| He reformed ecclesiastical discipline in Africa, rent by Arian factions and Donatist schismatics. |
| Bishops who deny the authority of Scripture and declare that God has changed his mind on matters of sexual ethics, they say, are heretics, not just schismatics. |
| The famous raskolniki schismatics had a similar superstition to the Mahometan one mentioned above. |
| They had been seen in the time of Henry VIII as schismatics. |
| Although warned to have nothing to do with these schismatics, Barrett befriended them and was given access to rare documents and interviews. |
| It also automatically excommunicates heretics, schismatics, priests who break the seal of confession, and bishops who ordain other bishops without Vatican permission. |
