Post by Pacelli on Nov 16, 2022 9:24:43 GMT -5
The following, Principles of Episcopal Jurisdiction, by Fr. Gerald Aloysius Ryan A.B., J. C. L., 1939 is linked in PDF HERE
(A thank you to forum member, Wenceslav, who took the time to scan and provide all of us here with this gem.)
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Here are some excerpts from the text provided by Wenceslav in the forum:
Link to post: HERE
p.14: Consequently, just as there must always be bishops in the Church to provide for its spiritual ministry, so there must also ever be bishops in the Church, distinct from the Pope, to govern it. This latter aspect of the episcopate is the express subject of this discussion, the jurisdictional or governing power of the residential bishop while in office.
p.29: A bishop, then, may be one in episcopal Orders, one with episcopal jurisdiction, or as is generally the case one with both species of ecclesiastical power. Episcopal jurisdiction, moreover, is essentially neither more nor less than the social power instituted by Christ for the government of the Church.
p.32: The second distinguishing feature of episcopal jurisdiction in the successors of the apostles is that it is juridically limited as to locality.
p. 45: It is difficult to see how the episcopal office can be a practical factor in the government of the Church without territorially separated jurisdictions. There must be bishops by divine command to continue the apostolic office; and however small a number of them would satisfy this necessity, they would have to function collegiately if there were no local distinctions for each, and if confusion and discord, not to say contradictory ordinances, were to be avoided.
p.100: The fundamental basis for the legitimate exercise of episcopal authority over a certain group or class of persons is nothing more or less than the territory itself of the diocese over which the bishop canonically presides. The residential bishop's jurisdiction, as has been said in reference to his natively potential capability, is ultimately and radically territorial as to its purpose, and therefore it is also primarily territorial as to its content and extent. This is to say that, while episcopal authority is principally directed toward a personal object (for the sanctification of souls) and embraces all else by reason of a personal reference, it never-theless affects its personal object through a territorial medium, by reason of a local association or bond.
(A thank you to forum member, Wenceslav, who took the time to scan and provide all of us here with this gem.)
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Here are some excerpts from the text provided by Wenceslav in the forum:
Link to post: HERE
The CUA dissertation - PRINCIPLES OF EPISCOPAL JURISDICTION by Fr. Gerald Aloysius Ryan A.B., J. C. L. is a must read. It specifically deals with the jurisdiction of residential bishops (i.e. ordinaries) and may be of help to those involved in recent threads on this forum.
I scanned this with my iPhone, so I apologize for any aesthetic issues of the actual scanned pages.
drive.google.com/file/d/1f40r6bUOmLl-OgE-jzKPxN_Eocy1iWrV/view?usp=drivesdk
I scanned this with my iPhone, so I apologize for any aesthetic issues of the actual scanned pages.
drive.google.com/file/d/1f40r6bUOmLl-OgE-jzKPxN_Eocy1iWrV/view?usp=drivesdk
p.14: Consequently, just as there must always be bishops in the Church to provide for its spiritual ministry, so there must also ever be bishops in the Church, distinct from the Pope, to govern it. This latter aspect of the episcopate is the express subject of this discussion, the jurisdictional or governing power of the residential bishop while in office.
p.29: A bishop, then, may be one in episcopal Orders, one with episcopal jurisdiction, or as is generally the case one with both species of ecclesiastical power. Episcopal jurisdiction, moreover, is essentially neither more nor less than the social power instituted by Christ for the government of the Church.
p.32: The second distinguishing feature of episcopal jurisdiction in the successors of the apostles is that it is juridically limited as to locality.
p. 45: It is difficult to see how the episcopal office can be a practical factor in the government of the Church without territorially separated jurisdictions. There must be bishops by divine command to continue the apostolic office; and however small a number of them would satisfy this necessity, they would have to function collegiately if there were no local distinctions for each, and if confusion and discord, not to say contradictory ordinances, were to be avoided.
p.100: The fundamental basis for the legitimate exercise of episcopal authority over a certain group or class of persons is nothing more or less than the territory itself of the diocese over which the bishop canonically presides. The residential bishop's jurisdiction, as has been said in reference to his natively potential capability, is ultimately and radically territorial as to its purpose, and therefore it is also primarily territorial as to its content and extent. This is to say that, while episcopal authority is principally directed toward a personal object (for the sanctification of souls) and embraces all else by reason of a personal reference, it never-theless affects its personal object through a territorial medium, by reason of a local association or bond.