The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. Pope Pius IX More Quotes by Pope Pius IX More Quotes From Pope Pius IX If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him. Pope Pius IX pope teach catholic Liberal Catholics are the worst enemies of the Church. Pope Pius IX worst-enemy religious christian Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world. Pope Pius IX army religious christian The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. God has committed to her the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary. Pope Pius IX grace blessed order Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the true causes of the destruction of states; they have been the ruin of France. Believe me, the evil I denounce is more terrible than the Revolution, more terrible even than The Commune. I have always condemned Liberal Catholicism, and I will condemn it again forty times over if it be necessary. Pope Pius IX evil names believe Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means. Pope Pius IX pests socialism mean It is error to believe that Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true. Pope Pius IX errors men believe If anyone says that it is possible that at some time, given the advancement of knowledge, a sense may be assigned to the dogmas propounded by the Church which is different from that which the Church has understood and understands: let him be anathema. Pope Pius IX advancement different church Neither the true faith nor eternal salvation is to be found outside the Holy Catholic Church. Pope Pius IX holy catholic church I have always condemned Liberal Catholicism and I will condemn it again forty times over if it be necessary. Pope Pius IX catholicism forty ifs The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and their ideas conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people... The Roman Pontiff cannot and ought not to reconcile himself or agree with, progress, liberalism and modern civilization. Pope Pius IX civilization people ideas Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at all who is not guilty of deliberate sin to suffer eternal punishments. Pope Pius IX punishment kindness heart In fact, there is only one true and holy religion, founded and instituted by Christ Our Lord. Mother and Nurse of the virtues, Destroyer of vice, Liberator of souls, Guide to true happiness, she is called Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman. Pope Pius IX catholic mother nurse These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion as if this religion were not the work of God but of man, or some kind of philosophical discovery susceptible of perfection by human efforts. Pope Pius IX catholic-religion philosophical men Nothing can ever pass away from the words of Christ, nor can anything be changed in the doctrine which the Catholic Church received from Christ to guard, protect, and preach. Pope Pius IX catholic church passing-away The Church is built on the rock of Peter, and he who eats the Lamb outside this holy dwelling is reprobate .. .He who eats the Lamb outside this Apostolic See has no part with God! Pope Pius IX rocks church dwelling [Dr. Constain James] refuted so well the aberrations of Darwinism.... [A system] which is repugnant at once to history, to the tradition of all people, to exact science, to observed facts, and even to reason itself, would seem to need no refutation. But the corruption of this age, the machinations of the perverse, the danger of the simple, demand that such fancies, altogether absurd though they are, should - since they borrow the mask of science - be refuted by true science. Pope Pius IX scary simple people The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire. Pope Pius IX desire may men The chisel is the pen of the sculptor. Pope Pius IX chisels sculptors pens Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success, against this Chair [of St. Peter]; they are by no means ignorant of the fact that religion itself can never totter and fall while this Chair remains intact, the Chair which rests on the rock which the proud gates of hell cannot overthrow and in which there is the whole and perfect solidity of the Christian religion. Pope Pius IX powerful christian war
