A Topic of Moral Theology
Excommunication
Its effects and the excommunications reserved to the Holy See, to the Ordinary, and to no one.
The works themselves ask 82 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
- Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See ▸ 4 subtopics
- Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See ▸ 9 subtopics
- Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See ▸ 10 subtopics
- Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary ▸ 5 subtopics
- Excommunications Reserved to No One ▸ 6 subtopics
- What excommunication is
- The effects of excommunication
- The censures of the Code: how they are reserved
See also The effects of excommunication — in Excommunication
Also asked about as…
am i excommunicated · latae sententiae (ed.)
In the index as Excommunication · Suspension (Suspensio) · Interdict (Interdictum) · Bishop · Heretics · Censure · Usurpation · Burial · Privilege · Regulars · Pastor (Parochus) · Pope · Privilege of the canon · Ecclesiastical burial · Ecclesiastical immunity · Goods · Immunity · Masonic sect · Nuns · Tridentine · Various words: · Abortion · Apostasy · Books
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On Ecclesiastical Penalties, Second Book. On Ecclesiast…, Question Two. On Excommuni…, Article One. On Excommunication in General., nn. 33, 34, 35 & 36 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Book Eight. On Matrimony., Appendix II. Excommunications., n. ¶1 — I. They incur an excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See in a most special manner: 1. Those who have thrown away the consecrated species, or have carried them off or retained them for an evil end (can. 2320). 2. Th… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. II, Chapter I. Excommunication, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, A.—Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, B.—Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 1–26 (26 passages)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, C.—Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 1–29 (29 passages)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, D.—Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, E.—Excommunications Reserved to No One, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. II, Chapter I. On Excommunication, nn. 870, 871, 872 & 873 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section I. Excommunications Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in the Most Special Manner, n. 894 — III. One absolving, or pretending to absolve, an accomplice in a base sin incurs by the fact itself an excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See in the most special manner; and this even at the article of death, if a… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section II. Excommunications Reserved to the Roman Pontiff in a Special Manner, n. 895 — This excommunication is contracted by: I. All apostates from the Christian faith, and all and each heretics or schismatics (canon 2314, § 1, 1°, and § 2). This excommunication is reserved to the Apostolic See in a specia… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section III. Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Roman Pontiff, n. 896 — This excommunication is contracted by: I. Those making gain from indulgences (canon 2327). By force of this canon, those are excommunicated who, after receiving a price, gain profit either by granting, publishing, or cau… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section IV. Excommunications Reserved to Ordinaries, n. 897 — Moreover, the following contract an excommunication reserved to the Ordinary: I. Catholics: 1° who enter marriage before a non-Catholic minister against the prescription of canon 1063, § 1; 2° who are united in marriage … Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section V. Excommunications Not Reserved, n. 898 — The following incur an excommunication not reserved: I. Authors and publishers who, without due permission, arrange for the books of Sacred Scripture, or notes or commentaries on them, to be printed (canon 2318, § 2). 1.… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXXIV. On Occult Compensation, n. 1478 — Whether occult compensation can licitly be made when only probability of right stands? Ithur. Cas. 3, n. 11, has this: "Whenever the opinion has been equally probable for each party, or, as frequently happens, one's own … Read in context →
Vol. IV, On Censures, II. On Excommunication, nn. 1106–1123 (18 passages)
Vol. IV, On Censures, V. On Ecclesiastical Burial, n. 1159 — What is to be said about notorious excommunicated persons and about those whose bodies are subjected to cremation? If a notorious excommunicated person dies before he is reconciled to the Church, but before his death has… Read in context →
