Modernism in the Catholic Church

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Modernism in the Catholic Church is a theological tendency that seeks to reconcile Catholic Doctrine with modern philosophy, historical criticism, and contemporary intellectual thought, particularly through the fundamental reinterpretation of divine revelation, Sacred Tradition, and the belief of evolution of dogma. It became the subject of a major theological controversy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, culminating in its condemnation by Pope Pius X in the 1907 encyclical Pascendi dominici gregis, describing it the "synthesis of all heresies" The term modernism — was generally used by its critics rather than by adherents of positions associated with it. Although modernists didn't constitute a unified movement, they shared an interest in reconsidering Catholic teaching in light of contemporary scholarship and philosophy. The modernists approaches varied widely, particularly concerning the interpretation of Scripture, the nature of divine revelation, and the evolution of dogma...

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