Church Discipline
Definition
Maximos the Greek was excommunicated and barred from Eucharistic communion; the ban was lifted only twelve years later when he was transferred to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
Episodes
- 043 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 6
- 048 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 11
- 069 — New Testament — Topic 10
- 078 — New Testament — Topic 19
- 115 — Patrology — Topic 3
Related Concepts
- Anathema As Medicinal Excommunication
- Apostolic Authority In Letters
- Excommunication And Penance
- Monastic Reform And The Abolition Of Small Monasteries
- Tests For False Apostles And Prophets
Biblical References
- Matthew 26:26-28 (cf. ‘Come ye, this is My Body… My Blood…’) — While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “D
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 — For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do
- Revelation 13:16-17 (the seal of Antichrist, implicit) — He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast—that
- John 8:1-11 — But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a wo
- John 8:6 — *(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. *
- Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 — *If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman, both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman *