A Topic of Moral Theology

The effects of excommunication

Exclusion from divine offices, sacraments, indulgences, ecclesiastical acts, burial; communication with the excommunicated.

See also Excommunication — in Censures and Ecclesiastical Penalties

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what an excommunicated person cannot do (ed.)

In the index as Excommunication · Excommunicates · Ecclesiastical immunity · Ecclesiastical burial · Excommunicated persons · Jurisdiction · Sacrament · Sacramentals · Civil communication · Excommunicates to be avoided · Privation · Public sinners · Vitandi · Vitandus · Abortion · Anathema · Benefice · Cemetery · Censure · Collation · Cremation of corpses · Denial of faith · Duel · Ecclesiastical benefice

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On Ecclesiastical Penalties, Second Book. On Ecclesiast…, Question Two. On Excommuni…, Article Two. On the Effects of Excommunication., nn. 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. II, Chapter I. Excommunication, n. 2 — The effects of excommunication, according to the Code, may be enumerated as follows: (a) An excommunicated person has no right to assist at divine offices—that is, functions of the power of order which are ordained to th… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise On Censures, Ch. II, Namely: 1. on Excommunicat…, Article I. On Excommunication, nn. 960, 964, 965, 966 & 967 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. On The Effects Of Excommunication, nn. ¶69, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504 & 505 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fifth Part: On the Subject…, Appendix: On the Penitenti…, Indulgences, and Censures, Article III: On Censures, n. 682 (80 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Ch. III, Art. I, Division, and Effects of E…, § II. On the effects of excommunication, nn. 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961 & 962 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On censures severally, namely on the greater and lesser excommunication, nn. VIII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XVI & XVII (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II

Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 7. Is He to be Avoided?, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Excommunication — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Konings, Theologia Moralis · 1917 Code of Canon Law · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)