List Of Famous Excommunicated

Excommunication of Robert the Pious, academic painting orientalist of Jean-Paul Laurens , ^nineteenth century. Muse d'Orsay.

The excommunication is the most serious canonical penalties among Catholics and Orthodox.

For the beginnings of Christianity

• From the Council of Elvira about the year 300 , the Church Catholic punishes anyone practicing abortion with excommunication (Today abortion causes an excommunication latae sententiae, that is to say an exclusion Automatic mere act ^The Middle Ages
  • Photius in 863 (and 879 ) in his struggle for the succession to Patriarch Ignatius. We talk of Schism Photius.
  • Robert the Pious was threatened with excommunication in 999 for his intermarriage with her cousin Bertha of Burgundy.
  • Michael I Cerularius is excommunicated 16 July 1054 by Pope Leo IX acting through his legate Humbert Moyenmoutier. This was the first act of the Great Schism of East
  • The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV during the Investiture Controversy in 1076.
  • The King of France Philip ^I to have repudiated Bertha of Holland and married Bertrade de Montfort in 1092.
  • Henry V ends the excommunication launched by his father by signing the Concordat of Worms in 1122
  • Louis VII of France by attempting to impose its candidate for the seat of Bourges in 1141 against Peter de la Chatre , supported by Pope Innocent II. On 22 April 1144 , he participated in the conference in Saint-Denis to settle the conflict between the Holy See and him.
  • The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was excommunicated twice: once in 1227 for not having launched the Sixth Crusade (this excommunication was lifted in 1230 ), and again in 1239 for attacking the Lombardy (Pope Gregory IX considers this act as a threat to the independence of the papacy).
  • Manfred I of Sicily in 1258 , for having been crowned king of Sicily while Conrad V was not dead yet.
  • Philip IV the Fair in 1302 for refusing to acknowledge that the pope held the sovereignty of his kingdom.
  • Gilles de Rais , the 8 October 1440 during his trial, accused of raping, torturing and killing 140 children.

  Great Western Schism

  Due to disagreements concerning the election of the Pope, Christianity was a moment to three popes excommunicated each course. See related article.

  Modern Era

  • Martin Luther in 1521 for his opposition to the excesses of Roman Catholicism Roman. It will be the initiator of the Protestant ( Lutheran )
  • Henry VIII of England in 1533 for his marriage practices very personal. It reacts by cutting off all contact with Rome and establishing the Anglican Church , Rome and cutting a major source of income. Excommunication loses after that date any deterrent value from the sovereigns of Europe.
  • Elizabeth ^I of England in 1570 , Rome denying him the title of queen and accusing him of promoting English Protestantism.
  • ^Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet in 1724.
  • Sister Mary MacKillop excommunicated by Bishop Sheil, Bishop of Adelaide, Australia in 1871: the nun who founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, dedicated to teaching, instituted an investigation into the Keating Father for child abuse, TODAY 'hui called pedophilia. The Bishop ordered him not to call witnesses, to cancel its investigation and excommunicated him. She was ordered not to communicate further with the Catholics around him and to apologize to Father Keating, who was deported to Ireland, however, under the pretext of alcohol abuse. Following an uprising of Catholics organized by the Sisters of the Congregation, Bishop Sheil, admitted deception and lifted the excommunication. Sister Mary MacKillop was canonized Oct. 17, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Napoleon I in 1809

  Contemporary Period

  • ^Bishop Joseph-Ren Vilatte in 1900.
  • Alfred Loisy in 1908 for refusing to endorse the encyclical Pascendi and following up on the indexes of his books in 1903.
  • Prosper Alfaric in 1933 following the publication of The Problem of Jesus and Christian Origins
  • Leonard Feeney , priest, Jesuit , in 1953 , for his interpretation of the principle "Outside the Church no salvation" .
  • ^Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre in 1988 , John Paul II officially pronounced excommunication latae sententiae, having spent four bishops without papal mandate . He is the founder of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The four bishops he consecrated ( Bernard Fellay , Bernard Tissier de Mallerais , Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta ) were also excommunicated. On 21 January 2009 , Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication decree from them by .
  • ^Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo in 2006 , Benedict XVI has officially pronounced excommunication latae sententiae, having spent four bishops without papal mandate . The four bishops he consecrated ( George Augustus Stallings, Jr. , Peter Paul Brennan , Patrick E. Trujillo and Joseph J. Gouthro ) were also excommunicated . Also, two other bishops who were consecrated in June 2009 by ^Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo have been excommunicated latae sententiae .
  • Dr. Rivaldo Mendes, in March 2009 : a Brazilian doctor who performed a medical termination of pregnancy over a 9 year old girl, became pregnant with twins following the rape of his step-father. The Archbishop of Recife, Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho has pronounced the excommunication of his mother (who has decided to abortion) and the medical team who carried it out. The excommunication was annulled by the Conference of Bishops of Brazil .

  References

  1. Papal Teachings: Abortion
  2. Biography of Alfred Loisy
  3. * decree of excommunication of Leonard Feeney and theological explanations
  4. decree of excommunication of Lefebvre
  5. Decree of the Congregation for Bishops lifting the excommunications of 1988
  6. copy of the decree
  7. Press Office of the Holy See
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  9. Press Office of the Holy See
  10. stance of the Vatican
  • Catholicism portal

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