Notre charge apostolique

Notre charge apostolique (our Apostolic Mandate) was a papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius X on August 15, 1910.

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First Sentence : Notre charge apostolique nous fait un devoir de veiller à la pureté de la foi et à l’intégrité de la discipline catholique, de préserver les fidèles des dangers de l’erreur et du mal, surtout quand l’erreur et le mal leur sont présentés dans un langage entraînant qui, voilant le vague des idées et l’équivoque des expressions sous l’ardeur du sentiment et la sonorité des mots, peut enflammer les cœurs pour des causes séduisantes mais funestes.

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The Pope took issue with what he viewed as the socialist leanings of the Catholic 'Le Sillon' movement of Marc Sangnier. He said that Sillonists wanted to completely level social differences and to create a "One World Church" by joining "unbelievers". The Pope emphasized that a Catholic view of social justice meant considering the needs of both the powerful and poor. The Sillonists, he said, did not accept that authority comes from God down to the authorized leaders and from there to the people.

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