To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office. This maybe because a priest has a criminal conviction, disciplinary matters, disagrees over doctrine or dogma or voluntarily for personal reasons (taking over a family business, health reasons, age or whatever). Various Christian denominations have different procedures for doing this.
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| - To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office. This maybe because a priest has a criminal conviction, disciplinary matters, disagrees over doctrine or dogma or voluntarily for personal reasons (taking over a family business, health reasons, age or whatever). Various Christian denominations have different procedures for doing this.
- Defrocking is an ancient Catholic Christian ceremony where the miscreant is forced to strip off all his (or her ) sacramental clothing in front of a senior bishop or council of elders and stand naked before a burning brazier. This is considered a lesser punishment than being burnt at the stake for 'bringing the Word of God into disrepute.' For nuns, a similar ceremony called the Renouncing of Vows involves locking away 'Fallen Sisters' in secret dungeons.
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| - To defrock, unfrock, or laicize a minister or priest is to remove their right to exercise the functions of the priestly office. This maybe because a priest has a criminal conviction, disciplinary matters, disagrees over doctrine or dogma or voluntarily for personal reasons (taking over a family business, health reasons, age or whatever). Various Christian denominations have different procedures for doing this.
- Defrocking is an ancient Catholic Christian ceremony where the miscreant is forced to strip off all his (or her ) sacramental clothing in front of a senior bishop or council of elders and stand naked before a burning brazier. This is considered a lesser punishment than being burnt at the stake for 'bringing the Word of God into disrepute.' For nuns, a similar ceremony called the Renouncing of Vows involves locking away 'Fallen Sisters' in secret dungeons. Other Christian denominations, such as the Anglicans, Lutherans, and Evangelicals have their own forms of removing someone from their communion, but they tend to keep quiet about it. Mormons send sanctioned individuals to Africa with Bibles and neckties. Only the Catholic Church goes for the whole ceremony and its symbolic counterpoint to the service when men and women are elevated to sainthood.
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