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Offline SeanJohnson

What Formal Apostasy Looks Like
« on: May 18, 2022, 08:48:13 AM »
We fling this term around a bit too loosely, but here’s an actual example of a formal act of apostasy:

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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What Formal Apostasy Looks Like
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2022, 09:08:19 AM »
Kindof looks like this to me:
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What Formal Apostasy Looks Like
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2022, 09:11:45 AM »
Seriously, however, there is a huge difference between simply being a Novus Ordo Catholic and formal apostasy.  Now, many NO Catholics are in apostasy, but simply belonging to the Conciliar Church does not suffice ... because it's very possible to be in material error.  I know many NO Catholics who adhere to the Conciliar Church because they THINK it's the Catholic Church, so their formal motive is still Catholic.

Notice also how this is different than "sincerity".  Maybe this priest is sincere and has come to believe in Orthodoxy, but that does not render him a merely material schismatic.  He's a formal schismatic at this point.  Period.

This notion of "sincerity" has been warped (due to the rise of subjectivism) into being the chief factor in "formal" error.  That is not the case.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: What Formal Apostasy Looks Like
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2022, 09:15:52 AM »
It's interesting (if the translation is correct) that they call themselves Orthodox Catholic.

Unfortunately, the phenomenon of the Conciliar Church have caused a lot of people to doubt the claims of Roman Catholicism.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: What Formal Apostasy Looks Like
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2022, 10:52:56 AM »
Quote from: SeanJohnson on May 18, 2022, 08:48:13 AM
We fling this term around a bit too loosely, but here’s an actual example of a formal act of apostasy:


At my age, I have become one not easily moved by emotion and feeling --- what good does it do? --- but I have to admit, I find this almost too painful to watch.  It's the spiritual equivalent of watching a snuff film or a ѕυιcιdє.
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