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Sure, Catholics are "free" to follow 2 and 3. As long as they follow 1. "The Christian faithful, conscious of their own responsibility, are BOUND by Christian OBEDIENCE to FOLLOW what the sacred pastors, as representatives of Christ, DECLARE as teachers of the faith or DETERMINE as leaders of the Church."

Catholics are so "free" they can leave the Church if they aren't willing to follow the demands of the Church. As long as they remember the first thing they were taught: there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.

"Relax said the nightman, we are programmed to receive. You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave.." Hotel Catholicfornia.

"Sure, Catholics are "free" to follow 2 and 3. As long as they follow 1."

Thanks for the laughs. It really is comical when the illiterati pretend to be Canon Lawyers. As my Grandfather used to say its kinda like watching a raccoon trying to hump a greased doorknob.

Perhaps in your zeal to slander the Church you failed to read anything else in the Canon. FYI - Canon 212 is addressing the liturgy. It is to ensure that the Mass is conducted properly.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__PU.HTM

Can. 209 §1. The Christian faithful, even in their own manner of acting, are always obliged to maintain communion with the Church.

§2. With great diligence they are to fulfill the duties which they owe to the universal Church and the particular church to which they belong according to the prescripts of the law.

Can. 210 All the Christian faithful must direct their efforts to lead a holy life and to promote the growth of the Church and its continual sanctification, according to their own condition.

Can. 211 All the Christian faithful have the duty and right to work so that the divine message of salvation more and more reaches all people in every age and in every land.

Can. 212 §1. Conscious of their own responsibility, the Christian faithful are bound to follow with Christian obedience those things which the sacred pastors, inasmuch as they represent Christ, declare as teachers of the faith or establish as rulers of the Church.

Can. 222 §1. The Christian faithful are obliged to assist with the needs of the Church so that the Church has what is necessary for divine worship, for the works of the apostolate and of charity, and for the decent support of ministers.

§2. They are also obliged to promote social justice and, mindful of the precept of the Lord, to assist the poor from their own resources.