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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Why do they not follow Scripture and throw him out until he repents??

If you are asking why Durbin hasn't been excommunicated, that isn't what you think it is. Having been baptized a Roman Catholic there is nothing Durbin can do to be expelled from the church. Baptism is irreversible.

Excommunication means that a person is banned from receiving Communion. It's a formal declaration that is pretty much a last resort. By banning Durbin from receiving communion, Bishop Paprocki is basically saying to Durbin, "Last chance." Formal excommunication would be the next step unless Durbin repents.

27 posted on 02/22/2018 9:30:15 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

“Having been baptized a Roman Catholic there is nothing Durbin can do to be expelled from the church. Baptism is irreversible.

Baptism is meaningless unless a person has saving faith.

Scripture says the church should deal with this by throwing him out until he repents as the final form of church discipline.

Rome is ignoring what God commanded churches to do.


39 posted on 02/22/2018 11:29:14 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Barron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
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