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The Syllabus of Pius IX.
standard by which man can and ought to arrive at the knowledge of all truths of every kind.
Ibid., and Encyclical Qui pluribus, Nov. 9th, 1846, etc.
5. Divine revelation is imperfect, and therefore subject to a continual and indefinite progress, corresponding with the advancement of human reason. Ibid.
6. The faith of Christ is in opposition to human reason, and divine revelation not only is not useful, but is even hurtful to the perfection of man. Ibid.
7. The prophecies and miracles set forth and recorded in the sacred Scriptures are the fiction of poets, and the mysteries of the Christian faith the result of philosophical investigations. In the books of the Old and New Testament there are contained mythical inventions, and Jesus Christ is himself a myth. Ibid.
§ II.
Moderate Rationalism.
8. As human reason is placed on a level with religion itself, so theological must be treated in the same manner as philosophical sciences.
Allocution Singulari quadam, Dec. 9th, 1854.
9. All the dogmas of the Christian religion are indiscriminately the object of natural science or philosophy; and human reason, enlightened solely in an historical way, is able by its own natural strength and
