English:
title iv. The Veneration of the Saints, Sacred
Images, and Relics
can.
1186†
To foster the sanctification of the people of God, the Church commends to the
special and filial reverence of the Christian faithful the Blessed Mary ever
Virgin, Mother of God, whom Christ established as the mother of all people, and
promotes the true and authentic veneration of the other saints whose example
instructs the Christian faithful and whose intercession sustains them.
can.
1187†
It is permitted to reverence through public veneration only those servants of
God whom the authority of the Church has recorded in the list of the saints or
the blessed.
can.
1188†
The practice of displaying sacred images in churches for the reverence of the
faithful is to remain in effect. Nevertheless, they are to be exhibited in
moderate number and in suitable order so that the Christian people are not
confused nor occasion given for inappropriate devotion.
can.
1189†
If they are in need of repair, precious images, that is, those distinguished by
age, art, or veneration, which are exhibited in churches or oratories for the
reverence of the faithful are never to be restored without the written
permission of the ordinary; he is to consult experts before he grants
permission.
can.
1190
§1.† It is absolutely forbidden to sell sacred relics.
§2.† Relics of great
significance and other relics honored with great reverence by the people cannot
be alienated validly in any manner or transferred permanently without the
permission of the Apostolic See.
§3.† The prescript of §2 is
valid also for images which are honored in some church with great reverence by
the people.(Code of Canon Law: New English Translation [Washington, D.
C.: Canon Law Society of America, 1998), 370-71)
Latin:
TITULUS IV
DE CULTU SANCTORUM, SACRARUM
IMAGINUM ET RELIQUIARUM
can. 1186 Ad sanctificationem populi Dei fovendam, Ecclesia
peculiari et filiali christifidelium venerationi commendat Beatam Mariam semper
Virginem, Dei Matrem, quam Christus hominum omnium Matrem constituit, atque
verum et authenticum promovet cultum aliorum Sanctorum, quorum quidem exemplo
christifideles aedificantur et intercessione sustentantur.
can. 1187 Cultu publico eos tantum Dei servos venerari licet, qui
auctoritate Ecclesiae in album Sanctorum vel Beatorum relati sint.
can. 1188 Firma maneat praxis in ecclesiis sacras imagines
fidelium venerationi proponendi; attamen moderato numero et congruo ordine
exponantur, ne populi christiani admiratio excitetur, neve devotioni minus
rectae ansa praebeatur.
can. 1189 Imagines pretiosae, idest vetustate, arte, aut cultu
praestantes, in ecclesiis vel oratoriis fidelium venerationi expositae, si
quando reparatione indigeant, numquam restaurentur sine data scripto licentia
ab Ordinario; qui, antequam eam concedat, peritos consulat.
can. 1190 § 1. Sacras reliquias vendere nefas est.
§ 2. Insignes reliquiae itemque aliae, quae magna populi veneratione
honorantur, nequeunt quoquo modo valide alienari neque perpetuo transferri sine
Apostolicae Sedis licentia.
§ 3. Praescriptum § 2 valet etiam pro imaginibus, quae in aliqua ecclesia
magna populi veneratione honorantur. (Codex Iuris Canonici [Vatican
City: Liberia Editrice Vaticana, 1989], Logos ed.)
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