text: Given that a tenet is a principle or belief by which one directs one's life, then those Catholics who accept the beliefs of their faith would form their consciences accordingly and apply them in their lives. If one's conscience, i.e. the  moral sense of right and wrong guiding behaviour, is not in conformity with the tenets of one's faith, this would be moral dissonance. Of course, one can claim autonomy and the right to pick and choose between tenets according to the dictates of one's conscience, this is called dissidence.