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Bible Encyclopedias
Cessation
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or is an act of discipline in the Church of Rome, technically styled cessatio a divinis, by which, for any notorious injury or disobedience to the Church, a stop is put to all divine offices and the administration of the sacraments, and the dead are deprived of Christian burial. The only privilege allowed is to repeat every week a private mass in the parish churches, the doors being, shut, taking care also not to ring the bell, or to admit more than two persons to the service; to administer baptism, confirmation, and penance to such persons as desire it, provided they are not under sentence of excommunication or an interdict; and to administer extreme unction, provided the prayers which are said before and after that sacrament are not repeated. Cessation may be incurred by a whole diocese, a city, a village, or one or more churches.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cessation'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cessation.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
