AD 1903–1914
Pius X
His sacramental reforms endure; the anti-Modernist campaign, including the secret Sodalitium Pianum, is widely judged to have harmed Catholic scholarship.
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- Years served
- AD 1903–1914
- Biography
- Of peasant origin, Pius X encouraged frequent communion and communion for children, reformed church music and began the codification of canon law, while condemning Modernism severely.
- Historical context
- New historical-critical methods were unsettling Catholic biblical scholarship.
- Major events
- Decree Quam Singulari on children's communion (1910)
- Pascendi Dominici Gregis against Modernism (1907)
- Historical significance
- His sacramental reforms endure; the anti-Modernist campaign, including the secret Sodalitium Pianum, is widely judged to have harmed Catholic scholarship.
Sources and References
- Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907)vatican.va