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 | | This was the publication, on December 8, 1864, of the encyclical Quanta Cura and its accompanying Syllabus of Modern Errors, which rocked the world, Catholic and anti-Catholic, and raised up a storm of hatred against him which, to this day, has not yet fully subsided. |
 | | The categories ranged from philosophical and theological errors to errors concerning Church doctrine, marriage, ethics, the rights of the Church and the Roman Pontiff, and even to the evils of socialism, communism and secret societies (Freemasonry). |
 | | In closing Quanta Cura and presenting the Syllabus to all of the Catholic bishops of the world, the Holy Father wrote: |
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