SS. Benedictus PP. XV Declaravit de Catholicismo

SS. Benedictus PP. XV Declaravit de Catholicismo:

"Abstineant se etiam nostri, volumus, iis appellationibus, quae recens usurpari coeptae sunt ad catholicos a catholicis distinguendos: easque non modo devitent uti profanas vocum novitates, quae nec veritati congruunt nec aequitati; sed etiam quia inde magna inter catholicos perturbatio sequitur, magnaque confusio. Vis et natura catholicae fidei est eiusmodi, ut nihil ei possit addi, nihil demi : aut omnis tenetur, aut omnis abiicitur. Haec est fides catholica, quam nisi quisque fideliter firmiterque crediderit, salvus esse non poterit [Symb. Athanas.] . Non igitur opus est appositis ad professionem catholicam significandam; satis habeat unusquisque ita profiteri: 'Christianus mihi nomen, catholicus cognomen'; tantum studeat se re vera eum esse, qui nominatur."

[It is, moreover, Our will that Catholics should abstain from certain appellations which have recently been brought into use to distinguish one group of Catholics from another. They are to be avoided not only as "profane novelties of words," out of harmony with both truth and justice, but also because they give rise to great trouble and confusion among Catholics. Such is the nature of Catholicism that it does not admit of more or less, but must be held as a whole or as a whole rejected: "This is the Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly; he cannot be saved" (Athanas. Creed). There is no need of adding any qualifying terms to the profession of Catholicism: it is quite enough for each one to proclaim "Christian is my name and Catholic my surname," only let him endeavour to be in reality what he calls himself].

Ad beatissimi Apostolorum, 1 Nov. 1924, n. 17 ; Acta Apostolicae Sedis, vol. VI (1914), n. 18, pp. 577.

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