I agree that the Pope (and by extension the curia with his approval) gets to decide if what someone is doing constitutes schism. But they declare the status, not the intentions of everyone involved. Hopefully most of the people involved are saying something along the lines of "Whoops! Did NOT mean for it to go that far." Rather than "Oh,…
I agree that the Pope (and by extension the curia with his approval) gets to decide if what someone is doing constitutes schism. But they declare the status, not the intentions of everyone involved. Hopefully most of the people involved are saying something along the lines of "Whoops! Did NOT mean for it to go that far." Rather than "Oh, they finally figured out we want nothing to do with them. That'll make this easier."
I agree that the Pope (and by extension the curia with his approval) gets to decide if what someone is doing constitutes schism. But they declare the status, not the intentions of everyone involved. Hopefully most of the people involved are saying something along the lines of "Whoops! Did NOT mean for it to go that far." Rather than "Oh, they finally figured out we want nothing to do with them. That'll make this easier."