can you give me a definition and an example? just be easy wit the terminology because it gets confusing for me. thank you! this is for my History final exam?
2007-05-18 21:26:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An example of biblical excommunication is found in 1 Corinthians 5. There, Paul tells the church to cast out a man who is living immorally and who is having a negative effect on the church. The people are winking at his immorality instead of taking a stand against sin. For this reason, the man needed to be removed.
He also needed to be removed so he could see that his sin was bad. Paul said that by removing man, Satan could get to work on him (5:5).
Excommunication means that a brother or sister has been denied participation into the normal local community of believers: Bible studies, Sunday or Saturday meetings, potlucks, evangelism, and so on. However, it is not for ever. In 2 Corinthians 2:6-8, we find that the man cast out repented, so the church should take him back in.
2007-05-19 01:33:28 · answer #1 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Excommunication Definition
2016-09-30 09:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in communion. In some churches, excommunication includes spiritual condemnation of the member or group. Censures and sanctions sometimes follow excommunication; these include banishment, shunning, and shaming, depending on the group's religion or religious community.
2007-05-18 21:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion (ĕks′kə-my′nĭ-kāshən)
n.
1. The act of excommunicating.
2. The state of being excommunicated.
3. A formal ecclesiastical censure that deprives a person of the right to belong to a church.
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2007-05-18 21:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Denial of service at High Mass. Even though nobody's taking names at Mass, once you are thrown overboard by the pope, you are not supposed to partake of the bread representing the body of Christ, there isn't hardly anything which reverses the Excommunication and this makes the Eurcharist routine not worth your participation.
2007-05-18 21:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excommunication means you have been removed from the church. Most typically this is a Catholic thing. You could also liken to being fired from your job. You were excommunicated from your place of work.
2007-05-18 21:31:16 · answer #6 · answered by Choose Life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
excommunication is when you are "cast out" from a certain society or group. The Amish (or Mormons if you prefer) "excommunicate" people from their society for breaking certain rules. When you are excommunicated, you more or less cease to exist to the group who excommunicated you. They don't see you, hear you when you talk, etc.
2007-05-18 21:34:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that means that you are kick out of something. like you can be excommunicate out of the JW's and other religions. they the jw don't speak too you if this happen until you asked to be let back it. but that I will say.
2007-05-18 21:33:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when u are released (not in agood way) from your religion or cult. an example is King John of england was excommunicated by the pope cus he was crap. LOL
2007-05-18 21:32:29 · answer #9 · answered by Rastafarianhobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically you got in trouble with the church for some reason and they kick you out. Mormons actually have half way houses for follower to work their way back in.
2007-05-18 21:30:36 · answer #10 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