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, nn. 1162–1219 (58 passages)
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apost…, Suspensions *Latae Sententiae* Simply Reserved to the Supreme Pontiff, nn. 1220–1240 (21 passages)
Vol. IV, On the Constitution *Apost…, Interdicts from the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, nn. 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249 & 1250 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
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. ¶1, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970 & 971 (58 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Treatise On Censures, Ch. II, Namely: 1. on Excommunicat…, Art. I, Point V. *Ferendae Sententiae* Excommunications, n. 980 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, n. 1164 — § I. Concerning Excommunications.. 1164. Among excommunications, some are reserved to the Supreme Pontiff, others to Bishops, and others finally to no one. Again, from the new law, some are reserved to the Supreme Pontiff in a most special manner, others … Read in context →
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Tit. I, Ch. V, Art. 14, III. On Books Which Defend Errors Proscribed by the Holy See, n. 84 — 84. Books are condemned which defend errors proscribed by the Apostolic See. What errors are 1. Errors: propositions condemned at least as erroneous. Apostolic See 2. By the Apostolic See: by the Supreme Pontiff either i… Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 47, n. 125 — Former law 125. By this article, in the same words, the Excommunication borne in the Constitution Apostolicae Sedis, n. 2, of the first series, is repeated. Therefore in itself it will receive a similar interpretation. H… Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. V, Article 48, n. 126 — Difference from the Tridentine censure 126. 1. Thus, by expressing it more clearly, the Tridentine excommunication is renewed, which nevertheless struck only anonymous books, while, according to interpreters of the Const… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. III, Bk. III, Tr. II, Article II: The Censures *Latae Sententiae* in Force by Common Law, nn. ¶1, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925 & 926 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, CHAPTER II: On the Various Species of Censure, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. II, ARTICLE I: On Excommunication, n. ¶1290 — 1290. - DEFINITION. Excommunication is a censure through which someone is deprived of communion of the Church (cf. n. 1252). DIVISION. 1. Excommunication, by reason of effects, is twofold: a) MAJOR, which deprives one of… Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. ON THE EFFECTS OF EXCOMMUNICATION IN THE EXCOMMUNICATED PERSON, nn. ¶1, ¶1291, ¶1292 & ¶1293 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. II, Art. I, § 2. ON THE EFFECTS OF EXCOMMUNICATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FAITHFUL, nn. ¶1, ¶1294, ¶1295, ¶1296, ¶1297 & ¶1298 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: On Suspension, nn. ¶1299, ¶1300, ¶1301, ¶1, ¶1302, ¶1303, ¶2, ¶1304, ¶3 & ¶1305 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Section Third: On Ecclesia…, TRACTATE II: On Censures a…, Ch. II, ARTICLE III: On Interdict, nn. ¶1306, ¶1, ¶1307, ¶2, ¶1308, ¶3, ¶1309, ¶4 & ¶1310 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Supplement: Dispositions o…, Pt. II, SECTION THIRD, TRACTATE II: On Ecclesiast…, Chapter III: On the Censures in Force Today, n. ¶2 — A. - On Excommunications *Latae Sententiae*.. Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, Article I. On Excommunication, n. ¶68 — We shall treat: 1. the notion and division of excommunication; 2. the effects of excommunication; 3. the excommunications in force today.Read in context →
Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. VI, Ch. III, Art. I, § 3. On The Excommunications Existing Today, nn. ¶70 & 506–526 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pastoral Questions
Ch. III, Question VIII: Concerning the Excommunicated, nn. ¶3008–¶3053 (46 passages)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Ch. II, Namely 1° On Excommunicati…, Article I: On Excommunication, n. ¶1 — It must be treated 1° concerning its nature and division; 2° concerning its effects.Read in context →
