Stacy Smith:
You imply there is a difference between disfellowshipment
and excommunication. Is there any record of what was said
when Oliver Cowdary was excommunicated, for instance?
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Ronn has already explained that a disfellowshipped person
is still a member, while an excommu
Stacy,
I've had the unfortunate opportunity to sit in on several church
disciplianry courts that ended in excommunication.
The only persons present are the Bishopric, a clerk, and the member
having disciplinary action taken against them. On occasion, a witness
may be brought in.
They are not "p
At 09:21 PM 8/22/03 -0500, Stacy Smith wrote:
You imply there is a difference between disfellowshipment and excommunication.
There is indeed a difference. A member who is disfellowshipped remains a
member, although there are a number of things s/he is not allowed to do
which a member in good s
You imply there is a difference between disfellowshipment and
excommunication. Is there any record of what was said when Oliver Cowdary
was excommunicated, for instance?
Stacy.
At 08:42 PM 08/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Stacy Smith:
Has anyone ever witnessed an actual excommunication of
someon
Stacy Smith:
Has anyone ever witnessed an actual excommunication of
someone else by this or any other church? ... Are they
generally public or private affairs?
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About 25 years worth of them in our Church, none in any
other church. In ours, they are strictly confidential.
If
Stacy, in a past calling I had to attend church disciplinary councils and was present
for a disfellowship (not excommunication) procedure. (To make up for it, I was lucky
enough to attend several church disciplinary councils wherein the person was
"re-communicated" I guess you'd call it. Thei
Hi. Has anyone ever witnessed an actual excommunication of someone else by
this or any other church? It seems to me that most churches refuse to do
it. Why this bothers me I'm not sure, because I know that other churches
don't have the authority to really matter but somehow it does. I think
