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#753 - One Thing Good Catholics Say That Worries Me . . .

The Counsel of Trent

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The Sin of Schism

Obeying the bishops without question is a kind of clericalism that can lead to sins like abuse. But obeying the bishops only when you already agree with them or treating the bishops as just being a stamp of approval for your personal view of Catholic tradition can lead to schism. The church's code of canon law says that along with manifest sinners, public apostates, and heretics, schismatics cannot be given Catholic funerals.

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