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Ch. II, Namely 1° On Excommunicati…, Art. I, § I. On the Nature and Division of Excommunication, nn. ¶1673 & ¶1674 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Ch. II, Namely 1° On Excommunicati…, Art. I, § II. On the Effects of Excommunication, nn. ¶1675, ¶1, ¶1676, ¶2, ¶1677, ¶1678, ¶3, ¶1679, ¶1680, ¶4, ¶1681, ¶5, ¶1682, ¶6, ¶1683, ¶7, ¶1684, ¶8 & ¶1685 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Ch. II, Namely 1° On Excommunicati…, Article II: On Suspension, nn. ¶1686, ¶1687, ¶1688, ¶1689, ¶1690, ¶1, ¶2, ¶1691, ¶1692 & ¶1693 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Treatise on Censures, Ch. II, Namely 1° On Excommunicati…, Article III: On Interdict, nn. ¶1694, ¶1695, ¶1696, ¶1 & ¶1697 (5 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…, § I. On the nature and division of excommunication, n. 953 — Excommunication. § 1. Excommunication is a censure by which someone is excluded from the communion of the faithful with the effects which are enumerated in the canons which follow, and which cannot be separated. § 2. It … Read in context →
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. IV, Chapter IV — On censures severally, namely on the greater and lesser excommunication, nn. I–XXV (25 passages)
The 1917 Code of Canon Law
Sect. II, Tit. VIII, Ch. II, Article I: Of Excommunication, cann. 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266 & 2267 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretum of Gratian (Concordia discordantium canonum)
Pt. II, Causa XXIV, c. ¶ — CAUSE XXIV. GRATIAN. A certain bishop, having fallen into heresy, deprived some of his priests of office and marked them with a sentence of excommunication. Accused of heresy after his death, he is condemned, together wi… Read in context →
Pt. II, Causa XXIV, Question I, cc. ¶ & 1–42 (43 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XXIV, Question II, cc. ¶, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Pt. II, Causa XXIV, Question III, cc. ¶ & 1–40 (41 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. V, Title XXXIX: On the Sentence of Excommunication, cc. 1–60 (60 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 1. An Ingenious Verger, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume II
Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 5. A Masonic Ball, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)
Slater, Cases II, Censures, Case 7. Is He to be Avoided?, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases II, Ecclesiastical Burial, Case 1. Mixed Cemeteries, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Q. I, Art. 8. The Sins Against P…, Schism, n. 1375 — The law of the church on the powers of schismatics is as follows: (a) All schismatics incur ipso facto excommunication, as well as various inhabilities and penalties (Canon 2314). It is fitting that those who separate th… Read in context →
The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Case VIII: Secret Societies, nn. ¶1–¶31 (31 passages)
Vol. II, Case XXIII: Concerning the Excommunication Incurred by Those Who Injure the Rulers of the Church Either in Body, in Their Liberty, or, in Their Dignity, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Case XXXVII: Does the Performance of Craniotomy Incur Excommunication?, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Case LVIII: Who Incurs the Censure for Procuring an Abortion That Takes Effect?, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. IV, Case X: Excommunication on Account of Abortion, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Back to Morality
Chapter XVII: Reserved Cases, nn. ¶295–¶312, ¶320, ¶321, ¶322, ¶323, ¶324, ¶325, ¶326, ¶327, ¶328, ¶329, ¶339, ¶341, ¶342, ¶343, ¶344, ¶345, ¶346, ¶347, ¶348, ¶349, ¶350, ¶351, ¶352, ¶359, ¶360, ¶361, ¶362, ¶363, ¶363a, ¶364, ¶365, ¶366, ¶367 & ¶368 (52 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section 7: Duties with Regard to the Mortal Remains of the Dead, nn. ¶1–¶33 (33 passages)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
100. On the Alienation of Ecclesiastical Goods, n. 1 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
159. On Favor toward Heretics, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
161. On the Immunity of Ecclesiastical Persons, n. 1 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
162. On the Absolution of an Accomplice, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
163. Excommunication of the Canon, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
165. Excommunication on Account of Violation of Enclosure, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
167. Usurpation of Ecclesiastical Goods, nn. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)
168. A Subdeacon Contracting Marriage, n. 1 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition
Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Constitution *Apostolicae Sedis*, n. 1176 — Absolution from Excommunications Reserved in a Special Manner to the Supreme Pontiff. Cf. nos. 799, 800.Read in context →