That these attempts are said to manifest as things that are “bound” or “loosed” in heaven is why the Church takes so solemnly her mission, and why she must always seek guidance from the Holy Spirt, before moving in one direction or another, for what greater responsibility can there be than to know that what one makes doctrinal, or issues ex cathedra (meaning ‘from the chair’), has repercussions not only in the temporal realm, but in the hereafter?