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Chris,
My best guess is that this is the technical Greek term for excommunication. It likely is a noun that comes from the verb ἀφορίζω, which Liddel & Scott translate as: Quote:
to mark off by boundaries, Dem.:-Med. to mark off for oneself, appropriate, Eur.
2. to distinguish, determine, define, Plat.
II. c. acc. pers.,
1. to banish, Eur.
2. to set apart, separate, N. T.: then,
3. to cast out, excommunicate, Ib.
b. to set apart for some office, to appoint, ordain, Ib. Hence avforiste,on | That makes sense in the context of "the twofold censure of excommunication"
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