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{{short description|Act of removing a religious blessing}}
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[[File:E9697-Katoomba-Mes-Amis-French-brasserie.jpg|thumb|A church building in [[Katoomba, New South Wales|Katoomba]], Australia, converted to a restaurant]]
'''Deconsecration''', also referred to as '''decommissioning''' or secularization (a term also used for [[Secularization (church property)|confiscation of church property]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/secularizing-a-consecrated-building/|title=Secularizing a Consecrated Building |author=Donald S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum |date=2000 |website=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church |publisher=The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society |quote=This service is used to deconsecrate and secularize a consecrated building that is to be taken down or used for other purposes.}}</ref> is the removal of a religious sanction and blessing from something that had been previously [[consecration|consecrated]] for spiritual use.
In particular, church and synagogue buildings no longer required for religious use are deconsecrated for [[secular]] use or demolition.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1876/11/03/archives/deconsecration-of-a-london-church.html |title=Deconsecration of a London Church |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 3, 1876}}</ref><ref>[https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/temple-b-nai-israel-to-conduct-last-service-in-synagogue-sunday/article_e2f6a755-fad7-5933-b41d-e8eb51bacda1.html Temple B'nai Israel to conduct last service in synagogue Sunday, By KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald Dec 9, 2020]</ref>
== Roman Catholicism ==
According to the [[canon law]] of the [[Roman Catholic]] church, an altar, chapel, or shrine may be deconsecrated if it can no longer be used for divine worship and cannot be restored or if other serious reasons suggest that worship is no longer possible.
For the bishop to issue a decree declaring the church relegated to a "Secular but not unbecoming purpose," he must consult the presbyteral council of the diocese, obtain the consent of those who may have legal rights, and ensure that the good of Souls will not be harmed.<ref>[https://canonlaw.ninja/?nums=1222 Canon 1222 §1]</ref> Accordingly, no formal deconsecration rite is needed.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=de Wildt |first1=Kim |title=Ritual Void or Ritual Muddle? Deconsecration Rites of Roman Catholic Church Buildings |journal=Religions |date=2020 |volume=11 |issue=10 |pages=517 |doi=10.3390/rel11100517 |location=Switzerland |doi-access=free |issn=2077-1444}}</ref>
Altars automatically lose their consecration if they are significantly damaged, one of its anointed corners has been broken or removed, or have been permanently relegated to secular usage, either ''de facto'' or by a decree of the bishop.<ref>[https://canonlaw.ninja/?nums=1212 Canon 1212]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Desacralization of knowledge]]
* [[Desecration]]
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