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Luciana Cuppo Csaki
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Pat: A bit late, but here are my suggestions.
"In order to corroborate the decrees issued by the fathers, the bodies
of the saints were also carried there, so that through their holy
intercession what the executive power of the church would decide in
their presence, in conformity with the authority of divine law, might be
strengthened, and might stand in perpetuity before the heavenly throne."
"Vigor" is indeed technical, and I have rendered it with "executive
power", i.e. the power of enforcement (force = vigor) of laws, decrees,
etc. This power could be abused, hence the prayers to the saints, that
decisions might be based upon the authority of divine law, not the
strength of an ecclesiastical body.
These are my thoughts. Luciana
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