https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2019/06/obedience-to-the-church-is-it-necessary Mon, 03 Jun 2019 22:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2019/06/obedience-to-the-church-is-it-necessary#comment-520 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 22:34:34 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=22640#comment-520 The trick is how the teachings are interpreted. Some people have more rigid interpretations than others, and then try to impose them on others. I’ve seen some under the guise of personal piety get pretty overreaching and insisting that some things are ‘against’ the teaching of the church when it is not. Example: I know folks who insist that the fast before communion includes not brushing one’s teeth in the morning. I got this when I was a catechumen. Fortunately, my priest was dental conscious and said otherwise lol but it can happen on other more serious personal things, too.

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