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   Ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion

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   • 1. the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church: "he appealed against the papal sentence of excommunication"

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   What does excommunication mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! What is the pronunciation of excommunication? excommunication meaning: 1. the act of refusing to to allow someone to be involved in the Church, especially the Roman…. Learn more.

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   What is the goal of excommunication?

   • The goal of excommunication is restoration. According to Jesus, the whole process of removing a member from the church is to be gradual, deliberate, and cautious. If at any point in the process the sinning person repents, then “you have gained your brother” ( Matthew 18:15 ), and the fellowship is restored.

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   What does excommunication mean in the Bible?

   • 1. Excommunication is a formal biblical remedy afforded to church leadership to shepherd those who have fallen into unrepentant sin of a notorious nature. 2. Excommunication does not necessarily indicate a loss of eternal salvation.

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   What is an excommunicated person?

   • an excommunicated person. cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated. In Poland, it’s almost impossible for openly LGBTQ people to remain an active part of the Roman Catholic Church, which, according to activists, excommunicates people who are openly LGBTQ.

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   Aug 31, 2021 · Excommunication is the most severe expression of formal spiritual pronouncement in the process of church discipline. Excommunication is not punitive, but rather restorative. The aim of excommunication is to burden the conscience of the unrepentant believer so that he or she returns to the church recognizing the presence of sin, the need of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

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   May 21, 2024 · EXCOMMUNICATION definition: the act of excommunicating | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

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   The meaning of EXCOMMUNICATION is an ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the rights of church membership.

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   excommunication in American English. (ˌekskəˌmjuːnɪˈkeiʃən) noun. 1. the act of excommunicating. 2. the state of being excommunicated. 3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.

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   May 19, 2024 · excommunication ( countable and uncountable, plural excommunications) The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.