| Code of Canon Law (Latin Church) Canon 750
1. Those things are to be believed by divine and catholic faith which are contained in the
word of God as it has been written or handed down by tradition, that is, in the single
deposit of faith entrusted to the Church, and which are at the same time proposed as
divinely revealed either by the solemn Magisterium of the Church, or by its ordinary and
universal Magisterium, which in fact is manifested by the common adherence of Christ's
faithful under the guidance of the sacred Magisterium. All are therefore bound to avoid
any contrary doctrines.
2. Furthermore, each and everything set forth definitively by the Magisterium of
the Church regarding teaching on faith and morals must be firmly accepted and held; namely
those things required for the holy keeping and faithful exposition of the deposit of
faith; therefore, anyone who rejects propositions which are to be held definitively sets
himself against the teaching of the Catholic Church.[new]
Canon 1371
The following are to be punished with a just penalty:
1° a person who, apart from the case mentioned in canon 1364, 1, teaches a doctrine
condemned by the Roman Pontiff, or by an Ecumenical Council, or obstinately rejects the
teachings mentioned in canon 750, 2 or in canon 752 and, when warned by
the Apostolic See or by the Ordinary, does
not retract;
2° a person who in any other way does not obey the lawful command or prohibition of the
Apostolic See or the Ordinary or Superior and, after being warned, persists in
disobedience.
Reference: Canon 752
While the assent of faith is not required, a
religious submission of intellect and will is to be given to any doctrine which either the
Supreme Pontiff or the College of Bishops, exercising their authentic Magisterium, declare
upon a matter of faith and morals, even though they do not intend to proclaim that
doctrine by definitive act. Christ's faithful are therefore to ensure that they avoid
whatever does not accord with that doctrine.
Reference: Canon 1364, 1
1. With due regard for canon. 194, 1, n.2, [those who have already defected from the
faith] an apostate from the faith, a heretic or a schismatic incurs automatic (latae
sententiae) excommunication and if a cleric, he can also be punished by the penalties
mentioned in can. 1336, 1, nn. 1, 2 and 3 [which provide certain prohibitions and
deprivations]. |