Excommunication 101

Last week, two Mormons received letters from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints informing them they were under investigation for apostasy, an offense that can lead to their excommunication. Both will appear before separate bodies of Mormon bishops before July. That action raised a couple of questions:

● What exactly is excommunication?

● Who practices it?

● Why do they do it?

Turns out, a whole lot of world religions have some form of excommunication, though not all of them call it that. Read the complete article at -- http://www.religionnews.com/2014/06/17/splainer-excommunication-101/