KnowraExcommunicationLinked fromLinked fromThe 27 pages that link to Excommunication, each with the reason it gives.All 27Broader topic 2Related 21Narrower topic 1Compared with 3ApostasyCompared with: Apostasy is an act of departure; excommunication is a sanction imposed by a community.Diet of WormsCompared with: Luther faced this church penalty as well as the empire’s separate legal ban.DisownmentCompared with: Excommunication resembles disownment as a formal severing, but acts on religious membership rather than family ties.