excommunication
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excommunication. An ecclesiastical censure which excludes those subject to it from the communion of the faithful and imposes certain other deprivations and disabilities. It does not profess to extend to the union of the soul with God. In the RC Church it is now one of the ‘medicinal’
penalties. It is either declared or imposed by an ecclesiastical authority, or incurred automatically, e.g. by procuring an abortion. All excommunicated persons are forbidden to celebrate the Sacraments or receive them (except when in danger of death), to take any ministerial part in public worship, or exercise any ecclesiastical office or act of government. If the excommunication has been imposed or declared, some additional consequences follow. In the C of E the BCP and the 1969
Canons envisage the possibility of excommunication, but its use is now very rare.
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The most severe penalty has a long history. (excommunication)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/5/1996; ; 700+ words
; Excommunication, a penalty...References to excommunication appear in...Mutual excommunications by church...Those excommunications were lifted...or both. Excommunication is automatic...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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EXCOMMUNICATION WORKED BETTER IN 11TH CENTURY
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/12/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...a study of the issue of excommunication, an ecclesial way of telling...basilica. The threat of excommunication just doesn't carry the...go." Occassionally, excommunication will still be invoked...leaders lifted the mutual excommunications that had been in place...
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 "The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario)")
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Priest cites 'misunderstanding'; Lifting excommunications of bishops is unrelated to one's denial of Holocaust, Toronto cleric says.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 2/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...XVI lifted the excommunication of four controversial...with what the excommunications were all about...says Venette. Excommunication is a penalty...just after the excommunications by society members...reversal of the excommunications has gained worldwide...just before his ...
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Church law experts say excommunication of Chinese bishops may be mitigated by pressure
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/5/2006; ; 604 words
; ...may help their case if any formal excommunication process is launched, experts said...with them the automatic penalty of excommunication for the two men as well as the bishops...Navarro-Valls didn't use the word "excommunication" in his statement, he cited canon...
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Vatican upholds excommunication.(NATION)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Vatican has upheld the 1996 excommunication of Call to Action Nebraska...Bruskewitz. Bruskewitz's excommunication of the group, a local chapter...Nebraska, Brukewitz's 1996 excommunication included Catholic members...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Excommunication of bishops might be averted, experts say; Role of Chinese government could be significant
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 5/6/2006; ; 434 words
; ...church law that called for automatic excommunication in condemning China for appointing...Navarro-Valls didn't use the word "excommunication" in his statement Thursday condemning...consent incur a "latae sententiae excommunication" - automatic excommunication. However...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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EXCOMMUNICATION: BY ANY NAME, IT'S DEVASTATING.(Perspective)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/5/1990; 700+ words
; ...suicide. Once almost forgotten, excommunication has been back in the news because...excommunicated - or threatened with excommunication - have been the director of a Corpus...excommunicate. For many, the threat of excommunication has simply lost its sting. For others...
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Under Vatican ruling, abortion triggers automatic excommunication. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of pregnancy and incurs excommunication. Johnstone stressed that...incurs a latae sententiae excommunication." The word "actually...official decree. Most excommunications, by way of contrast...trigger latae sententiae excommunication. Aside from abortion...
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Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist...with the issue of the excommunication and the removal of the excommunication, Lombardi told AP...Mass. In lifting the excommunication decree, he answered...
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Neb. Catholics' Excommunication Deadline Passes
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/16/1996; ; 637 words
; ...for a Free Choice, by Wednesday or face excommunication, the church's severest penalty. Bruskewitz...in recent church history to threaten mass excommunication. Under excommunication, Catholics may attend Mass but are forbidden...
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excommunication
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and the decree of excommunication (or anathema ) is...publicly prayed for; but excommunication is not equivalent to damnation. Excommunications vary in gravity, and...generally abandoned excommunication.
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Excommunication
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Excommunication. A censure imposed by the Christian Church which deprives a person of the right to administer or receive the sacraments or to...
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Ḥerem
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...x2018;ban’). Excommunication from the Jewish community...times, the first reference to excommunication is in Ezra 10. 8. In the period of the Talmud , four types of excommunication had developed: (i) nezifah...
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Reformation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...religious matters. In 1520 the pope issued a bull of excommunication against Luther, and the Holy Roman emperor, Charles...rebel. Luther defied them, publicly burned the bull of excommunication, and issued vigor
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Martin Luther
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...bull Exsurge Domine, condemning his views and threatening excommunication, reached Germany, Luther's position was well understood...burning of the bull and of the canon law. In 1521 formal excommunication was pronounced. In the same year Luther was given a safe...
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