The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | ||
[This “excommunication” is a word]
This “excommunication” is a wordIn speech ecclesiastical oft heard,
And means the damning, with bell, book and candle,
Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal—
A rite permitting Satan to enslave him
Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.
Gat Huckle.
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | ||