Word: mous
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...since the sixteenth century has there been such an admirable chance to study Catholicism as illustrated in the Roman Catholic Church. The Modernists of that church are allied in many ways to Protestant liberalists. The fa- mous papal bull of 1907 defined Modernism with adequate correctness. The Modernists lay emphasis on biblical criticism, relativity of dogma, immanence of God, and the social element in religion. The absolute authority of the pope is questioned. They consider that the authority of the bishops rests on the people and not on their succession to the Apostles. The conception of the Catholic Church...