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To: ndkos

So are you saying Saint Joan of Arc is suffering eternal damnation in Hell?


10 posted on 03/06/2005 11:23:47 AM PST by Land of the Irish (Tradidi quod et accepi)
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To: Land of the Irish

St. Joan wasn't excommunicated; she received holy Communion before her execution. In any case, her trial was manifestly unjust and illegal (her appeal to the Pope was ignored), and hence a sentence of excommunication would have been invalid. Moreover, unjust excommunications, while they separate a man from the communion of the Church, do not result in damnation, for "the person [unjustly] excommunicated should humbly submit (which will be credited to him as a merit) [. . .] if he submit humbly, the merit of his humility will compensate him for the harm of excommunication" (St. Thomas, Sup., q. 21 a. 4).


11 posted on 03/06/2005 11:55:40 AM PST by gbcdoj ("That renowned simplicity of blind obedience" - St. Ignatius)
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