** My wife suggests that it might mean a temporary excommunication, as opposed to a permanent one. Gordon Johnson. Message: 1 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:44:12 -0700 From: "Jim Bundy" <[email protected]> Subject: [ANGUS] Barry Angus parish register, note 110 To: "Rootsweb Angus" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Listers, I can't seem to find a good definition of the "lesser excommunication". Sounds like his own minister wouldn't pronounce it on Henry Balfour. Obviously he wasn't obedient as he was charged with "Contumacy". I wonder if I'll get any more information on this case in future pages.