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The Canonico-Juridical Status of a Communist

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cited in Ed Peters's 1917 Code of Canon Law transl., n. 2550 (ref:2575.1) regarding 1917 canon 2335 (ref:24.1134; cf. 1983 CIC 1374):

Those giving their name to masonic sects or other associations [e.g., the Communist Party or, a fortiori , the Democrat Party] of this sort that machinate against the Church or legitimate civil powers contract by that fact excommunication simply reserved to the Apostolic See.

cf. "Is a Catholic who belongs to a political party that supports sins in its party platform excommunicated?"