St. Pius V Corner: Open-Air Ecumaniacs

And here it seems opportune to expound and to refute a certain false opinion... by which non-Catholics seek to bring about the union of the Christian churches... They add that the Church in itself, or of its nature, is divided into sections; that is to say, that it is made up of several churches or … Continue reading St. Pius V Corner: Open-Air Ecumaniacs →

Moreover the sacred canons of the Church prescribe that ancient Oriental rites legitimately introduced should be scrupulously retained... Indeed the liturgy of the Ruthenians can be no other than that which was either instituted by the holy fathers of the Church or ratified by the canons of synods or introduced by legitimate use, always with the express or tacit approval of the Apostolic See. If variations have occurred in this liturgy in the course of time, they have been instituted after consultation with the Roman Pontiffs and for the express purpose of freeing such rites from any taint of heresy or schism and expressing Catholic teaching more correctly and clearly for the preservation of the faith and the good of souls. Accordingly, nothing other is intended by the deceptive pretext of purifying rites and restoring them to their original condition than the preparation of pitfalls for the faith of the Ruthenians of Chelm, whom evil men are striving to tear from the bosom of the Church and to hand over to heresy and schism.
Pope Pius IX, Omnem Sollicitudinem (13 May 1874)

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