"God alone probes minds [(les reins, the kidneys)] and hearts,
so [(et)] no one should [ever] permit himself to pronounce upon the salvation
of a person whom church discipline has excluded from sacramental communion. But this sacramental discipline is justified
by the mystery of the Church. Those who
are in outwardly observable, obvious, and persistent contradiction with the
morals preached by its pastors [(John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia
37)] are objectively distant from the visible communion of the Church. This visible communion is not separable from
the invisible communion of the Church, the Church being profoundly one in the
unity of these two aspects. The security
of this given of the faith is no longer assured if one comprehends spiritual
communion in isolation from sacramental communion."Thursday, May 9, 2019
La Soujeole on church discipline
"God alone probes minds [(les reins, the kidneys)] and hearts,
so [(et)] no one should [ever] permit himself to pronounce upon the salvation
of a person whom church discipline has excluded from sacramental communion. But this sacramental discipline is justified
by the mystery of the Church. Those who
are in outwardly observable, obvious, and persistent contradiction with the
morals preached by its pastors [(John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia
37)] are objectively distant from the visible communion of the Church. This visible communion is not separable from
the invisible communion of the Church, the Church being profoundly one in the
unity of these two aspects. The security
of this given of the faith is no longer assured if one comprehends spiritual
communion in isolation from sacramental communion."
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