A Topic of Moral Theology

Violence to cardinals, legates and bishops (Can. 2343)

The excommunication for violence against cardinals, legates, and bishops.

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, B.—Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See, nn. 18 & 19 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures, n. 1173 — 1173. IV. "Those laying violent hands on the person of a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church or of a Legate of the Roman Pontiff, or of a Patriarch, Archbishop, Bishop, even titular only." Code, c. 2343.Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)