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  2. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    All temporal rulers who do not expel heretics from their lands after they have been instructed by the church to do so. Catholics who receive, defend or support heretics. Any who refuse to avoid contact with heretics pointed out by the church and branded as infamous. All who become preachers of the gospel without church approval.

  3. Offertory - Wikipedia

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    During the offertory or immediately before it, a collection of money or other gifts for the poor or for the church is taken up. In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, these offerings may be brought forward together with the bread and wine, but they are to be placed "in a suitable place but away from the Eucharistic table". [10]

  4. Pastor column: Love is a commitment, decision, choice to ...

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    But in the Bible love is much more than that. Love is a commitment, a decision, a choice. It's not just about how you feel but about how you live. It's about what you do. Loving God means to obey Him.

  5. Secret (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    In the Roman Rite the secreta is said by the celebrant at the end of the Offertory in the Mass. [1] It is the original and for a long time was the only offertory prayer.It is said in a low voice merely because it was said at the same time the choir sang the Offertory, and it has inherited the special name of Secret as being the only prayer said in that way at the beginning.

  6. Dismissal (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    The Dismissal (Greek: απόλυσις; Slavonic: otpust) is the final blessing said by a Christian priest or minister at the end of a religious service. In liturgical churches the dismissal will often take the form of ritualized words and gestures, such as raising the minister's hands over the congregation, or blessing with the sign of the cross.

  7. Canonical digits - Wikipedia

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    First and foremost, the canonical digits are a sign of reverence imposed by the discipline of the Catholic Church. The gesture is performed to avoid any of the particles falling off from the paten, the corporal or even the altar, by using the necessary precautions.

  8. Red Mass - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland, the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit (the Red Mass) is held annually on the first Monday of October, which is the first day of the Michaelmas Law Term. The ceremony is held at St. Michan's Roman Catholic church , which is the parish church of the Four Courts .

  9. Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

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    The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (Latin: Officium de Liturgicis Celebrationibus Summi Pontificis, Italian: Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice) is the section of the Roman Curia responsible for organizing and conducting liturgies and other religious ceremonies performed by the pope of the Catholic Church.