Blessed Pope Pius IX (born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) (1792-1878), reigned from June 16, 1846 until his death as the 255 Pope of the Catholic Church[1].
In his Syllabus of Errors, Pius IX condemned the heresies of secular society, especially modernism.
Bellairs Corpus[]
- It is hinted that the pope repeatedly warned against a desire for novelty and would have frowned at the continuing construction of the Gorboduc Cathedral (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 36).
- Septa Tanqueray cites his Syllabus of Errors as to why her husband has condemned the furnace, even though the family is freezing to death (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 42).
- Father Bunty discusses the pope and what he likely "is to have thought if he had lived long enough" in his book, Projected Thoughts of Popes (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 43).
Reference[]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Pope Pius IX