Profanation of the sacred species (Can. 2320)

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Slater, Manual of Moral Theology

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, A.—Excommunications Very Specially Reserved to the Holy See

n. 1.

Canon 2320 I. Qui species consecratas abjecerit vel ad malum finem abduxerit aut retinuerit, est suspectus de haeresi, incurrit in excommunicationem latae sententiae specialissimo modo Sedi Apostolicae reservatam, est ipso facto infamis, et clericus praeterea est deponendus. (Whoever throws away the consecrated species, or carries them off or keeps them for an evil purpose, is suspect of heresy, incurs an excommunication latae sententiae reserved to the Apostolic See in a most special manner, is ipso facto infamous, and a cleric is besides to be deposed.) Abjecerit—Spit them out, throw them away.

n. 2.

Abduxerit—Take them away for superstitious purposes, to treat them irreverently.

n. 3.

Retinuerit—Keep them for show, out of curiosity to see what would happen to them. Canon 2343 II. Qui violentas manus in personam Romani Pontificis injecerit excommunicationem contrahit latae sententiae Sedi Apostolicae specialissimo modo reservatam, et est ipso facto vitandus; est ipso jure infamis; (Whoever lays violent hands on the person of the Roman Pontiff contracts an excommunication latae sententiae reserved to the Apostolic See in a most special manner, and is ipso facto to be shunned; he is infamous by the law itself.) clericus est degradandus, It is a censure which safeguards the personal immunity of the Roman Pontiff by a special form of the privilege of the canon. Canon 2367 III. Absolvens sive fingens absolvere complicem in peccato turpi incurrit ipso facto in excommunicationem specialissimo modo Sedi Apostolicae reservatam; idque etiam in mortis articulo si alius sacerdos, licet non approbatus ad confessiones, sine gravi aliqua exoritura infamia et scandalo, possit excipere morientis confessionem, excepto casu quo moribundus recuset alii confiteri.