The Great Apostasy — A Rebellion Against God
Pope Pius XI denounced the socialist system as a “threatening danger that seeks to overthrow the Christian social order,” which “rejects the wisdom of the Gospel and resurrects paganism.”
Apostasy from the Faith is defined as “the complete and voluntary abandonment of the Christian religion, whether the apostate embraces another religion such as Paganism, Judaism, Mohammedanism, etc., or merely makes profession of Naturalism, Rationalism, etc.” (Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. “Apostasy”).
The First Commandment of God
Lesson 16 from the Baltimore Cathechism
205. How does a Catholic sin against faith? A Catholic sins against faith by apostasy, heresy, indifferentism, and by taking part in non-Catholic worship.
Sins against faith:
Apostasy: This is the complete abandonment of the Christian faith received in baptism; for example, Catholics who change religions or those who, without formally changing religions, have completely distanced themselves from the Catholic faith, falling into rationalism, pantheism, Marxism, Freemasonry etc.















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