2007-07-21 11:08:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
His excommunication was latae sententiae.
2007-07-21 11:17:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Automatic excommunication happens when Catholics commit certain offensives. This happens as soon as the offense is committed.
Adolf Hitler committed the following offenses resulting in automatic excommunication:
- Apostasy - the formal renunciation of one's religion. Hitler specifically rejected the Catholic Church, as well as Christianity in general. He described himself as "a complete pagan.”
- Heresy - a doctrine in theology, religion, philosophy, or politics at variance with those of the Catholic Church. Nazism is definitely heretical to Christianity.
There was no reason for the Catholic Church to excommunicate Hitler. He did it all by himself.
For Hitler's own words against Christianity, see: http://www.geocities.com/chiniquy/Hitler.html
For more information about excommunication, see: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05678a.htm
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunicate#Automatic_excommunication
With love in Christ.
2007-07-21 16:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the infalibal popes in rome could have burnt galalio as a heritic if he did not have useful secular friends and tension to assert the earth would not rotate around the solar. For get the jews, how on the subject of the killing of polish priest and us undemanding catholic using fact we've been polish by hitler. The popes of rome traditionally have worn many hats yet not the crown of thorns or self sacrifice for thier sheep. Hail Hitler!
2016-10-22 07:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by boice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler's actions triggered the automatic excommunication clause in Catholic Canon Law.
It was not necessary for anyone to excommunicate him, but if there was, it would have been up to his local bishop.
2007-07-21 12:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excommunicating Hitler would be to accept that he was a Catholic, they still diny it.
2007-07-21 11:46:39 · answer #5 · answered by Millie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because the Roman Catholic Church Doesn't believe that God is God, they believe in Mary therefore they felt the Jews were the lesser race, Probably. I just know that it is corrupted for keeping knowledge from the public eye just because they couldn't comprehend it.
2007-07-21 11:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by Charles E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the Church had other things to worry about at that moment, like worrying about the Catholics being harrassed and imprisoned under the Nazis.
2007-07-21 11:18:27 · answer #7 · answered by Cathy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
he already committed suicide so noone cared!!
2007-07-21 11:16:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-07-21 11:57:28 · answer #9 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he tithed.
2007-07-21 11:17:43 · answer #10 · answered by Oreo Schmoreo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