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Offline Geremia

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Have excommunications of schismatic ever been "lifted"
« on: September 13, 2014, 02:13:33 PM »
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    • Have excommunications of schismatics ever been "lifted" in the pre-Vatican II Church?
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    Have excommunications of schismatic ever been "lifted"
    « Reply #1 on: September 14, 2014, 03:49:05 PM »
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    The 1917 Code of Canon Law goes into great detail on the subject. It is interesting that the heads of certain religious orders can lift them and so can Cardinals. However there are some specific, usually grave, excommunications which can only be lifted by the pope.
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