To: livius
Absolving of an accomplice is of this sort and clearly raised. This term is also subject to no ambiguity. Sacrilege and derived words have a range of meanings, which does certainly include black Mass, but also include other things. I doubt that the letter is using language to in itself serve as a list of canonical charges.
If a priest breaks the sixth commandment, attempts to absolve the accomplice (and has the accomplice attempt to absolve him!) and then proceeds to celebrate Mass, that is quite sacrilegious enough in my books, though I do not know if it rises to the level of a chargeable offence under canon law.
33 posted on
08/26/2018 4:35:58 AM PDT by
Hieronymus
((It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
To: Hieronymus
If a priest breaks the sixth commandment, attempts to absolve the accomplice (and has the accomplice attempt to absolve him!) and then proceeds to celebrate Mass, that is quite sacrilegious enough in my books, though I do not know if it rises to the level of a chargeable offence under canon law. Confession does not absolve if there is no actual repentance.
41 posted on
08/26/2018 5:12:59 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
To: Hieronymus
I believe i's a very serious
delict in canon law, may involve excommunication
latae sentenciae I'm no canon lawyer (Laus tibi, Christe) but I will look it up when I have time.
59 posted on
08/26/2018 7:24:33 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("For peace within your gates, speak truth and judge with sound judgment." - Zechariah 8:16)
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