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What did Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors oppose?

  • Separation of church and state

  • Freedom of speech

  • Ecumenism

  • Capitalism

Answer

The Syllabus of Errors, issued by Pope Pius IX in 1864, condemned various modern ideas and movements perceived as threats to the authority of the Catholic Church. It opposed the separation of church and state, modern philosophies like rationalism and materialism, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of the press, and the idea of popular sovereignty.
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