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== Interpret strict laws strictly == | == Interpret strict laws strictly == | ||
"When a law is created that seeks to establish a ''penalty'' or ''restrict the free exercise of rights'' or makes mention of an ''exception to the law,'' it must be interpreted strictly."<ref> | "When a law is created that seeks to establish a ''penalty'' or ''restrict the free exercise of rights'' or makes mention of an ''exception to the law,'' it must be interpreted strictly."<ref>McKenna, 24.</ref> | ||
== In dubiis libertas == | == In dubiis libertas == | ||
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; Canon 14 | ; Canon 14 | ||
: "Laws, even invalidating and disqualifying ones, do not oblige when there is a doubt about the law." | : "Laws, even invalidating and disqualifying ones, do not oblige when there is a doubt about the law." | ||
== Miscellaneous == | |||
Some call canon law the "dark side of the Good News" and the "arteriosclerosis of the Mystical Body."<ref>McKenna, ix.</ref> | |||
== Bibliography == | |||
Kevin E. McKenna, ''A Concise Guide to Canon Law: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers'' (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Canon Law]] | [[Category:Canon Law]] | ||
Revision as of 01:14, 27 May 2011
Interpret strict laws strictly
"When a law is created that seeks to establish a penalty or restrict the free exercise of rights or makes mention of an exception to the law, it must be interpreted strictly."[1]
In dubiis libertas
"In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas."
- Canon 14
- "Laws, even invalidating and disqualifying ones, do not oblige when there is a doubt about the law."
Miscellaneous
Some call canon law the "dark side of the Good News" and the "arteriosclerosis of the Mystical Body."[2]
Bibliography
Kevin E. McKenna, A Concise Guide to Canon Law: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000).