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Excommunication

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments.

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Triples296
Avg. degree1.99
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related to References · 109
Excommunication → Address Abuse, Alvin, America, American Religions, Amish, Amish Life, Amish Society, An Introduction, Anonymous, Atlanta, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Mennonite, Baltimore, Banned, Beck, Biological Phenomenon, British Columbia Press, CA, Colonies, Conservative Mennonite Groups
related to Eastern Orthodox Church · 21
Excommunication → Apollinaris, Apostolic Church, Arius, As, Before, Constantinople, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eucharist, Eunomius, Eutyches, Holy Catholic, Holy Synods, If, In, It, Macedonius, Nestorius, Origen, Second Council, The Eastern Orthodox
related to Reformed churches · 20
Excommunication → Adams, At, Bible, Calvin, Christian Religion, Church, Faith, In, Institutes, Jay, John Calvin, Lord's Supper, Lord's Table, Matthew, Nowhere, Reformed, Reformed Churches, Satan, The Westminster Confession, Yet
related to Lutheran churches · 16
Excommunication → Although Lutheranism, For, In, Keys, Lord's Supper, Lutheran, Lutheran Church, Many Lutheran, Missouri Synod's, Questions No, Smalcald Articles Luther, Small Catechism, Sunday, The, The Office, While
related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 16
Excommunication → According, Church, Covenants, Doctrine, February, General Handbook, In, Informal, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, LDS, LDS Church, The, The Church, The LDS Church
related to Christadelphians · 15
Excommunication → Arranging Brethren, Christadelphian Ecclesias, Christadelphians, Conduct, Disfellowshipping, Formation, Guide, However Christadelphians, If, In, Restoration Movement, Robert Roberts, Similarly, The Ecclesial Guide, These
related to External links · 14
Excommunication → Amish, Archived, Avoidance, Ban, Catholic Encyclopaedia, Church Discipline, February, Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia, Individual Rights, Online, Ostracism, The Limits, Trial, Wayback MachineJehovah's Witnesses
related to Bahá'í Faith · 13
Excommunication → Abdu'l Baha Covenant-breaking, According, Bahá'í, Bahá'ís, Covenant, Covenant-breaker, Covenant-breakers, Currently, Instead, Justice, Most Bahá'ís, The Bahá'í, Universal House
related to Buddhism · 11
Excommunication → Buddhism, For, However, If, In, Japanese Buddhist, Most Japanese Buddhist, Nichiren Shoshu, Sōka Gakkai, Theravadan, There
related to Hinduism · 11
Excommunication → Christian, Dharma, Hindu, Hinduism, However, In, It, Karma, South Asia, There, This

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Excommunicationis ainstitutional act of religious censure used to deprive0.90text
Excommunicationis aexclusion of a member from the Eucharist0.90text
attending Massinstance ofexcommunicates remain bound by ecclesiastical obligations0.80text
even though they are barred from receiving the Eucharistinstance ofexcommunicates remain bound by ecclesiastical obligations0.80text
from taking an active part in the liturgyinstance ofexcommunicates remain bound by ecclesiastical obligations0.80text
murderinstance ofincluding committing serious crimes0.80text
child abuseinstance ofincluding committing serious crimes0.80text
and incestinstance ofincluding committing serious crimes0.80text
family Bible studyinstance ofbut without spiritual fellowship0.80text
religious discussionsinstance ofbut without spiritual fellowship0.80text
accepting a blood transfusioninstance ofby actions0.80text
or for joining another religious or military organizationinstance ofby actions0.80text

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