M
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Yes.OK, I understand now. You hold that I may recognise a heresy but not recognise pertinacity. Is that correct?
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I donât think this is the case. We judge externalsâŚnot internals.
I think you are confusing private judgment with the judgment of the Church. The external and internal fora has to do with the jurisdiction of the Church. Private individuals have no power whatsoever to judge persons, whether externally or internally.I think this is incorrectâŚany judgment deals with the externalâŚwhich may very well express the internalâŚbut usually not. Pertinacity is externalâŚas well as internal
By reason of their position as inferiors, members of the Taught Church cannot judge externally since the external forum has to do with guilt in the eyes of the Church and not necessarily guilt in the eyes of God, but members of the Taught Church do not have the jurisdiction to judge in behalf of the Church.
Maria