Word: canonic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...credible by men if she herself does not show herself as a place of freedom?" No Catholic questions that authority is essential in the church, or that bishops and superiors have the right to expect obedience from their priests-and from laymen as well. But many also feel that canon law and the vow of obedience give superiors too much control over their subjects on nonspiritual matters that could and should be left to the individual priest, provided his actions do not embarrass or compromise the church, or violate moral teaching. Says Dr. Eugene Fontinell, a philosophy teacher at Queens...
...abuses of this divine bookkeeping discredited the church and triggered Martin Luther's defection, but the indulgence structure still stands. According to Canon 911, "all men are to value indulgences highly," and indulgences of differing lengths are granted for various acts. Uttering "My God and my all" carries an indulgence of 300 days. If, "with faith, piety and love" one says "My lord and my God" at the elevation of the host during Mass, one gets an indulgence of seven years. Kissing the Pope's ring carries with it a 300-day indulgence but a bishop...
...DRUMMING-UP-BUSINESS DEPART MENT. "We do no soliciting," insisted the Colonel. But "quoting some canon of ethics," he declared that "it is not improper to call on a person when warranted by personal relations." As a result, the D.U.B.D. taught firm members "the need for knowing as many people as possible, particularly hospital managers, cashiers, nurses, interns, residents, practicing physicians, policemen, preachers and fortune tellers...
...Divine.* Although he named no names, Donegan said that two other rich benefactors were threatening to withdraw bequests much larger than that. The purpose of withholding the money, said Donegan, was to show disapproval of his stand on civil rights-including speeches, sending priests to Selma, installing a Negro canon at the cathedral, and integrating parishes...
...Catholic teaching, suicide is a mortal sin; according to canon law, a Requiem Mass may not be said for someone who takes his own life. Presumably because LaPorte lived long enough to regret his action, the church allowed a memorial Mass, which took place in his home town of Tupper Lake, N.Y. His remains were buried in consecrated ground...