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This article seeks to grasp the juridical dimension of indulgences. Its analysis begins with the origin and historical configuration of the remission of temporal punishment, in order to delineate the genesis, structure and positioning of their current provision in the Latin Code. It is notable how the use of indulgences eludes the intersubjective and obligatory logic that is typical of law (in that it regards the moral and spiritual sphere). The juridicity of indulgences, however, is derived not only from the configuration and ecclesial regulation of their concession, but also from the institutionality of the Church and from their community implication, in support of the good. Beyond possible reconsiderations de iure condendo of the content and positioning of the figure, there is the suggestion of a substantial increase in the praxis regarding indulgences in order to underline, above all, the promotion of sacramental forgiveness and the maturation of the necessary dispositions, evading every sort of legalistic or formalistic interpretation of their legislation. ; El artículo pretende comprender la dimensión jurídica de las indulgencias. El análisis parte del origen y de la configuración histórica de la remisión de la pena temporal, para delinear la génesis, la estructura y la colocación en el actual código latino. Se resalta cómo lucrar las indulgencias escapa a la lógica intersubjetiva y obligatoria típica del derecho (pertenece a la esfera moral y espiritual). La juridicidad de las indulgencias no deriva solamente de la configuración y reglamentación eclesial de la concesión, sino también de la institucionalidad de la Iglesia y de la esencia comunitaria y solidaria del bien. Más allá de posibles consideraciones acerca del contenido y de la colocación de la figura de iure condendo, se sugiere un incremento sustancial de la praxis de las indulgencias que subraye, sobre todo, la promoción del perdón sacramental y de la maduración de las necesarias disposiciones, evitando toda interpretación legalista o formalista de la disciplina.

The distinction between delict and sin is at the heart of discussions of penal law, and amounts to an especially hard-won achievment in canonical thinking. In post-Vatican II doctrinal definitions and legislative proposals, both the clarity of the distinction and the need to punish have been mitigated, influencing the interpretation of the system and the behavior of the agents involved. The vast expansion of penal justice in recent years has disclosed the fallacy of anti-judicial and anti-penal attitudes. Hence, so as to avoid radical oscaillation in ecclesial contexts between laxity and strict legality, indulgent forgiveness and vengeful retribution, etc., it may be worthwhile to reassert a balanced and calm approach to the principles and practice of coercive power ; La percepción de la distinción entre delito y pecado se encuentra en la base de la ciencia penal y ha resultado una fatigosa conquista del pensamiento canónico. Tras el Concilio Vaticano II se ha atenuado en las formulaciones doctrinales y en las propuestas legislativas la claridad de esa diferenciación así como la exigencia del castigo, influyendo sobre la hermenéutica del sistema y la conducta de los operadores. La explosión de la justicia penal en los últimos años manifiesta la falacia de aproximaciones antijuridistas y antipenalistas. Para superar los movientos pendulares en el planteameinto eclesial, entre laxismo y justicialismo, entre perdonismo y retribucionismo etc., parece útil recuperar el equilibrio y la serenidad en los presupuestos y en el concreto ejercicio de la potestad coactiva.

The Constitutionalist Sensibility of Italian Canonists prior to Vatican II



ABSTRACT: The paper traces the main contributions of Italian canonists to canonical constitutionalism prior to Vatican II. Starting with Emmanuele de Sarzana's textbook, it examines Giuseppe Forchielli's proposal in the debate on the Ecclesiastical Law Archive and the approach of Bertola, Ragazzini and Ferrante's texts. Special attention is paid to the foundations and contributions of the so-called Italian dogmatic school (Del Giudice, Giacchi, d'Avack and others). Systematic approach and dialogue with secular culture dispose to the acquisition of constitutionalist categories; however, mature and thoughtful elaborations of the modern constitutional approach are not yet found. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the ecclesiological and conceptual premises (fundamental equality and charismatic variety) for a change of approach to canonical juridicity are lacking. The hierarchical structural and organizational aspect tends to prevail over the centrality of the person and the community. The juridical-dogmatic imprint, purified of positivistic and structuralist deviations, can form the basis for the maturation of a constitutional paradigm.
SOMMARIO - 1. Il senso di una ricerca storica parziale e settoriale - 2. Un antesignano del sistema costituzionale? - 3. La proposta del Forchielli e il dibattito coevo - 4. L'esplicita emersione dell'esigenza costituzionale - 4.1. Il corso di Bertola - 4.2. L'indagine sulla potestà di Ragazzini - 4.3. La 'Summa juris constitutionalis Ecclesiae' del Ferrante - 5. Il contesto stimolante della dottrina laica italiana e la teoria sull'ordinamento canonico - 6. I limiti dell'impostazione costituzionalistica anteriore al Vaticano II - 7. Il legato di un approccio culturale originale.

The perspective of 'Praedicate Evangelium' regarding liturgical abuses
ABSTRACT: The paper examines the transformations made by the Ap. const. Praedicate Evangelium [= EP] regarding the contrast of liturgical abuses. Beginning with the problem of celebratory propriety that emerged in the context of postconciliar disbandment, it first examines the essential features of the case of abusiveness (the frequency of the conduct, the erroneous presumption of justification for the conduct, and the prominence of the authoritative condition) and, then, the main magisterial and papal directive interventions. Article 66 PB outlined a specific supervisory function on the part of the Congregation for Worship. PE, indulging the criterion of decentralizing co-responsibility, stimulates awareness of its own attributions and the specific responsibility of the bishops in ensuring the observance of liturgical norms. Article 96 EP therefore makes explicit the duties of the episcopal office and the supporting and assisting role of the Dicastery. The elimination of abusiveness is expressly linked with increased liturgical formation. The normative change does not change the essence of ecclesial discipline; however, it requires a qualitative leap in the pastoral solicitude of bishops (the most significant contribution is the deontological call). An in-depth theoretical and practical study of the problem of liturgical abusiveness, without trespassing on casuistry, can help complete the cultural and regulatory turnaround underway.
SOMMARIO: 1. Il sentito problema della correttezza celebrativa - 2. L'inquadramento della fattispecie abusiva - 3. Gli interventi magisteriali e direttivi pontifici - 4. La disciplina dell'art. 66 della 'Pastor bonus' - 5. Il nuovo approccio di 'Praedicate Evangelium' - 5.1. Il contesto della riforma curiale - 5.2. L'art. 96 di 'Praedicate Evangelium' - 5.3. La responsabilità episcopale - 6. L'opportuno collegamento con la formazione liturgica - 7. Un mutamento disciplinare o attitudinale?

