01-05-2012, 04:30 PM
(01-05-2012, 03:34 PM)Vetus Ordo Wrote: If the Pope can completely override Canon Law at his whim like John Paul II did in 1988, then Canon Law has little reason to exist: it's a legal fiction.
If a layman can completely override the Pope at his whim by appealing to Canon Law, than the Pope has little reason to exist: he's an ecclesiastical fiction.
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