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Excommunication is an ecclesiastical penalty placed on a person to encourage the person to return to the communion of the church. An excommunicated person cannot receive any sacraments or exercise an office within the church until the excommunication is lifted by a valid authority in the church (usually a bishop ).
Belief that certain people are or can be reincarnations of biblical figures, such as Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. Doctrinal Note of the Catholic Bishops of Canada concerning the Army of Mary [60] and Tribus circiter on the Mariavites. Santa Muerte: Worship or veneration of Santa Muerte.
the person publicly and obstinately denies or positively doubts a truth that the Catholic Church regards as revealed by God (through the Scriptures or Sacred tradition) the disbelief must be morally culpable , that is, there must be a refusal to accept what is known to be a doctrinal imperative.
Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism: The belief of Docetism holds that Jesus Christ did not have a real physical body, but only an apparent or illusory one. [2] Montanism: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism
Once the sentence is published, that person is barred from active participation as a member of the Catholic Church. But this is a rare event. The more common excommunication is that termed latae sententiae , or what sometimes called often "automatic excommunication", where someone, in committing a certain act, incurs the penalty without any ...
Roman Catholic person, in reference to the Catholic ritual of praying with rosary beads. [40] [41] [42] Redneck Ireland: Roman Catholics Roman Catholic person, now considered archaic due to its association with the better-known American term. [43] Romanist: Predominantly North America and the U.K. Roman Catholics
Bishop — an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith, ruling the Church, and sanctifying her people. Bishop emeritus (or Archbishop emeritus) — the title given to a retired bishop or archbishop; Bishops' conference — see: Episcopal conference (below)
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10, the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though 94% of manuscripts have "man of sin".