9. DZ 1491-1495

10. DZ 1501-1599

11. see the specific propositions.

Please make the appropriate notations in your copy of WILL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SURVIVE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY?

Shortly after going to press, we found a more comprehensive list of dogmatic pronouncements, provided below:

List II

1. Pope Leo I: 'Lectix Dilectionis Tuae'

2. Pope Agatho: 'Omnium Bonorum Spes', DZ 288

3. Pope Boniface VIII: 'Unam Sanctam', DZ 468-469

4. Pope Benedict XII: 'Benedictus Deus', DZ 530

5. Pope Leo X, 'Exsurge Domine', DZ 741-781

6. Pope Innocent X, 'Cum Occasione', DZ 1092-1096

7. Pope Innocent XI, 'Coelestis Pater', DZ 1221-1288

8. Pope Clement XI, 'Unigenitus', DZ 1351-1451

9. Pope Pius VI, "Auctorem Fidei", DZ 1501-1599

10. Pope Pius IX, 'Ineffabilis Deus', DZ 1641

'Quanta Cura', DZ 1688-1699

11. Pope Leo XIII, 'Apostolicae Curae', DZ 1963-1966

'Testem Benevolentiae', DZ 1967-1976

12. Pope Pius X, 'Lamentabili', DZ 2239-2250

'Pascendi', DZ 2253-2333

13. Pius XI, 'Cacti Connubii'

'Quadragesimo Anno'

14. Pius XII, "Munificentissimus Deus', DZ 2331-2333

We should immediately note, that this list is still not complete, as we have discovered a normative decree concerning another of Pius XII's encyclicals, which is considered infallible. The question to which the above list answers is, 'Will you please list for me all the infallible pronouncements made by different Popes since the time of Christ and the Apostles? I mean those made on their sole authority and NOT BY COUNCILS.' Those decrees of a Council subsequently approved by the Pope are also infallible.

Confusion again?

It should be obvious that this list and the one we printed in WILL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SURVIVE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY? covers some of the same ground. Have we attempted to denigrate infallible pronouncements? By no means. First the list we now have, is taken from 'That Catholic Church' (1954) which was reprinted by Daniel Jones in his SDCN, and it was not available to us at the time of preparing the book. (Our inclusion of something from Dan Jones' SDCN is by no means an endorsement of Dan Jones or the many heresies printed in his newsletter. We quote this under St. Thomas' principle, 'Remember every good thing you hear, and consider not who said it'; page 357) We openly admitted that some of those items on our list may have been' infallible and dogmatic. In any case, to teach ANY condemned proposition is a mortal sin. (page 65) The fact, that many things we only knew were proximate to Faith, have now been shown to be de fide and infallible dogma. Although in some cases we proved this to be true in a particular case, we now know that some of our statements may be weak, because we do not call an act heresy when in actual fact it is an act of heresy per se. Therefore, when considering any proposition, remember our opinion as presented in the book is the widest view, and due to the information in list two a stricter interpretation is now required. THEREFORE check every reference to see if It is from an infallible decree on our list, and proceed accordingly with a note in the book.

This very confusion is why we profess our Faith, 'Furthermore, I declare anathema, every heresy against the Holy Catholic Church, and likewise whosoever has honored or believes ANY writings beyond those which the Catholic Church accepts ought to be held...' (Page 373)

David Bawden

Next month we shall conclude our study of Heresy (and related crimes which ultimately lead to heresy) in our third part: Suspicion of Heresy. Now we proceed to the crime of schism for an answer to an interesting question. We should note that pure schism is nearly impossible, since the definitions of the Vatican Council in 1870.

Michael Fighting

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