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'''Excommunication''' literally means "out of communion" and is the removal of a member from standing in a religious faith community, usually a church body. Most excommunications are automatic under church doctrine, as in the automatic excommunication for facilitating [[abortion]].<ref name="List">http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/strong-medicine</ref>

'''Excommunication''' literally means "out of communion" and is the removal of a member from standing in a religious faith community, usually a church body. In the [[New Testament]], the Jews agreed that if anyone confessed that [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] is Christ he was to be put out of the [[synagogue]]<ref>John 9:23</ref>, meaning, excommunicated. Most excommunications are automatic under church doctrine, as in the automatic excommunication for facilitating [[abortion]].<ref name="List">http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/strong-medicine</ref>

Priests can be automatically excommunicated.  If, for example, a priest ever reveals the contents of a confession, then he is automatically excommunicated.<ref name="List"/>

Priests can be automatically excommunicated.  If, for example, a priest ever reveals the contents of a confession, then he is automatically excommunicated.<ref name="List"/>