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Excommunication in the Roman Catholic Church
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Excommunication in the Roman Catholic Church

1723 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with six depictions of punishments, excommunication, and restoration in the Roman Catholic Church. Top left: A bishop is deconsecrated by having his mitre removed. Top right: Restoration for someone who has been deconsecrated. Middle left: An excommunication is pronounced, after which the candles are extinguished. Middle right: Restoration for an outcast or excommunicated person. Bottom left: Restoration of a heretic. Bottom right: A heretic is led by the bishop to the altar.

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Credit lineKerkban in de rooms-katholieke kerk. 1723. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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