How to Use schismatic in a Sentence

schismatic

adjective

• This action will constitute 'a schismatic act,' and 'formal adherence to the schism constitutes a grave offense against God and entails the excommunication established by the law of the Church'.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
• The Vatican said the consecrations, carried out without the pope’s approval and therefore in conflict with Catholic law, constituted a schismatic act that severed the society’s communion with Rome.
  — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
• Under church law, consecrating bishops without papal approval is considered a schismatic act and carries automatic excommunication for both the bishops being ordained and the bishop performing the ceremony.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• Despite the original 1988 schismatic act, the group has continued to grow and today poses a threat to the Holy See as a parallel, ultra-Catholic, pre-Vatican II church.
  — ABC News, 30 June 2026
• Under church law, the consecrations constitute a schismatic act, or an intentional rupture of the unity of the Catholic Church, and incur automatic excommunication for the four bishops and the bishop administering the consecration.
  — ABC News, 30 June 2026
• The highly organized religious extravaganza underscored the society’s international reach despite its schismatic outsider status, and appeal to conservative, traditionalist Catholics wary of the modern, secular world.
  — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
• The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.
  — Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018