if one is excommunicated, does that equal unforgivable mortal sin, until they repent and ask to be “recommunicated”, and therefore, death in excommunication means straight to hell?
Canon 1331 §1. An excommunicated person is forbidden: 1º to have any ministerial participation in celebrating the sacrifice of the Eucharist or any other ceremonies of worship whatsoever; 2º to celebrate the sacraments or sacramentals and to receive the sacraments; 3º to exercise any ecclesiastical offices, ministries, or functions whatsoever or to place acts of governance. §2. If the excommunication has been imposed or declared, the offender: 1º who wishes to act against the prescript of §1, 1º must be prevented from doing so, or the liturgical action must be stopped unless a grave cause precludes this; 2º invalidly places acts of governance which are illicit according to the norm of §1, 3º; 3º is forbidden to benefit from privileges previously granted; 4º cannot acquire validly a dignity, office or other function in the Church; 5º does not appropriate the benefits of a dignity, office any function, or pension, which the offender has in the Church.
Excommunication is a penalty in the external forum of the Church, whereas a determination regarding sin and moral culpability (think of the three requirements for a mortal sin) pertains to the internal forum, that is, the forum of conscience. While the situation in which someone commits a mortal sin may conceivably also give rise to an excommunication, we have to be careful not to equate the two conditions — mortal sin and excommunication.
What happens on the outside may not correspond fully to the interior. It by no means a “guarantee” of a slide into perdition, or official declaration that such a slide is going to happen. On the other hand, someone who is excommunicated is at least in real spiritual trouble. Deep trouble. Very deep trouble.
As a medicinal penalty, it is aimed at the reformation and repentence of the erring Catholic. But it is a deprivation of certain of the spiritual goods of the Church, namely the sacraments in part.
The Church understands only blasphemy against the Holy Spirit to be unforgiveable, but that saying of Jesus merits a whole thread to itself.
You can call it what ever you want but the Church does not recognize ordination of women, therefore it would not be valid. Period. End of issue. Any "so-called"sacrements issuied by such an “ordained” woman would also not be valid.
Absolutely correct.
