That is the politically correct answer, but is it the one INTENDED by the council at Trent?
1Cr 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
There was no church from which to be "excommunicated " when these words were penned
From the Greek
1) a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept
a) specifically, an offering resulting from a vow, which after being consecrated to a god was hung upon the walls or columns of the temple, or put in some other conspicuous place
2) a thing devoted to God without hope of being redeemed, and if an animal, to be slain; therefore a person or thing doomed to destruction
a) a curse
b) a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes
They knew EXACTLY what they were writing and so do we.
Of course there was.
However, the term took on a specific, technical meaning long after St. Paul wrote. By Tridentine times, there was a formal liturgy for an "anathema". Ever heard the phrase, "bell, book, and candle"?
They knew EXACTLY what they were writing and so do we.
In other words, "Campion, you've been a Catholic since you were six weeks old, and a Catholic apologist for the last twelve years. You've read Ott, and you've read the letter of the Holy Office in Re Father Feeney, but that doesn't matter, because I know what Trent meant, and you don't."
Thanks for your confidence in me. Happily, I'm quite confident that I know my religion better than you do, but I'm sorry that Protestants so frequently feel compelled to misrepresent it to score points.