A Topic of Moral Theology
Removing or destroying documents of the episcopal curia (Can. 2405)
The censure on removing, destroying, or falsifying documents of an episcopal curia.
In the manuals
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, C.—Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See, n. 29 — The terms of the censure are wide and clear. The document, whether public or private, must be of some importance, and must belong to the episcopal Curia as such.Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Simply Reserved to the Holy See — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)