II. On the Other Part

Books to be reserved to the Holy See

103. It happens that in a work there is a suspect novelty, which nevertheless is not destitute of patrons or specious reasons. It also happens that there is danger lest the episcopal sentence be disapproved and, for example, in other dioceses be exposed to contempt and mockery, or that the dignity of the author would make an episcopal decree imprudent. Doubt concerning the quality of the book, and the necessity of greater authority, are two causes on account of which article 29 prescribes to Ordinaries that they refer those works to Apostolic judgment.