OPINION
McCormack, J.
When presented with an ecclesiastical question, civil courts have long recognized the need, grounded in the First Amendment, to abstain from answering it themselves. This case invites us to consider the nature of this ecclesiastical abstention doctrine: namely, whether it is properly understood as a limitation on...
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