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See: denunciation, expletive, imprecation, malediction ANATHEMA, eccl. law. A punishment by which a person is separate from, the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the faithful: it differs from excommunication, which simply forbids the person excommunicated, from going into the church and communicating with the faithful. Gal. 1. 8, 9. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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church's tendency toward exclusivity disturbed her: the Latin term
used to excommunicate, anathema sit, made her cringe. Constantinople II set out a list of what might be
called linguistic rules of the game: If anyone says that Christ had two
natures but denies by this that Christ was one, anathema sit. |
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