A Topic of Moral Theology
The Superior Having Judicial Jurisdiction
The Superior Having Judicial Jurisdiction, as treated in Wouters (Section II. On the Superior Having Judicial Jurisdiction).
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church court penalties · ecclesiastical trial · penalties by judicial sentence (ed.)
In the index as Ecclesiastical penalty · Application of penalties
In the manuals
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section II. On the Superior Having Judicial Jurisdiction, n. 856 — First recall that judicial jurisdiction must be exercised in trial. Moreover: I. In applying penalties, the judge cannot increase a determinate penalty unless extraordinary aggravating circumstances demand this (canon 22… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading The Superior Having the Power of Punishing — Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)