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Entry: Who's Infallible Here, Anyway? The Human Life Review Chooses Party Over Church Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/wars_and_rumors_of_war#5577 Post contents: <I>Who is the real schismatic? An Anglican who opposes the Iraq war on the grounds that it violates St Augustine’s criteria of “just war”? Or a Catholic who repudiates the Popes’ admonitions and advocates an illegal and immoral war?</I><P> 2089 <I>Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. "Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; <B>schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him."</B>11 <P> Cardinal Razinger, Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith...<P> <I>"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, <B>if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion.</B> While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. <B>There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia."</B></I><P> Jesus established one Church, not many. <P> <I>Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. </I> <P> The "many mansions" citation does not refer to many different Churches.<P> http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea-John14.php <P> When it comes to others lamenting our dearth of defenestration, I remind them Jesus did not excommunicate Judas. <P> While I often can smell freshly baked Donatism, it is never a denominational Bakery I'd enter. Sent at: 2008 11 22