05-20-2010, 04:12 PM
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Location: Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
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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