It makes no difference in the end which course was followed, for both heresy and schism lead inevitably to hell. A classical case of deception can be seen in China. Under the pressure of that Communist government, many Bishops in China formed a national Catholic Church where the state appoints and rules the Bishops. Pope Pius XII excommunicated those Bishops, and still they continued in spite of their separation from Rome. Those Bishops took with them the Catholics who were satisfied to be Catholics without union with the Pope.
Schism is a disease of the faith and a mortal sin.
Hence, those false Catholics lived and still live a life of futility, yes, sheep without their God-given shepherd, the Pope. In order for Satan to get the remaining true Catholics in China to leave the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, he pulled a new trick out of his sleeve. Since some of you may want to read the step by step operation of this deception We give you the source of this information. We quote from a very well-produced publication that continues the deception of the Jesuit priest, Father Leonard Feeney. His insidious deception was the denial of the baptism of desire and blood.