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Ecclesiastical Authority and Charism

The ecclesiastical authority confirms the legitimacy of a religious institute's charism and approves the institute as a legally governed body subject to Church oversight. Religious institutes that traditionally required solemn vows still ask members to renounce ownership of property before perpetual profession. The document discusses how religious institutes are juridical bodies governed by canon law under the supervision of the Church.

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Ecclesiastical Authority and Charism

The ecclesiastical authority confirms the legitimacy of a religious institute's charism and approves the institute as a legally governed body subject to Church oversight. Religious institutes that traditionally required solemn vows still ask members to renounce ownership of property before perpetual profession. The document discusses how religious institutes are juridical bodies governed by canon law under the supervision of the Church.

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The ecclesiastical authority, however, does not only confirm the legitimacy
of the charism of the Spirit. It is also the approbation of the institute as a
juridical body governed by laws and subject to the supervision and vigilance
of the Churchs competent authority.

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Cf. C.488, 3, CIC 1917 and CC. 114, 1 and 589, CIC 1983; S.C.R.I.S
Decr. Quod iam, 30 Nov. 1922, in Leges Ecclesiae post Codicemuris Canonici
editae, ed. X. Ochoa, vol.1 (Roma: Ediurcla, 1966), n. 474 (LE hereafter); and
Lumen Gentium 45, in Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees and
declaration, vol.1 gen. Ed. A. Flannery (Dublin Dominican Publications,
1996), p. 69. Fl hereafter.

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Nevertheless, those institutes that traditionally required solemn vows still
ask their members to renounce all ownership of property before their
perpetual profession (cf. C. 668, 4-5). We will discuss more of this when
we tackle the regulation of personal property in religious institutes in
Chapter VI.

4
D.J. Andrs, II Dritto dei Religiosi, 2nd ed. (Roma: EDIURCLA, 1999), p. 33
5
The term formata finds no literal translation in English. Edward Peters, in
his English translation of the 1917 Code, uses the word :Formal: but it
appears inaccurate. Domus formata, indeed, means a Canonically
established house.
6
D.J. Andrs, II Diritto dei Religiosi, op. Cit., p.81

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