Saint Pope Pius X (1835-1914) [1903-1914]

The Oath Against Modernism was instituted by Pope Pius X in his motu proprio
Sacrorum antistitum on September 1, 1910. The oath was required of "all clergy,
pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and professors in
philosophical-theological seminaries" of the Catholic Church. It remained in force
until the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the approval of Paul VI,
replaced it with a revised Profession of Faith on July 17, 1967.

The oath marked the culmination of Pius X's campaign against the theological
movement of Modernism, which he extensively analyzed and denounced as heretical in
his 1907 encyclicals Pascendi Dominici gregis and Lamentabili sane exitu.

The Oath Against Modernism is still pronounced by the Society of Saint Pius X, and
sedeprivationist and sedevacantist groups such as the Congregation of Mary
Immaculate Queen[5] and the Istituto Mater Boni Consilii.

See also