Reverend Arcadio Natal v. The Christian and Missionary Alliance

How courts have described this case

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• “Civil courts cannot adjudicate disputes turning on church policy and administration or on religious doctrine and practice.”
• no jurisdiction over minister’s claim of wrongful termination, notwithstanding allegation that organization failed to follow own rules; “[b]y its very nature, the inquiry . . . plunges an inquisitor into a maelstrom of Church policy, administration, and governance”
• “It is well-settled that religious controversies are not the proper subject of civil court inquiry. Religious bodies must be free to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters which pertain to church government, faith, and doctrine.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).