c. Final excommunication.
3. Often times in our day, people leave the church before excommunication can be applied. Yet, by this meanss they do not escape the censure of Christ. Nevertheless, it is an interosting question whether or not the Consistory should proceed unto excommunication regardless of whether an individual asks for his papers.
4. It is, in conclusion, essential to the well-being of the Church that Christian discipline is faithfully maintained both in the preaching of the Word and the exercise of the keys of the kingdom.
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