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

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Slater, Manual of Moral Theology

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, B.—Excommunications Specially Reserved to the Holy See

n. 18.

Ausus.—Full knowledge and deliberation are required to incur the censure. Canon 2343 VIII. Qui violentas manus injecerit in personam S. *(Whoever lays violent hands on the person of a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church,)*R.E. Cardinalis vel Legati Romani Pontificis . . . Patriarchae, Archiepiscopi, Episcopi etiam titularis tantum, incurrit in excommunicationem latae sententiae Sedi Apostolicae speciali modo reservatam. (of a Patriarch, Archbishop, or Bishop even merely titular, incurs an excommunication latae sententiae reserved to the Apostolic See in a special manner.)

n. 19.

Violentas—One who inflicts an injury which amounts to a grievous sin on the body, liberty, or dignity of any of the Prelates mentioned incurs this censure. The injury must be personal and by deed, not by word. Canon 2345 IX. Usurpantes vel detinentes per se vel per alios bona aut jura ad Ecclesiam Romanam pertinentia, subjaceant excommunicationi latae sententiae speciali modo Sedi Apostolicae reservatae. (Those who usurp or withhold, by themselves or through others, goods or rights belonging to the Roman Church, are subject to an excommunication latae sententiae reserved to the Apostolic See in a special manner.)

Tanquerey

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 1 passage

Vol. II, On Ecclesiastical Censures

n. 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."¹³

¹³ Code, c. 2343.