Article — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Article III: Of the Offices of the Roman Curia
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Can. 260.§ 1. To the Apostolic Chancery, over which presides the Cardinal Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, this is the proper function: to issue apostolic letters or bulls for the provision of consistorial benefices and offices, for the establishment of new provinces and dioceses and chapters, and for the carrying out of other greater business of the Church.
§ 2. These letters or bulls are not to be issued except by mandate of the Consistorial Congregation concerning business which looks to its competence, or by mandate of the Supreme Pontiff concerning other business, with the terms of the mandate itself observed in individual cases.
§ 1. Cancellariae Apostolicae, cui praeest Cardinalis Cancellarius Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, hoc est proprium munus, apostolicas expedire litteras seu bullas pro beneficiorum et officiorum consistorialium provisione, novarum provinciarum et dioecesium ac capitulorum institutione et pro aliis maioribus Ecclesiae negotiis conficiendis.
§ 2. Quae litterae seu bullae ne expediantur nisi de mandato Congregationis Consistorialis circa negotia ad eius competentiam spectantia, aut de mandato Summi Pontificis circa alia negotia, servatis in singulis casibus ipsius mandati terminis.
Cited by 4 passages
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book I. On the General Principles of the Christian Life, Treatise II. On Motion in Order to the Final End, or on the Human Act, Considered according to Moral Being, Dissertation II. On Human Acts Considered according to Moral Being, Part I. On Morality in General, Section III. On the Rules of Morality, Chapter I. On Law, Article III. On the Power of Making Laws, Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Power, Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Church, Scholion. On the Roman Curia, n. 109
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, Article III. On the Offices of the Roman Curia, ¶ 1
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), List of Canons, ¶ 1
Can. 261.To the Apostolic Datary, which is moderated by the Cardinal Datary of the Holy Roman Church, it has been committed to take cognizance of the suitability of those to be promoted to non-consistorial benefices reserved to the Apostolic See; to prepare and issue apostolic letters for their conferral; to exempt, in conferring a benefice, from required conditions whenever its conferral does not belong to the Ordinary; and to care for the pensions and burdens which the Supreme Pontiff will have imposed in conferring the aforesaid benefices.
Datariae Apostolicae, quam moderatur Cardinalis Datarius Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, commissum est cognoscere de idoneitate promovendorum ad beneficia non consistorialia Apostolicae Sedi reservata; conficere et expedire apostolicas litteras pro eorum collatione; eximere in conferendo beneficio a conditionibus requisitis, quoties eius collatio ad Ordinarium non pertinet; curare pensiones et onera quae Summus Pontifex in memoratis conferendis beneficiis imposuerit.
Cited by 4 passages
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book I. On the General Principles of the Christian Life, Treatise II. On Motion in Order to the Final End, or on the Human Act, Considered according to Moral Being, Dissertation II. On Human Acts Considered according to Moral Being, Part I. On Morality in General, Section III. On the Rules of Morality, Chapter I. On Law, Article III. On the Power of Making Laws, Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Power, Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Church, Scholion. On the Roman Curia, n. 109
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, Article III. On the Offices of the Roman Curia, ¶ 1
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), List of Canons, ¶ 1
Can. 262.To the Apostolic Camera, over which presides the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, belongs the care and administration of the temporal goods and rights of the Holy See, especially at the time when it is vacant; and then the norms established in the constitution of Pius X Vacante Sede Apostolica, Dec. 25, 1904, are to be observed exactly.
Camerae Apostolicae, cui praesidet Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalis Camerarius, cura est atque administratio bonorum ac iurium temporalium Sanctae Sedis, quo tempore praesertim haec vacua habeatur; et tunc adamussim serventur normae statutae in const. Pii X Vacante Sede Apostolica, 25 Dec. 1904.
Cited by 4 passages
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book I. On the General Principles of the Christian Life, Treatise II. On Motion in Order to the Final End, or on the Human Act, Considered according to Moral Being, Dissertation II. On Human Acts Considered according to Moral Being, Part I. On Morality in General, Section III. On the Rules of Morality, Chapter I. On Law, Article III. On the Power of Making Laws, Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Power, Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Church, Scholion. On the Roman Curia, n. 109
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, Article III. On the Offices of the Roman Curia, ¶ 1
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), List of Canons, ¶ 1
Can. 263.The Office of the Secretariat of State, whose moderator is the Cardinal Secretary of State, consists of three parts in this order:
1° The first part, over which presides the Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, is occupied with business which must be submitted to the examination of that same Congregation according to the norm of can. 255, other matters being remitted to particular Congregations according to their different nature.
2° The second part, over which presides the Substitute, is engaged in ordinary business.
3° The Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs directs the third part, which is devoted to the dispatch of Briefs.
Officium Secretariae Status, cuius moderator est Cardinalis Secretarius Status, constat triplici parte hoc ordine:
1° Prima pars, cui praesidet Secretarius Congregationis pro negotiis ecclesiasticis extraordinariis, versatur in negotiis quae eidem Congregationi examinanda subiici debent ad normam can. 255, ceteris pro diversa eorum natura ad peculiares Congregationes remissis;
2° Altera pars, cui praeest Substitutus, incumbit in ordinaria negotia;
3° Tertiam partem dirigit Cancellarius Brevium Apostolicorum, qui vacat expeditioni Brevium.
Cited by 4 passages
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book I. On the General Principles of the Christian Life, Treatise II. On Motion in Order to the Final End, or on the Human Act, Considered according to Moral Being, Dissertation II. On Human Acts Considered according to Moral Being, Part I. On Morality in General, Section III. On the Rules of Morality, Chapter I. On Law, Article III. On the Power of Making Laws, Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Power, Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Church, Scholion. On the Roman Curia, n. 109
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, Article III. On the Offices of the Roman Curia, ¶ 1
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), List of Canons, ¶ 1
Can. 264.To the Secretariats of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters belongs the office of writing in Latin acts of the Supreme Pontiff committed to them by him.
Ad Secretarias Brevium ad Principes et Epistolarum latinarum spectat munus latine scribendi acta Summi Pontificis, ab eodem illis commissa.
Cited by 4 passages
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book I. On the General Principles of the Christian Life, Treatise II. On Motion in Order to the Final End, or on the Human Act, Considered according to Moral Being, Dissertation II. On Human Acts Considered according to Moral Being, Part I. On Morality in General, Section III. On the Rules of Morality, Chapter I. On Law, Article III. On the Power of Making Laws, Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Power, Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Church, Scholion. On the Roman Curia, n. 109
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, n. 110
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume I (1929), Treatise III. On Laws, Part II. On the Principal Species of Laws, Chapter III. On Ecclesiastical Law, Article III. On the Offices of the Roman Curia, ¶ 1
- Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology, Volume II (1929), List of Canons, ¶ 1