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Slater, Manual of Moral Theology

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.