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Other examples of the pick-and-choose approach include Catholics who deny there is a [[Hell]],<ref>Matthew 5:29; 8:12; 10:28; 13:42; 25:41, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Revelation 21:8, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, Existence of Hell]</ref> deny any one the sacraments,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html Council of Trent, Decree on the Sacraments, Canon One]</ref> including the miracle of transubstantiation, that "in the sacrament of the eucharistic bread, the unity of all believers who form one body in Christ"<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html Lumen Gentum, 3 and 11]</ref> and "all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it",<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a3.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324]</ref> that [[Mary]] was Immaculate,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus_en.html Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus 18.] "God, the King of the universe, has granted you favors that surpass nature. As he kept you a virgin in childbirth, thus he has kept your body incorrupt in the tomb and has glorified it by his divine act of transferring it from the tomb."</ref> fundamental church teachings regarding the creation of the souls of men,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html Humani Generis 36]</ref> or deny other core teachings of the Church (apostasy).<ref>Encyclical Sapaentiae Christianae: "to refuse to believe in any one of [dogmas of the Church] is equivalent to rejecting all of them." See also, Council of Trent, Decree on the Sacrements, Canon One.</ref> By Canon law, a Catholic in a state of [[mortal sin]] should not take [[Holy Communion]] except where there is a grave reason and no opportunity to confess.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM Code of Canon Law 916.] A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.</ref> These truths are not defined in a single teaching and may be difficult to discern, which is a false conundrum cafeteria Catholics rely on to deny faith rather than learn and explore. Some Cafeteria Catholics ignore this and take Communion anyway, which is a Mortal [[Sin]]. The Church believes that such a person is separated from the [[Holy Spirit]], even without direct [[excommunication]] from Church authorities. Alternatively, some cafeteria Catholics are very sensitive to the difficulty their compromised faith presents and in picking and choosing which sacraments and Canons to honor may abstain from defiling the eucharist by feasting in a state of sin.

Other examples of the pick-and-choose approach include Catholics who deny there is a [[Hell]],<ref>Matthew 5:29; 8:12; 10:28; 13:42; 25:41, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Revelation 21:8, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, Existence of Hell]</ref> deny any one the sacraments,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html Council of Trent, Decree on the Sacraments, Canon One]</ref> including the miracle of transubstantiation, that "in the sacrament of the eucharistic bread, the unity of all believers who form one body in Christ"<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html Lumen Gentum, 3 and 11]</ref> and "all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it",<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a3.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324]</ref> that [[Mary]] was Immaculate,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus_en.html Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus 18.] "God, the King of the universe, has granted you favors that surpass nature. As he kept you a virgin in childbirth, thus he has kept your body incorrupt in the tomb and has glorified it by his divine act of transferring it from the tomb."</ref> fundamental church teachings regarding the creation of the souls of men,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html Humani Generis 36]</ref> or deny other core teachings of the Church (apostasy).<ref>Encyclical Sapaentiae Christianae: "to refuse to believe in any one of [dogmas of the Church] is equivalent to rejecting all of them." See also, Council of Trent, Decree on the Sacrements, Canon One.</ref> By Canon law, a Catholic in a state of [[mortal sin]] should not take [[Holy Communion]] except where there is a grave reason and no opportunity to confess.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM Code of Canon Law 916.] A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.</ref> These truths are not defined in a single teaching and may be difficult to discern, which is a false conundrum cafeteria Catholics rely on to deny faith rather than learn and explore. Some Cafeteria Catholics ignore this and take Communion anyway, which is a Mortal [[Sin]]. The Church believes that such a person is separated from the [[Holy Spirit]], even without direct [[excommunication]] from Church authorities. Alternatively, some cafeteria Catholics are very sensitive to the difficulty their compromised faith presents and in picking and choosing which sacraments and Canons to honor may abstain from defiling the eucharist by feasting in a state of sin.

An extreme form of a cafeteria Catholic is a '''cultural Catholic'''.  A cultural Catholic is someone who has a strong emotional attachment to Catholic social and cultural identity, but who does not understand Catholicism and does not seriously follow its ethical teaching.  The majority of Catholics in the world are believed to be cultural Catholics.<ref>[http://withchrist.org/catholic.htm#Cultural Who Is a Roman Catholic? Cultural Catholics]</ref> Divorce and abortion rates among Catholics are identical to the secular society as a whole, showcasing the effects of the Cultural Catholic.  

An extreme form of a cafeteria Catholic is a '''cultural Catholic'''.  A cultural Catholic is someone who has a strong emotional attachment to Catholic social and cultural identity, but who does not understand Catholicism and does not seriously follow its ethical teaching.  The majority of Catholics in the world are believed to be cultural Catholics.<ref>[http://withchrist.org/catholic.htm#Cultural Who Is a Roman Catholic? Cultural Catholics]</ref> Divorce and abortion rates among Catholics are identical to the secular society as a whole, showcasing the effects of the Cultural Catholic.

==Examples==

==Examples==

*[[Chris Matthews]]

*[[Chris Matthews]]

*Susan Sarandon

*Susan Sarandon

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Christmas and Easter Catholic]]

*[[Christmas and Easter Catholic]]

*[[Catholics for Obama]]

*[[Catholics for Obama]]

[[Category:Idioms]]

[[Category:Idioms]]

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