Indignitas, heresy and schism: Canon law and the iurisdictio of the mali pastores

• Autores: Guido Rossi
• Localización: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte.: Kanonistische Abteilung, ISSN 0323-4142, Vol. 129, 2012, págs. 149-173
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present article examines the two-sided concept of " dignitas " nd analyses its ethical and legal components - worthiness and aptitude. The contribution focuses on a particularly serious case of 2 indignitas ", heresy, to highlight the tension between formal " dignitas " and substantial " indignitas " of the heretical bishop not yet condemned. Then, it explores the solution envisaged by Canon lawyers to solve such tension in the gravest case of heresy, that of the Pope. finally, it seeks to explain why such a solution was not viable as such, but it had to be mediated through a figure contiguous yet different from heresy - schism.