A Topic of Moral Theology
The Superior Having Non-Judicial Jurisdiction
The Superior Having Non-Judicial Jurisdiction, as treated in Wouters (Section I. On the Superior Having Non-Judicial Jurisdiction).
Also asked about as…
administrative penalties · bishop punishing by decree · penalties without a trial (ed.)
In the index as Ecclesiastical penalty
In the manuals
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Bk. IV, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. II, Section I. On the Superior Having Non-Judicial Jurisdiction, n. 855 — I. Superiors enjoying non-judicial jurisdiction are all and only those who possess the power of issuing laws or imposing precepts (canon 2220, § 1). Of this kind is, for example, the Ordinary of the place; but not the Vi… 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.)