Monitum
Introduction A '''''monitum''''' is a warning issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to an errant cleric, who is in danger of receiving an additional penalty.
Notable cases ===Teilhard de Chardin===The writings, not named but described as "gaining a good deal of success", including some published posthumously, of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin were the subject of a ''monitum'' by the Holy Office in June 1962, seven years after Teilhard's death.===The Danube Seven===The Danube Seven – seven women on whom Rómulo Antonio Braschi, the founder of a schismatic community, attempted to confer priestly ordination on June 29, 2002 – were the target of a  ''monitum'' dated 10 July 2002.The women were: Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Adelinde Theresia Roitinger, Gisela Forster, Iris Müller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner, and Angela White (pseudonym of Dagmar Braun Celeste).===Hans Küng===In 1975, the CDF issued a ''monitum'' against certain of Hans Küng's writings. ===Form criticism===In 1961, the Holy Office issued a ''monitum'' against the use of form criticism in Catholic scriptural interpretation.===Vernacular publications of the Bible===In 1856, a ''monitum'' was published under Pope Pius IX which re-iterated the ban on publishing vernacular editions of the Bible which had not been approved by the Pope or the competent church authority.
See also * ''Vetitum''
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