Title — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Title XXIV: Of the Profession of Faith
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
§ 1. The following are held by the obligation of emitting the profession of faith, according to the formula approved by the Apostolic See:
1° Before the president or his delegate, those who are present at an Ecumenical or particular Council or diocesan Synod with either consultative or deliberative vote; the president, however, before the same Council or Synod.
2° Before the Dean of the Sacred College, the Cardinals first in the order of presbyters and deacons, and the Camerarius of the Holy Roman Church, those promoted to cardinalitial dignity.
3° Before a delegate from the Apostolic See, those promoted to an episcopal see, even a non-residential one, or to the governance of an Abbey or Prelature nullius, of an Apostolic Vicariate, or of an Apostolic Prefecture.
4° Before the cathedral Chapter, the Vicar Capitular.
5° Before the local Ordinary or his delegate and before the Chapter, those who have been promoted to a dignity or canonry.
6° Before the local Ordinary or his delegate and before the other consultors, those assumed to the office of diocesan consultors.
7° Before the local Ordinary or his delegate, the Vicar General, pastors, and those for whom provision has been made concerning any benefices, even manual ones, having care of souls; the rector and professors of sacred theology, canon law, and philosophy in Seminaries, at the beginning of any scholastic year or at least at the beginning of the duty undertaken; all to be promoted to the order of subdiaconate; censors of books, of whom in can. 1393; priests destined for hearing confessions and sacred preachers, before they are endowed with the faculty of exercising those duties.
8° Before the Ordinary or his delegate, the Rector of a University or Faculty; but before the Rector of the University or Faculty or his delegate, all professors in a canonically erected University or Faculty, at the beginning of each scholastic year or at least at the beginning of the duty undertaken; and likewise those who, after a test has been made, are endowed with academic degrees.
9° Before the Chapter or Superior who nominated them, or their delegate, Superiors in clerical religions.
§ 2. Those who, the former one having been dismissed, obtain another office or benefice or dignity even of the same species, must again emit the profession of faith according to the norm of this canon.
§ 1. Obligatione emittendi professionem fidei, secundum formulam a Sede Apostolica probatam, tenentur:
1° Coram praeside eiusve delegato, qui Oecumenico vel particulari Concilio aut Synodo dioecesanae intersunt cum voto seu consultivo seu deliberativo; praeses autem coram eodem Concilio vel Synodo;
2° Coram Sacri Collegii Decano, Cardinalibus primis in ordine presbyterorum et diaconorum et S. R. E. Camerario, promoti ad Cardinalitiam dignitatem;
3° Coram delegato ab Apostolica Sede, promoti ad sedem episcopalem etiam non residentialem, vel ad regimen Abbatiae vel Praelaturae nullius, Vicariatus Apostolici, Praefecturae Apostolicae;
4° Coram Capitulo cathedrali, Vicarius Capitularis;
5° Coram loci Ordinario eiusve delegato et coram Capitulo, qui ad dignitatem vel canonicatum promoti sunt;
6° Coram loci Ordinario eiusve delegato et coram aliis consultoribus, assumpti ad officium consultorum dioecesanorum;
7° Coram loci Ordinario eiusve delegato, Vicarius Generalis, parochi et ii quibus provisum fuit de beneficiis quibusvis, etiam manualibus, curam animarum habentibus; rector, professores sacrae theologiae, iuris canonici et philosophiae in Seminariis, initio cuiuslibet anni scholastici vel saltem initio suscepti muneris; omnes promovendi ad ordinem subdiaconatus; librorum censores, de quibus in can. 1393; sacerdotes confessionibus excipiendis destinati et sacri concionatores, antequam facultate donentur ea munia exercendi;
8° Coram Ordinario eiusve delegato Rector Universitatis vel Facultatis; coram Rectore vero Universitatis vel Facultatis eiusve delegato, professores omnes in Universitate seu Facultate canonice erecta, initio cuiusque anni scholastici vel saltem initio suscepti muneris; itemque qui, periculo facto, academicis gradibus donantur;
9° Coram Capitulo vel Superiore qui eos nominavit eorumve delegato, Superiores in religionibus clericalibus.
§ 2. Qui, priore dimisso, aliud officium vel beneficium aut dignitatem etiam eiusdem speciei consequuntur, rursus debent fidei professionem emittere ad normam huius canonis.
1983 Code correlation: can. 833
One who emits the profession of faith through a procurator or before a lay person does not satisfy the obligation of emitting the profession of faith.
Obligationi fidei professionem emittendi non satisfacit qui eam per procuratorem vel coram laico emittit.
1983 Code correlation: can. 833
Any custom against the canons of this title is reprobated.
Reprobatur quaelibet consuetudo contra canones huius tituli.