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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. Catholic devotions - Wikipedia

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    Catholic devotions are particular customs, rituals, and practices of worship of God or honour of the saints which are in addition to the liturgy of the Catholic Church. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops describes devotions as "expressions of love and fidelity that arise from the intersection of one's own faith, culture and the ...

  9. Act of Contrition - Wikipedia

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    The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that "Among the penitent's acts, contrition occupies first place. Contrition is 'sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed together with the resolution not to sin again.' When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called 'perfect' (contrition of charity).