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Bl. Pio Nono and the Rise of Nationalism . Part Iv (beginning here for 21 st of Feb exam). Ultramontanists . Mainz, Germany Liberal ideas are too secular, rational, anticlerical The pope is the last defender of the Catholic Emphasized pope’s leadership/ authority. Ultramontanists .
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Bl. Pio Nono and the Rise of Nationalism Part Iv (beginning here for 21st of Feb exam)
Ultramontanists • Mainz, Germany • Liberal ideas are too secular, rational, anticlerical • The pope is the last defender of the Catholic • Emphasized pope’s leadership/ authority
Ultramontanists • Criticized: “Church within a Church”
Munich (Germany) • Optimistic about modern culture • Believed that the Church could co-exist with liberal ideas • The Church could dialogue with the modern world
The Immaculate Conception • St. John of Damascus: “Theotokos” Mary is the bearer of God • Council of Basel: the Immaculate Conception is a pious option in accordance with faith, reason, and scripture
The Immaculate Conception • Formal declaration led to Church debate on papal infallibility
Pope Pius IX • Defined tenet of Faith (Immaculate Conception) on authority as pope • Spoke as voice of the Church • Authority of the Church existed within the competence of the papal office
Pope Pius IX Syllabus of Errors: • Attacked ideologies/opinions that challenged Church authority Condemned: • Pantheism • Rationalism • Nationalism • Socialism • Communism
Reception of Vatican I • Most of the Catholic accepted the council with joy • England, France, and Germany - divided over papal infallibility
Vatican I: Overview • Summoned (papal bull) in 1868 • First session held in St. Peter’s basilica • 20th ecumenical council
Vatican I Purpose • To condemn temporary errors • To define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ (infallibility)
Dogmatic Constitution On the Catholic Faith • God, Faith, and reason • Defined the existence of a free, personal, creator God who is independent of the universe he created • Affirmed the existence of this God could be known by human reason alone
Dogmatic Constitution On the Catholic Faith • Other truths about God could only be known by faith through Divine Revelation • Faith and reason are not in conflict • Errors (atheism, rationalism, etc.) are either completely wrong, or wrong in emphasizing one element of the whole truth
Infallibility • The entire Church is infallible from bishops to laity, when it shows universal agreement in matters of Faith and morals • Free from error
Infallibility • The entire body of bishops in union with the pope, when it teaches with moral unanimity • An ecumenical council that receives papal approval • The pope alone
The Pope’s Infallibility • Speaks Ex cathedra: official capacity as pastor and teacher • Speaks with the manifest intention of binding the entire church to acceptance • Faith and Morals (as taught through Apostolic Succession)