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Originally Posted by thephnxman
Hmm-m. We are advised not to eat with a brother who is a fornicator: but excommunicate? It sounds so permanent.
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Excommunicate means literally to put someone out of communion, ie to refuse to eat with them. It lasts until the person repents. See 2Cor for example.
Also it is not just "not eating with" them, it is "not EVEN to eat with such a one". It is disfellowshipping ie shunning.
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