tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post3186979760147886319..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Laymen's Guide to the Thirty-nine ArticlesFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-20815112974232316992015-12-26T21:15:02.033-05:002015-12-26T21:15:02.033-05:00"If someone is excommunicated nothing prevent..."If someone is excommunicated nothing prevents him from [...] telling everyone about the alleged evils of his former affiliation." I have the impression (based on past journalistic reading, which I cannot cite) that in our day, some people disciplined have recourse to the State against the disciplining body to its possible inconvenience, expense, or worse (depending on the laws pertaining at the place and time). In such circumstances, or perhaps simply of those of someone "telling everyone about the alleged evils of his former affiliation", that body sometimes has (counter) recourse to the State... All of which is to suggest the great need for prudence and circumspection on the part of the disciplining body in expressing the terms and circumstances of the discipline, in the interest of justice and of avoiding possible adventitious action by the person disciplined.<br /><br />In the current general circumstances of increased attention to 'safeguarding the vulnerable', there may be more frequent occasions of disciplining members of the laity as well as of the clergy. <br /><br />Semi-HookerianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com