We must now treat of excommunication: we shall consider: (1) the definition, congruity and cause of excommunication; (2) who has the power to excommunicate; (3) communication with excommunicated persons; (4) absolution from excommunication.
Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:
A[1] Whether excommunication is suitably defined?
A[2] Whether the Church should excommunicate anyone?
A[3] Whether anyone should be excommunicated for inflicting temporal harm?
A[4] Whether an excommunication unjustly pronounced has any effect?
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