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To be excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the 'Mormon' church) means that your rights of membership have been revoked and you are no longer considered a member of the Church. You may still attend worship services, but you cannot hold any positions ('callings') in the congregation.
Excommunicated members are welcome to re-join the Church, but must be rebaptized and meet all the qualifications of a new convert.
Excommunication is quite rare and happens only in the case of very serious sins, such as adultry, abuse, murder, and open rebellion against the Church. Candidates for excommunication meet with a group of local leaders which make up a Church Court, who determine if excommunication is necessary. Most often, the person is 'disfellowshipped', rather than excommunicated. Being disfellowshipped is much like being put on probation.
In cases of serious sins, or rebellion against the church, or at the member's request, a member of the church can be excommunicated.
An excommunicated person is no longer a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church). All the ordinances such as baptism, priesthood, and those received in the temple are cancelled or revoked (as if they did not occur), and cannot hold offices in church leadership. They are still encouraged to attend church meetings, and should not be shunned by other Mormons (although regrettably this sometimes happens). If the excommunicated individual wishes to regain membership in the church, he must petition the first presidency of the church in order to do so. If he is approved he must be re-baptized and get all other previous ordinances and blessings restored.
It means he or she can no longer be a member of the catholic church.
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What terms means to exclude a person from church membership?
excommunication
What term means exclude a person from church membership?
excommunication
How do you use the word excommuication in a sentence?
I think you mean excommunication, which means banishment from a group. His excommunication from that church didn't upset him even a little.
What is it called when the pope cast an official out of the church?
excommunication
What was the loss of membership in the church?
Excommunication
What is the Church's curse?
A anathemic denouncement by the church and a required prelude to excommunication.
Did Henry VIII ever get back to the Church after his excommunication?
No. He created the Church of England.
When the pope cast an official out of the church it is called?
excommunication
What was the act of taking away a persons right to membership in the church?
"Excommunication" The Pope can "excommunicate" a person from the Catholic Church. e.g. Henry VIII was excommunicated from the Catholic Church, because he changed the Church in England to Protestant.
What were the consequences of making the Church of England?
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.
What powerful punishements could the church hand down?
excommunication
What do you call separation from the church as a result of not adhering to doctrine?
excommunication
