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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Medieval Christians fear excommunication?
A
Those cast out from their church had to leave their villages.
B
Cut off from the church could not go to heaven.
C
Those cast out from their church could not get work.
D
Those cast out from their church could not rent property.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. By the twelfth century, excommunication and interdict were the principal spiritual sanctions of the western Church. Excommunication meant exclusion from the sacraments, notably the Eucharist, and in its harshest form separation from the communion of the faithful.

Detailed explanation-2: -excommunication, form of ecclesiastical censure by which a person is excluded from the communion of believers, the rites or sacraments of a church, and the rights of church membership but not necessarily from membership in the church as such.

Detailed explanation-3: -People who were excommunicated wouldn’t go to heaven. The Catholic church was a huge influence in people’s lives during the Middle Ages. People who were excommunicated wouldn’t go to heaven. They weren’t allowed to attend social gatherings, and no one would talk to them.

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