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1、31APRIL2011/JUNE/JULY2013ConsequencesofLeavingtheCatholicChurch"Thetruthwillsetyoufree."TheCatholicBible,ISWBN.0-19-528405-4,(1995),NihilObstat&Imprimatur,OxfordUniversityPress,Oxford,N.Y.,John8:32,P.163Note:InthisreportImayoccasionallyuseboldprint,Italics,orwordun
2、derliningforemphasis.ThiswillbemypersonalemphasisandnotthatofthesourcethatIamquoting.Anyfootnoteprecededbyanumberin(parenthesis)ismypersonallibrarynumberingsystem.Q:IwasbornintotheCatholicChurchandreceivedthesacraments.AsayoungstermyfamilyandIconvertedtotheLutheran
3、Church.Arethereanyconsequencestothis?SandiA:Tobegin,Godholdsusaccountableforwhatwedobaseduponourtrueunderstandingandknowledgewehadfortheactatthetimeoftheact.Asanexample,afourteen-year-oldtakesanapplefromastore,doesnotpayforit,goesoutsideandeatsit.Thisisaviolationof
4、theCommandmentto'NotSteal'andisthusasin.Itisprobablyavenialsinbecauseofthelimitedvalueofasingleapple.Next,afour-year-oldcommitsthesameact.Forhimitismostlikelynotasinbecauseallheknowsisthatapplesarefoodandhewashungry.Hewasnotyetoldenoughormatureenoughtounderstandthe
5、Commandmentsorsin.So,age,maturationandwhatyouknowbasedonwhatyouweretaughtareallconsideredbyGodwhenHedeterminesifyousinnedandtowhatdegreeyousinned.InyourparticularcaseIdonotknowwhatyouragewasatthetimeofconversiontoLutheranismnordoIknowhowmuchyouhadbeeninstructedabou
6、tmakingsuchachange,theconsequences,etc.Soonlyforthepurposeofclarityinthisreportwewill'create'thescenariothatyouhadbeenthoroughlycatechizedastothesinfulnatureofvoluntarilyleavingyourCatholicfaith.IFthishadbeenthecase,theChurch(theChurchdecidesandspeaks'inpersonaChri
7、sti'orinthepersonofChrist)woulddeterminethatyouwereguiltyofcommittingmortalsin,whichwouldplaceyouindangeroflosingyoursoulupondeathifyoudidnotrepent!"Whentheintelligentcreature(youorme)knowingGodandHislaw,deliberatelyrefusetoobey,moralevilresults.Sinisnothingelsetha
8、namorallybadact,anactnotinaccordwithreasoninformedbytheDivineLaw.Godhasendoweduswithreasonandfree-will,andasenseofresponsibility;Hehasmadeussubje
