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Boniface VIII tried to straighten this out in Super cathedram by creating a 
process of licensing by the bishop.  This decree was revoked by his 
successor, Benedict XI, a Dominican;  but it was reinstated by Clement V in 
Dudum a Bonifacio (Clem. 3.7.2).  Needless to say, these were not the last 
words on a touchy issue.
Tom Izbicki

At 06:31 AM 2/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Canningt,
>Wouldn't the Dominicans be an exception to this rule? They could preach and
>hear confessions by papal mandate, even (theoretically) without the local
>bishop's consent. Isn't this what Contra impugnantes, and various more or
>less contemporary polemical writings, are all about?
>Luciana
>
>
>Luciana Cuppo Csaki
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Canning" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 2:37 PM
>Subject: Re: concathedrality
>
>
>But abbots are pontiffs.  They may celebrate mass, the office and other
>services as pontifical services when in mitre and crosier.  The mass is
>identical to a bishops Pontifical Mass except for the absence of a zuchetto,
>and no reference to the abbot in the EP.
>
>Indeed All Sacraments are celebrated by the bishop or his deputy, and only
>on his authority.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Rob Durk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Monday, February 05, 2001 9:24 AM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>Subject:        Re: concathedrality
>
>Cistercian abbots, however, did have the authority to
>ordain their subjects to minor orders without
>dimissorials. I believe this is still the case
>although it has not been exercised for some centuries.
>It does, however, raise some interesting questions
>about the link between pontifical and sacramental
>authority, since the abbots in question were priests,
>not bishops.
>
>Rob
>
>
>--- damien boquet <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
>Abbés et insignes épiscopaux
>
>Pour
> > autant, les abbés doient
> > toujours avoir recours à la juridiction épiscopale
> > pour le sacrement de
> > l'ordre, la bénédiction des autels et celle du saint
> > chrême.
>
>
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