Were Not Six Excommunicated in 1988?

[cam100]

Thank you very much for the information Cam100. Can you tell I went through RCIA on a college campus?

You can’t receive the Sacraments while excommunicated, can you? Oh, and feel free to PM a source to me if you’d rather not play twenty questions like this.

Thanks again!
Stephen

That’s right, an excommunicated person is cut off from the sacraments.

The questions are no problem. But, if you are really curious about excommunication, the Catholic Encyclopedia has a good article: oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Excommunication

 

[3Sanctus]

Thanks again. Oh, and do you attend Saint Benedict’s Chapel? I just noticed your location and I’m from the same area.

 

[Keepthefaith07]

“Excommunications” can certainly be withdrawn after death, especially in a case were the afflicted party turns out to be innocent of all charges. Neither of the Bishops was formally excommunicated. They were said to be excomm. by the act of consecrating bishops (i.e. they excommunicated themselves by their actions). Until recently, who else has been excommunicated? You can indulge in just about anything nowadays and be in perfect communion. Just don’t critisize Vatican II, because that’s when the big guns come out. St Athanasius was formally excommunicated by the Pope. If he would not have did what he did, we would all be Arians right now. The Church will naturally overcome these troublesome times as it has many times before. In time the Church will thank these Bishops for their heroic actions. I know some will find it a hard pill to swallow, especially since you have had so much fun bashing the SSPX and traditionalists in general. Good thing we still have the confessional. Look at the bright side, last time I went to my local church for confession there was no wait.

 

[3Sanctus]

I have no issue with tradition (upper or lowercase “T”), but if certain changes can be legitimate I see no reason to deny them to certain of the faithful within the realm of reason - obviously many, if not most, N.O. Masses toss that whole reason part out the window, unfortunately. It just pains me to see the two ends of the Church fighting so furiously on parts of this greater issue that aren’t a real problem in comparison to the real tragedies of our times.

 

[cam100]

“Excommunications” can certainly be withdrawn after death, especially in a case were the afflicted party turns out to be innocent of all charges. Neither of the Bishops was formally excommunicated. They were said to be excomm. by the act of consecrating bishops (i.e. they excommunicated themselves by their actions). Until recently, who else has been excommunicated? You can indulge in just about anything nowadays and be in perfect communion. Just don’t critisize Vatican II, because that’s when the big guns come out. St Athanasius was formally excommunicated by the Pope. If he would not have did what he did, we would all be Arians right now. The Church will naturally overcome these troublesome times as it has many times before. In time the Church will thank these Bishops for their heroic actions. I know some will find it a hard pill to swallow, especially since you have had so much fun bashing the SSPX and traditionalists in general. Good thing we still have the confessional. Look at the bright side, last time I went to my local church for confession there was no wait.

Actually, St. Athanasius was never excommunicated because the pope’s signature was either forged or forced under duress. Neither of these results in a valid excommunication, and the writings of St. Athanasius tell us that he was aware of this.

With regard to the lifting of excommunication after death, as I mentioned before excommunication is actually aimed at reforming living persons. Sometimes, a supposed excommunication is found to invalid after a person’s death, such as in the case of St. Joan of Arc.