the process of excommunication
Excommunication is the formal act of removing a person from the membership or privileges of a religious community, particularly in the Catholic Church. It involves the declaration or pronouncement by religious authorities that the person is no longer in good standing and is excluded from participating in the sacraments and spiritual life of the community.
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- controversies surrounding excommunication
- effects of excommunication
- excommunicado
- excommunication and religious community
- excommunication and spiritual authority
- excommunication and the sacraments
- excommunication in christianity
- excommunication in judaism
- excommunication in the anglican communion
- excommunication in the catholic church
- excommunication in the eastern orthodox church
- historical instances of excommunication
- papal excommunication
- protestant excommunication
- reasons for excommunication