Catholic Teachings On Heresy
Heresy in the Catholic Church denotes the formal denial or obstinate doubt of a core doctrine (that is, an article of faith that must be believed with "divine and Catholic Faith") of the Catholic Church. Heresy has a very specific meaning in the Catholic Church and there are four elements which constitute formal heresy; the person in question must have had a valid Christian baptism; the person claims to still be a Christian; the person publicly and obstinately denies or positively doubts a truth that the Catholic Church regards as revealed by God; and lastly, the disbelief must be morally culpable, that is, there must be a refusal to accept what is known to be a doctrinal imperative. Therefore, to become a heretic, and thus automatically lose communion with the Church and therefore no longer truly be Catholic, one must deny or question a truth that is taught as the word of God, and at the same time know that the Church teaches it as "de fide" (necessary to believe in order to remai ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ...
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