Though they may be baptized in the Church, though they may attend Mass, when they believe and practice what is not official Church teaching and doctrine, they have separated themselves from it.
The Masses on Sunday are full of people who believe themselves to be Catholic but they are in true belief and practice heretics.
>> “Though they may be baptized in the Church, though they may attend Mass, when they believe and practice what is not official Church teaching and doctrine, they have separated themselves from it.” <<
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Then why didn’t the Bishop excommunicate them all, including the Pastors? - That was Paul’s clear instruction.
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