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[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Saint Paul|St. Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)
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"God will judge those outside. 'Drive out the wicked person from among you.'" - Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 5:13)]]
'''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>
'''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>