they wouldnt go to heaven
An interdict from Rome on the country of England and her people. The excommunication of Henry VIII from the Roman church. The excommunication of all clergy and laity who followed Henry.
The pope has authority over excommunication.
The Excommunication of Christ was created in 2001.
excommunication
Martin Luther burned the papal bull of excommunication
If a ruler was excommunicated by the pope, any contracts or treaties made by that ruler became null and void. So, if people owed money to the emperor, they were no longer required to repay it. Needless to say, rulers wanted to avoid this.
It depends on the religion. Some religions don't even have excommunication.
The fear of sales people can be categorized as the fear of strangers: Xenophobia.
Catholic AnswerExcommunication and Interdiction were used in the medieval Church the same as they are today - to save people's souls. These are the most extreme punishments used to bring people to their senses, and only used in the most extreme cases. Excommunication is used to deny a person access to the sacraments, except of course, confession; interdiction denies the sacraments to a whole area or country. Though relatively rare, excommunication today is much more common as several very serious sins, such as procuring a successful abortion, incur automatic excommunication.
An excommunicated person was denied contact with most of society.
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. The fear of the unknown
If fear of gays is homophobia, then fear of straight people would be heterophobia.