Instructions to leave the Catholic Church; submitted by one of our fans along with a confirmation letter from the local archdiocese of his removal from the church: The possibility of obtaining a formal defection from the Catholic Church first appeared in a 1983 amendment to Canon Law. This amendment introduced the concept of an Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia Catholica. While this amendment did not specify an exact procedure to follow, a 2006 Notificatiion from the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts explains the exact procedure for a formal act of defection. In order for your defection to count, the following prerequisites would have to be met. a) An internal decision to leave the Catholic Church; b) the realization and external manifestation of that decision; and c) the reception of that decision by the competent ecclesiastical authority. In addition to this, there has to be an act of an act of apostasy, heresy or schism. An act of apostasy involves renouncing your faith, while an act of heresy requires you to challenge some particular Church dogma. Schism, on the other hand implies that you do not recognize the authority of the Pope.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:16:46 +0000
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