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1700th Anniversary of the Edict of
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1&00th anniversary
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1700th Anniversary of the Edict of Milan
Address by Pope Saint Pius X to the faithful gathered in Rome
on its 100th anniversary
On the 1700th anniversary of the glorious recognition in Milan of the rights of the Church by Constantine the Great
throughout the Empire, we are honored to provide a first online English translation of the address given on this
occasion eactly one century ago by the !oly "uccessor of "aint #eter, "aint #ius $, in the Eternal City, soon before the
end of his resplendent pontificate dedicated to the restoration of all things in Christ%
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Address of the Holy Father
PIUS X
to the faithful gathered in Rome
on the occasion of the sixteen hundredth Anniversary
of the Promulgation of the Edict by onstantine
Sunday, February 23, 1913
Constantine presents Constantinople to the Mother of God
Your presence, beloved children, fills Us with great joy, as all over the atholic world we are co!!e!orating the
si"teen hundredth anniversary of ac#nowledging the guardianship of freedo!, which $esus hrist gave to %is hurch&
So, it was 'uite right that to give proof of their joy and devotion to the hair of (eter, the uncorrupted children of those
who tasted the fruits of that salutary )dict, would be a!ong the first to rejoice&
*hus let Us e"ult with you, since with this act you are revealing the spirit which is alive in you, as well as your vow
which goes bac# to the ti!e when the hurch was granted the power of enjoying that freedo! essential to the fruitful
e"ercise of %er !inistry for the good of souls and society& +e than# ,ivine (rovidence for calling onstantine fro! the
dar#ness of the -entiles to erect te!ples and altars to that .eligion which his predecessors had tried to e"ter!inate for
three centuries& %e returned the property stolen fro! the hristians and granted hristianity full religious liberation&
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/ow, a!idst so !uch progress in civiliBation and in so !uch light in the sciences, !e must reclaim that freedom for
the hurch" even from hristian #overnments, which they the!selves recogniBe or should recogniBe and which is
essential in continuing the hurchCs supernatural action on earth&
*he hurch, this great religious society of !en, who live in the sa!e faith and in the sa!e love under the guidance of
the Supre!e (ontiff, has a higher purpose distinct fro! that of civil societies, which ai! at attaining te!poral prosperity
here on earth, while She has the goal of perfecting souls for eternity& *he hurch is a #ingdo!, which has no other 1ord
but -od %i!self, and has a very lofty !ission which surpasses all li!its and !a#es of all peoples of every tongue and
nation one great fa!ily& *herefore, it cannot even be supposed that the #ingdo! of the soul is subject to that of the bodyD
that eternity beco!es an instru!ent of ti!e, that -od %i!self beco!es a slave to 2an&
$esus hrist, in fact, the )ternal Son of the Father, to +ho! all power in %eaven and )arth was given, i!pressed this
!ission on the 0postles, the first !inisters of the hurch6 E0s the Father hath sent !e, = also send you&F 8$n GG,219 H
-oing thereforeD teach ye all nations, baptiBing the! in the /a!e of the Father and of the Son and of the %oly -hostD
teaching the! to observe all things whatsoever = have co!!anded you6 and behold = a! with you all days even to the
consu!!ation of the world&F 82t GGI===, 19A2?9
So the hurch has the !ission fro! -od %i!self to teach, and %is +ord !ust be !ade #nown to everyone, without
obstacles which !ay hold =t bac#, and also without i!positions which !ay restrain =t& Since hrist did not say$ your
!ord be directed to the %oor" the ignorant" the multitudes & but to all" !ithout distinction, because in the s%iritual
order you are above all the sovereigns of the earth&
*he hurch has the !ission of governing souls and ad!inistering the
Sacra!entsD and since no one for no reason whatever can clai! to enter the
Sanctuary, She has the duty to rise u% against those !ho claim to invade Her
ground !ith arbitrary interference or un'ust encroachments& *he hurch
has the !ission of teaching the observance of precepts and e"horting the practice
of the evangelical counsels& (oe to those !ho !ould teach the contrary thus
bringing disorder and confusion to society) *he hurch has a right to
ownership, since it is a society of !en and not angels and needs the !aterial
goods given to %er through the piety of the faithful& She safeguards legiti!ate
ownership for the acco!plish!ent of the duties of %er !inisters, for the e"terior
e"ercise of worship, for the construction of churches and for wor#s of charity,
entrusted to %er in order that She !ay live and perpetuate until the end of ti!e&
And such rights are so sacred" that the hurch has al!ays had the duty to sustain and defend them" *no!ing !ell
that if She gave in an inch to the demands of Her enemies" She !ould not be obeying the mandate received from
Heaven and !ould fall into a%ostasy+ So history points to a series of protests and clai!s by the hurch against those
who wanted to render %er a slave& *he first words by (eter and the other 0postles to $udais! were6 ,(e ought to obey
#od" rather than men+- .Acts /" 012+ 3hese sublime !ords !ere al!ays re%eated by their successors and !ill be
re%eated until the end of time" %erha%s even being confirmed in a ba%tism of blood+