SOMMARIO: 1. La valenza costituzionale della riforma della Curia romana - 2. La linea della 'universalitas participata et pluralis Ecclesiae' - 3. I beni della comunione e l'architettura delle Istituzioni curiali - 4. La congenita strumentalità dell'Istituzione curiale - 5. L'orizzonte istituzionale del servizio della Curia romana - 5.1. La vicarietà potestativa - 5.2. La cooperazione organica al servizio primaziale - 5.3. La corresponsabilità decentralizzante - 6. L'orizzonte personale del servizio della Curia romana - 6.1. La professionalità e la laicità - 6.2. La pastoralità e la spiritualità - 6.3. L'universalità e la temporaneità degli incarichi - 7. La promozione della razionalità e funzionalità della Curia - 8. Il cammino sinodale della riforma.
A 'Structural' Reading of "Praedicate Evangelium"
ABSTRACT: The article examines the (indirect and limited) constitutional value of the reform of the Roman Curia. The basic framework of Praedicate Evangelium is connected to the missionary impulse instilled by pontificate of Francis in the shared and plural structure of universality. The service of the Curia to the Church and to the world is founded upon its instrumental institutional character and on the maximum possible distribution of and participation in the goods of communion. Beyond the regulative aspects, this normative intervention develops various vectors and features of organization. At the institutional level, the vicarious dimension of power, the organic cooperation between the curial institutions and the decentralizing co-responsibility in the role of the episcopacy emerge. At the personal level, there is the encouragement of professional roles, of laity, of pastorality and spirituality, of the universality, and of the temporary nature of the offices. The criteria of rationality and functionality synthesize the aspiration to revise the central government. The reform of the Curia denotes a significant passage of the synodal way of the Church, which provides reasons for certain ecclesiological and speculative analysis, as well as for the perfection of canonical knowledge from a constitutional viewpoint.

El artículo pretende comprender la dimensión jurídica de las indulgencias. El análisis parte del origen y de la configuración histórica de la remisión de la pena temporal, para delinear la génesis, la estructura y la colocación en el actual código latino. Se resalta cómo lucrar las indulgencias escapa a la lógica intersubjetiva y obligatoria típica del derecho (pertenece a la esfera moral y espiritual). La juridicidad de las indulgencias no deriva solamente de la configuración y reglamentación eclesial de la concesión, sino también de la institucionalidad de la Iglesia y de la esencia comunitaria y solidaria del bien. Más allá de posibles consideraciones acerca del contenido y de la colocación de la figura de iure condendo, se sugiere un incremento sustancial de la praxis de las indulgencias que subraye, sobre todo, la promoción del perdón sacramental y de la maduración de las necesarias disposiciones, evitando toda interpretación legalista o formalista de la disciplina. ; This article seeks to grasp the juridical dimension of indulgences. Its analysis begins with the origin and historical configuration of the remission of temporal punishment, in order to delineate the genesis, structure and positioning of their current provision in the Latin Code. It is notable how the use of indulgences eludes the intersubjective and obligatory logic that is typical of law (in that it regards the moral and spiritual sphere). The juridicity of indulgences, however, is derived not only from the configuration and ecclesial regulation of their concession, but also from the institutionality of the Church and from their community implication, in support of the good. Beyond possible reconsiderations de iure condendo of the content and positioning of the figure, there is the suggestion of a substantial increase in the praxis regarding indulgences in order to underline, above all, the promotion of sacramental forgiveness and the maturation of the necessary dispositions, evading every sort of legalistic or formalistic interpretation of their legislation.

La percepción de la distinción entre delito y pecado se encuentra en la base de la ciencia penal y ha resultado una fatigosa conquista del pensamiento canónico. Tras el Concilio Vaticano II se ha atenuado en las formulaciones doctrinales y en las propuestas legislativas la claridad de esa diferenciación así como la exigencia del castigo, influyendo sobre la hermenéutica del sistema y la conducta de los operadores. La explosión de la justicia penal en los últimos años manifiesta la falacia de aproximaciones antijuridistas y antipenalistas. Para superar los movientos pendulares en el planteameinto eclesial, entre laxismo y justicialismo, entre perdonismo y retribucionismo etc., parece útil recuperar el equilibrio y la serenidad en los presupuestos y en el concreto ejercicio de la potestad coactiva. ; The distinction between delict and sin is at the heart of discussions of penal law, and amounts to an especially hard-won achievment in canonical thinking. In post-Vatican II doctrinal definitions and legislative proposals, both the clarity of the distinction and the need to punish have been mitigated, influencing the interpretation of the system and the behavior of the agents involved. The vast expansion of penal justice in recent years has disclosed the fallacy of anti-judicial and anti-penal attitudes. Hence, so as to avoid radical oscaillation in ecclesial contexts between laxity and strict legality, indulgent forgiveness and vengeful retribution, etc., it may be worthwhile to reassert a balanced and calm approach to the principles and practice of coercive power.