Excommunication and Interdict

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2022

Peter D. Clarke

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Anders Winroth and

John C. Wei

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Anders Winroth: Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo

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By the twelfth century, excommunication and interdict were the principal spiritual sanctions of the western Church. Excommunication meant exclusion from the sacraments, notably the Eucharist, and in its harshest form separation from the communion of the faithful. Interdicts, on the other hand, did not cut off members from the body of the Church but did suspend the spiritual benefits of membership, notably participation in most sacraments and other religious rites.

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Anathema Excommunication Interdict Law of excommunication

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Information: The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law , pp. 550 - 570

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139177221.030 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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