Thomas,
Thanks ever so much for the reference. Not getting many
takers on mu query. I thought there might surely be some canonists
eager to do a little pro bono.
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>Related is the question of post mortem condemnations, like that of Pope
>Formosus. Bones or Bodies could be exhumed & burned or (as in F.'s case)
>cast into a river. What effect on the soul might condemnation of the
>deceased be expected to have?
The Eastern Church frequently cast posthumous anathemata, on
both teachings and those who taught them. Once cast, these
condemnations would prohibit their commemoration in the diptychs of
the departed of the Church, and from commemoration in the Proskomedia
( the specific commemoration of the departed by cutting a particle of
the bread used for the Eucharist and placing it in the chalice for
eventual consumption by the the faithful) and thereby were deprived
of the efficacy of the prayers of the Church "militant". These
consequences seem have more direct effect in an operating system
'running" Purgatory. However,in the Eastern Church these anathemata
seem to have the same weight as the power of 'binding and loosing'.
Being anathematized is in a foundational sense equivalent to being
publicly proclaimed 'unrepentant'.
As to effect on the soul of the deceased, which we presume has not
slipped these things past God by virtue of the failure of the Church
to procalim them in a more timely fashion.... I suppose, one could
say, it simply didn't help.
As to the physical desecration of the body... perhaps a
prophylactic iconoclasm for those who regardless of the anathema/
condemnation choose follow a 'bad teacher'.
Am I wrong in assuming posthumous absolutions were prohibited by the
Roman Church in the 13thc?
Thank you again for the refence.
Josef Gulka
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>Tom Izbicki
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