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We must now treat of excommunication: we shall consider: (1) the
definition, congruity and cause of excommunication; (2) who has the
power to excommunicate; (3) communication with excommunicated
persons; (4) absolution from excommunication.
Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:
(1) Whether excommunication is suitably defined?
(2) Whether the Church should excommunicate anyone?
(3) Whether anyone should be excommunicated for inflicting temporal
harm?
(4) Whether an excommunication unjustly pronounced has any effect?
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