Paragraph 4: "When an unrepentant wrongdoer is removed from the congregation, an announcement is made to inform the congregation that he is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses."
They have always called them 'unrepentant wrong doers'.
So as long as they are repentant, they are not disfellowshipped (removed) right?
That means that all of those people who were disfellowshipped in the past were "unrepentant".
They were glad they did what they did and would do it again. No regrets.
Yeah right!
(Luke 17:4) Even if he sins seven times a day against you and he comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Check out the article "Disfellowshipping in the Early Congregations".
http://da.getmyip.com/pdf/Ramblings/Disfellowshipping%20in%20the%20Early%20Congregations.doc
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