Article — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Article III: Of the Process concerning Non-Cult
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
Besides witnesses introduced by the postulator, the tribunal is to introduce two others from office and interrogate all whether public cult was ever offered to the Servant of God.
Tribunal praeter testes inductos a postulatore, duos alios ex officio inducat omnesque interroget num Servo Dei cultus publicus fuerit unquam praestitus.
The tribunal is moreover to go to and diligently inspect the tomb of the Servant of God, the room in which he lived or died, and any other places where someone may rightly suspect that signs of cult are present.
Tribunal adeat praeterea et diligenter inspiciat sepulcrum Servi Dei, cubiculum in quo habitavit vel obiit, et si qua sint alia loca ubi cultus signa adesse merito quis suspicari possit.
If in the course of the process there are held to be not light indications of cult meanwhile offered to the Servant of God, it is the office of the promoter of the faith to insist that further inquiry concerning this matter be carried out.
Si in processus decursu non levia habeantur indicia cultus interea Servo Dei praestiti, munus esto promotoris fidei instare ut ulterior inquisitio hac de re peragatur.
The tribunal must define by sentence whether cult was offered to the Servant of God, or not.
Tribunal debet sententia definire utrum cultus Servo Dei fuerit praestitus, necne.