[quote:5498a46bfd][i:5498a46bfd]Originally posted by fredtgreco[/i:5498a46bfd]
Seth,
What is excommunication?
Why should someone who comes to your church who was excommunicated be denied the Supper? [/quote:5498a46bfd]
Have you been talking to anyone I know?
I got asked the same questions. I guess I ought to answer.
Excommunication is the excersizing of the Office of the Keys against an individual who is living in unrepentant sin. It is a barring of that person from receiving communion until such time as they have repented.
For your second question: Some one who comes to my church, who is under discipline (specifically excommunication), should not be allowed to partake, because they will be eating and drinking condemnation to themselves.