Errors of modernism identified by the beliefs that: Lay authority possesses of itself the right of presenting bishops, and may require of them to undertake the administration of the diocese before they receive canonical institution, and the Letters Apostolic from the Holy See. (Papal Allocution, Nunquam Fore, 15 December 1856).
And, further, the lay government has the right of deposing bishops from their pastoral functions, and is not bound to obey the Roman pontiff in those things which relate to the institution of bishoprics and the appointment of bishops. (Papal Allocution, Acerbissimum, 27 September 1852; Damnatio Multiplices Inter, 10 June 1851).
Government can, by its own right, alter the age prescribed by the Church for the religious profession of women and men; and may require of all religious orders to admit no person to take solemn vows without its permission. (Papal Allocution, Nunquam Fore, 15 December 1856).