A condemnation of heretics, similar in effect to major excommunication. It inflicts the penalty of complete exclusion from Christian society. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)
The Greek word for cursed or condemned, as used in the King James Version. "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha" (1 Cor. 16:22 KJV).
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. 1913 Webster
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
a forbidden belief, a belief which contradicts the Catholic teaching
a formal excommunication, not a declaration of eternal damnation
an expulsion from the Church
a solemn ecclesiastical curse
n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
Solemn excommunication from the Church.
a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication Source
A condemnation placed on anyone who rejects any dogma of the Catholic faith, thereby expelling oneself from the Catholic Church.
Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, who - together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride - helped develop the doom death genre. Since their third album, Eternity, Anathema have strayed away from doom and eventually metal altogether, becoming an atmospheric rock band.
