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No, that would need authority of bishop; formal excommunication (ferendae sententiae - inflicted penalty) is not a common practice and is very rare. However latae sententiae(automatic penalty) is rather common these days. For instance, abortion carries an automatic excommunication as soon as it is successfully completed by all who participated:
from Code of Canon Law, translation prepared under the auspices of the Canon Law Society of America, Nihil obstat: + Anthony J. Bevilacqua, J.C.D.; Imprimatur: Rev. Msgr. John F. Donoghue, Canon Law Society of America, Washington D.C.
Canon 1398 A person who procures a successful abortion incurs an automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication.
What else can I help you with?
Can pope excommunicate a queen now?
The pope can excommunicate anyone he feels has separated himself/herself from the Church by their words or actions. In most cases the person has excommunicated himself and the pope only makes it official.
Who might a pope choose to excommunicate?
He usually reserves the power to excommunicate for heretics.
How do you use excommunicate in a sentence?
The old Catholic church would excommunicate people for crimes against the Church.
To force one out of the church is to them-?
To force one out of the church is to _______ them.
Did Calvin want the right to excommunicate unrepented sinners?
No, Calvin did not want the right to excommunicate unrepented sinners.
What opposite of priest?
A lay-person would be the opposite of a priest.
What is the name of a place a priest goes to become a priest?
A person goes to a seminary to become a priest.
To force one out of the church is to?
excommunicate them (;
Who was a person who is financially supportive?
priest
Is the priest a proper noun?
The noun 'priest' is a common noun, a general word for a person who has the authority to lead or perform ceremonies in some religions.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun 'priest' is the name of a priest.
What is to cut off from the Christian church?
excommunicate
The word for being expelled from the church?
excommunicate.