0nd of this our adversaries the!selves are persuaded, and repeat continuously that every sort of freedom exists under
the shado! of their banners& Jut, in reality, freedom 4or rather license 4 is for everyone" but not for the hurch&
Freedo! for everyone to profess their own faith and to !anifest their
own syste!sD but not for the atholic" !ho" as such" is mar*ed for
%ersecutions and moc*ery as !ell as discouraged and de%rived of
those offices of !hich he has the sacred right+
Freedo! to teachD but sub'ect to the mono%oly of #overnments"
!ho %ermit the %ro%agation and the defense of every system and
of every *ind of error in schools+ *hey even prohibit the study of the
atechis! to the children&
Freedo! of the press, and thus freedo! to the !ost irascible
journalis! which dishonorably insinuates other for!s of govern!ent
into laws, in order to rouse the mob to revolt, to fer!ent hate and
hostility, to i!pede the welfare of the wor#ers and the tran'uil lives of
citiBens through stri#es and to revile the most sacred things and the
most venerated %eo%le& Jy contrast, atholic journalis!, which
defends the rights of the hurch and cha!pions the principles of truth
and justice, !ust be put under surveillance, recalled to duty and is
indicated as antagonistic towards free institutions as well as an ene!y of the state&
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Freedo! to carry out the !ost rowdy public de!onstrations to all of the !ost subversive associations is granted, but
atholic processions are not allowed out of the church, as they provo#e the rival parties, upset public order and disturb
peaceful citiBens&
Freedom of ministries for all" schismatics and dissidents" but not for atholics+
Freedom of o!nershi% for all" but not for the hurch and for Religious 5rders" !hose %ro%erties are tam%ered
!ith and given to lay institutions by #overnments+
3his then, as you well #now, is the freedom that the hurch en'oys even in atholic countries) 0nd so +e are right
then to co!fort 3urselves with you fighting for %er in the field of action which up until now is conceded to us& So,
courage, beloved childrenD the more the hurch is o%%osed from every %art" the more the false maxims of error
and moral %erversion infect the air from their %estiferous miasma" the more merit !ill be ac6uired by you before
#od" if you !ill ma*e every effort to avoid contagion and !ill not be diverted from your convictions in remaining
faithful to the hurch+ 0nd with your fir!ness you will wor# for a fruitful apostolate in persuading adversaries and
dissidents that freedo! for the hurch will provide ad!irably towards the wellAbeing and tran'uility of the people, since
in the e"ercise of the 2agisteriu! divinely entrusted to %er, She will conserve intact and in vigor the principles of truth
and justice, on which every order is based and fro! which springs forth peace, honesty and all culture& In this fight"
difficulties" molestations and fatigue !ill certainly abound" but do not lose heart" because in this battle the 7ord
!ill sustain you" bringing you abundant assistance and divine favors+
Such be the pledge of 3ur 0postolic Jenediction, which fro! the depths of 3ur heart +e i!part to you and all your
loved ones& +e bless the objects you are carrying, with all the indulgences attached and +e grant to (arish (riests,
Superiors of =nstitutes and onfessors of .eligious o!!unities, the faculty of i!parting, the 0postolic Jenediction
with a (lenary =ndulgence to all those who have confessed and received %oly o!!union& (enedictio )ei Omnipotentis
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P*ranslation6 ontributor Francesca .o!anaQ
Labels: Constantine the Great
Posted by New Catholic at 2/23/2013 12:00:00 PM
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Francis in Ma said...
+owT lear, precise and prophetic are these words fro! (ope St& (ius G& =f only the postAconciliar popes would
spea# and write with as !uch Beal and clarity to uphold the traditional and orthodo" atholic faith as the preA
conciliar popes did& (erhaps if they did %oly 2other hurch wouldn5t be in the 'uag!ire she5s been in for the
last fifty years 8and yes, = #now the preAconciliar hurch wasn5t without its proble!s too, but nothing li#e the last
fifty years with regards to the crisis of the faith through the a!biguity, relativis! and !odernis! brought on by
Iatican ==, its UspiritU and its adherents in the clergy and laity&9 St& (ius G pray for us and the hurch&
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Jason C. said...
So Iatican == didn5t cause all these proble!s regretfully enu!erated by St& (ius GV
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New Catholic said...
/o, Iatican == caused the hurch to celebrate these proble!s in the na!e of Udialogue with the !an of todayU&
3r perhaps the UIirtual Iatican ==U&
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ncle Claibo!rne said...
3h how = long to hear words li#e UpestiferousU again fro! the !outh of the %oly Father&
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+ow indeed& 2y thoughts see! to echo what was already said so well by Francis of 2a&
*han#s for posting this, /ew atholic&
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Co$$on %ense said...
+owT +hat a great and saintly (ontiff& 1ord, -od, please cleanse the %oly hurch fro! the !odernist infectionT
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Cr!ise the Groo&e. said...
Spo#en with clarity and harity, li#e a saintT
*he hurch !ost definitely, without a shadow of doubt, needs a (ope of this holiness and clear thought, right
nowT
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