Editing Syllabus of Errors (section)

== Summary ==
A cover letter by [[Giacomo_Antonelli|Cardinal Antonelli]] notes that Pope Pius IX had ordered the creation of the list, in case some Bishops had not read all his recent [[Papal allocution|allocutions]], speeches or encyclicals.<ref name=newman/>

The ''Syllabus'' is made up of phrases and [[Paraphrase|paraphrases]] from earlier papal documents, along with index references to them, presenting a list of "[[Proposition#Objections to propositions|condemned propositions]]". The Syllabus does not explain why each particular proposition is wrong, but cites the earlier document considering each subject. The ideas of [[Juan Donoso Cortés]] helped shape the content of the Syllabus.<ref>Donoso Cortés y el Syllabus [https://www.hispanidad.info/syllabusdonoso.htm]</ref>

The Syllabus is divided into ten sections on the following topics:
#[[pantheism]], [[philosophical naturalism|naturalism]], and absolute [[rationalism]], #1–7
#moderate rationalism, #8–14
#[[indifferentism]] and [[latitudinarian]]ism, #15–18
#[[socialism]], [[communism]], [[secret society|secret societies]], [[Bible Society|Bible societies]], and liberal [[clergy|cleric]]al societies, a general condemnation, unnumbered
#the [[Catholic Church]] and its rights, #19–38 (defending [[Temporal power of the Holy See|temporal power]] in the [[Papal States]], [[Capture of Rome|overthrown six years later]])
#[[civil society]] and its relationship to the Catholic Church, #39–55
#natural and [[Christian ethics]], #56–64
#[[Christian marriage]], #65–74
#the [[Temporal power (Papal)|civil power]] of the pope in the Papal States, #75–76
#[[liberalism]] in every political form, #77–80.

=== Sources cited ===
The ''Syllabus'' cites a number of previous documents that had been written during Pius's papacy. These include: ''[[Qui pluribus]]'', ''Maxima quidem'', ''[[Singulari quadam]]'', ''[[Tuas libenter]]'', ''[[Multiplices inter]]'', ''[[Quanto conficiamur moerore|Quanto conficiamur]]'', ''[[Noscitis]]'', ''[[Nostis et nobiscum]]'', ''[[Meminit unusquisque]]'', ''[[Ad Apostolicae]]'', ''[[Nunquam fore]]'', ''[[Incredibili]]'', ''[[Acerbissimum]]'', ''[[Singularis nobisque]]'', ''[[Multis gravibusque]]'', ''[[Quibus quantisque]]'', ''[[Quibus luctuosissimis]]'', ''[[In consistoriali]]'', ''[[Cum non sine]]'', ''[[Cum saepe]]'', ''[[Quanto conficiamur]]'', ''[[Jamdudum cernimus]]'', ''[[Novos et ante]]'', ''[[Quibusque vestrum]]'' and ''[[Cum catholica]]''.