People can still be excommunicated today. I have known at least one person who was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church because she got a divorce and remarried without permission of the Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe following sins bring about an automatic excommunication(just committing the sin makes you excommunicate):1) An apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic
2) Profanation of the Eucharist
3) Physical attack against the Roman Pontiff
4) Absolution against an accomplice in a sin against the sixth Commandment
5) Consecration of a bishop without a pontifical mandate
6) A priest who violates the sacramental seal of confession
7) A person who procures a complete abortion
The following are not subject to a penalty when they have violated a law or precept:
1. a person who has not yet completed the sixteenth year of age
2. a person who without negligence was ignorant that he or she violated a law or precept; inadvertence and error are equivalent to ignorance
3. a person who acted due to physical force or a chance occurrence which the person could not foresee or, if foreseen, avoid
4. a person who acted coerced by grave fear, even if only relatively grave, or due to necessity or grave inconvenience unless the act is intrinsically evil or tends to the harm of souls
5. a person who acted with due moderation against an unjust aggressor for the sake of legitimate self defense or defense of another.
6. a person who lacked the use of reason, without prejudice to the prescripts of canon 1324, second 1, n. 2 and canon 1325
7. a person who without negligence thought that one of the circumstances mentioned in nn 4 or 5 was present
Not in modern times.
excommunication
The pope has authority over excommunication.
The Excommunication of Christ was created in 2001.
excommunication. It's still the same now.
Excommunication, as a formal practice within the Christian Church, began in the early centuries of Christianity, with its roots traceable to the teachings of Jesus and the apostolic community. The term itself gained prominence in the 4th century, particularly within the context of the developing structures of the Church and its authority. Throughout the Middle Ages, excommunication became more systematically applied as a means of enforcing church discipline and doctrine.
Martin Luther burned the papal bull of excommunication
Practice, practice.
Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice., New and common; trite; commonplace., A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.
The practice is farming. It may be subdivided into market gardening or the raising of animals for meat production. Also known as agriculture. In modern times it has become more & more industrialised.
Excommunication
Trial by combat is not legal in modern legal systems. It was a practice used in medieval times to settle disputes, but it is no longer recognized as a legitimate form of legal resolution.