"Adultery, fraud, and manslaughter are mortal sins." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatise VII," c. 250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the ...

So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire... 1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory.