Excommunication - Wikipedia
WEBExcommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of …
Excommunication in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia
WEBThe excommunicated person is considered by Catholic ecclesiastical authority as an exile from the Church, for a time at least. Excommunication is intended to invite the person to change behaviour or attitude, repent, and return to full communion. [1]
Excommunication | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMar 18, 2024 · excommunication, form of ecclesiastical censure by which a person is excluded from the communion of believers, the rites or sacraments of a church, and the rights of church membership but not necessarily from membership in the church as such.
The Truth About Excommunication | Catholic Answers Magazine
WEBJul 14, 2023 · In 2021, Pope Francis replaced Book VI of the Code, which deals with penalties, including excommunication. So what is excommunication? In the first place, it’s a penalty, which is why it’s dealt with in Book …
Excommunication Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
WEBnoun. ex· com· mu· ni· ca· tion ˌek-skə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən. Synonyms of excommunication. 1. : an ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the rights of church membership. 2. : exclusion from fellowship in a group or community. excommunicative. ˌek-skə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tiv.
Excommunication: What is it and does the Church still do it?
WEBWhile excommunication excludes a Catholic from many of the Church's spiritual goods, its purpose in fact is to encourage conversion, the excommunicate's return to the light of truth and the communion of grace.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Excommunication - NEW ADVENT
WEBExcommunication (Latin ex, out of, and communio or communicatio, communion — exclusion from the communion), the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society.
Excommunication in the Catholic Church - Learn Religions
WEBJan 31, 2019 · In other words, excommunication is the way in which the Catholic Church expresses severe disapproval of an action taken by a baptized Catholic that is either gravely immoral or in some way calls into question or undermines publicly the …
What Is Excommunication and is it Biblical? - Christianity
WEBAug 31, 2021 · What Does Excommunication Mean? As the name implies, excommunication is to deny a person in the public means of grace within their respective Christian community because of unrepentant sin, usually a …
Why and How One Is Excommunicated | Catholic Answers Q&A
WEBExcommunication is a medicinal penalty of the Church. Its purpose is not necessarily to obtain justice or satisfaction but is meant to awaken an individual’s conscience to repentance (canon 1312 & 1331).
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