Thread: Nun excommunicated for allowing abortion to save the life of a mother
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Old 05-20-2010, 04:08 PM
SWTXBelle SWTXBelle is offline
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Just for clarity's sake -

Excommunication is not a punishment for a sin.

Excommunication means the person excommunicated is not in communion with the Church because of a specific action that basically screams "Hey, I'm not in communion with the church"
(see above list of actions) .
Sin and punishment, both temporal and everlasting, are a whole 'nuther issue.
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