Auctorem fidei is a papal bull issued by Pius VI on 28 August, 1794 to condemn the tendency towards Gallicanism and Jansenist-tinged reforms of the Synod of Pistoia (1786).
| Auctorem fidei Latin for 'Author of the Faith' Papal bull of Pope Pius VI | |
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| Signature date | 28 August 1794 |
| Subject | Condemnation of Jansenism |
The bull catalogued and condemned 85 articles of the Synod of Pistoia. After the bull's publication, Scipione de' Ricci submitted. In 1805, he took occasion of the presence of Pius VII in Florence on the latter's way to Rome from his exile in France to ask in person for pardon and reconciliation.
The document has been cited as a source of doctrinal orthodoxy when later popes were called to combat doctrinal errors in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is mentioned in Gregory XVI's encyclicals Commissum divinitus (1835) and Inter praecipuas machinationes (1844),[1] Pius X's Pascendi Dominici gregis (1907), Paul VI's Mysterium fidei (1965) and Francis's Dilexit nos (2024).
References
edit- ^ Gregory XVI, Inter Praecipuas, paragraph 5, published 8 May 1844, accessed 6 August 2023
Sources
edit- M. O'Riordan (1913). "Auctorem Fidei". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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