Excommunication Definition

Excommunication Sentence Examples

• On the 17th of July Innocent formally renewed the sentence of excommunication on the emperor, and declared him deposed from the imperial throne and that of Naples.

• Excommunication and interdict (April 17, 1606) were met with defiance.

• It provided for the visitation of the clergy by the bishop, and for the power of the clergy to exclude their lay folk from the Holy Communion, subject to appeal to the bishop. Both minor and major excommunication had been in use, and for a long time public penance was required.

• It is clear from these illustrations that within the New Testament there is development from spontaneous towards strictly regulated methods; also that the use of excommunication is chiefly for disciplinary and protective rather than punitive purposes.

• The use of excommunication as a form of Christian discipline is based on the precept of Christ and on apostolic practice.