“The first duty that Christ has assigned to those who, like us, have been entrusted from on high with the task of shepherding the Lord’s flock is to guard with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the holy faith that has been entrusted to us; and this, both by rejecting profane novelties of language and the contradictions of a so-called science. And certainly there has never been a time in which this vigilance of the Supreme Shepherd has not been necessary, for there has never been a lack, at the instigation of the enemy of the human race, of men teaching perverse doctrines (1), charlatans of novelties and seducers (2), immersed in error and leading us astray (3). But it must be acknowledged that, in recent times, the number of enemies of the cross of Christ has increased enormously; all of them, with absolutely new and cunning techniques, strive to exhaust the vital energies of the Church and would even want to destroy the kingdom of Christ, if this were possible. Therefore, we cannot remain silent any longer.” "Let us not give the impression of failing in the most sacred of our duties, and the understanding we have shown until now, hoping to see a rectification, be interpreted as a dereliction of our duty."
Saint Pius X, Encyclical Letter Pascendi, Introduction.
(1). Acts 20:30.
(2). Titus 1:10.
(3). 2 Tim 3:13.
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