--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not at all. The Assumption is interesting because it is a "two- > > fer." If you disagree with this dogma, then by definition, you also > > have to disagree with the dogma of papal infallability. > > > Would you claim that any person that believes in some dogmas > of the Roman Catholic Church but disbelieves in other dogmas > [say, a person that claims to be a good catholic but regularly > gets impregnated by different men and goes to an abortion > clinic to get rid of the tumor that starts to grow in the belly] > is, in reality, not a catholic?
I am reluctant to judge another person's faith. Provided, however, that someone is aware of the penalty, then a Catholic who procures, or assists someone in procuring, an abortion, is automatically exommunicated from the Catholic Church. In the case of other dogmas, the person must either be formally excommunicated, or formally engage in heresy in order to be automatically excommunicated, under the Canon Law of the Catholic Church. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
