tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post5998855263676643580..comments2024-03-28T15:32:38.398-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Old Liberal German Bishops Threaten "Excommunication" to Those Who Won't PayTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-69416620740988835592012-09-22T06:19:07.776-07:002012-09-22T06:19:07.776-07:00The problem is with German law. People who do not...The problem is with German law. People who do not want to pay the tax are required to apostasize according to law. If you publicly declare you are no longer Catholic, how can you expect to receive the sacraments? <br />Of course, the ever unbiased media is spinning the story to make the Church look like it is asking for money for sacraments. This is ridiculous. That would be simony and also draw ecclesiastical sanctions based on Canon Law.<br />Here is another example of why separation of Church and state in modern times is a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-4091314156363121482012-09-21T22:46:37.339-07:002012-09-21T22:46:37.339-07:00Sure kid, and I'm Napoleon Bonaparte.Sure kid, and I'm Napoleon Bonaparte.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-3889671062630971042012-09-21T21:28:45.819-07:002012-09-21T21:28:45.819-07:00Blog administrator: You're a heretic and autom...Blog administrator: You're a heretic and automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.<br /><br />Abjuration of Heresy (to re-enter) on Section 19.1 of Immaculata-one.comMike Bizzarohttp://immaculata-one.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-61434372445990327672012-09-21T06:43:08.293-07:002012-09-21T06:43:08.293-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mike Bizzarohttp://immaculata-one.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-5849723193716349222012-09-21T06:14:28.390-07:002012-09-21T06:14:28.390-07:00And they got their "authority" to do thi...And they got their "authority" to do this where? From whom?? They just keep digging their own holes, don't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com