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- Henry’s refusal to support papal demands for reform led Gregory to excommunicate Henry and to depose him as king in February 1076 at the annual Lenten synod.
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The pope retaliated with a sentence of excommunication; it troubled no one. As long as Henry was beholden to the Pope in Rome, his situation as King was compromised. The only solution was to break ties with Rome and create a new church, which recognized Henry as King by Divine Right.
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In 1306 A.D., King Robert The Bruce, before he was King, murdered John Comyn in front of the altar in Greyfriars Kirk. He immediately went to Bishop Wishart to confess and was absolved of this sacrilege for which he could have been excommunicated.
Jul 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 VI of the Code (“Penal Sanctions in the Church”).
Dec 1, 2016 · For example, in 1209 Pope Innocent III excommunicated King John of England, and it was rumored in 1211 that the Pope also declared him deposed. – Geremia Dec 1, 2016 at 20:35
Jul 10, 2020 · King John did not give in to the pope, and he was excommunicated. Not until 1213 did King John reconcile a deal with Innocent III. While Innocent III may have won out on this one, the use of excommunication to punish those who opposed the papacy became more and more common, and, in so doing, less and less potent.
I actually had a pope excommunicate my character as his last act because I got the excommunicated notification and the new pope notification at the same time. I actually repented, clicked the notification and got immediately excommunicated.
Among the Jews, exclusion from the synagogue was a real excommunication (Esd., x, 8). This was the exclusion feared by the parents of the man born blind (John, ix, 21 sq.; cf. xii, 42; xvi, 2); the same likewise that Christ foretold to His disciples (Luke, vi, 22).
