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
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
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. Their
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
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
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
