English:
art. iv. Veneration of the Saints, of Sacred Images
and Relics
can. 884† To foster the sanctification of
the people of God, the Church recommends to the special and filial veneration
of the Christian faithful the Holy ever-Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, whom
Christ made Mother of all. The Church also promotes the true and authentic cult
of the other saints, by whose example the Christian faithful are edified and
through whose intercession they are sustained.
can. 885† It is permissible to venerate with
public worship only those servants of God who have been inscribed among the
saints or the blessed by authority of the Church.
can. 886† The practice of exposing sacred
icons or images in churches for the veneration of the Christian faithful is to
continue in the manner and order to be determined by the particular law of the
respective Church sui iuris.
can. 887 §1. Sacred icons or precious
images, that is, those that are outstanding due to antiquity or art, that are
exposed in churches for the veneration of the Christian faithful, cannot be
transferred to another church or alienated without the written consent given by
the hierarch who exercises authority over that same Church, with due regard for
cann. 1034–1041.
§2. Sacred icons or precious
images are also not to be restored without the written consent given by the
same hierarch, who is to consult experts before he grants it.
can. 888 §1. It is not permitted to sell
sacred relics.
§2.† Well-known relics,
icons or images that are held in great veneration by the people in a certain
church cannot in any manner be validly alienated nor perpetually transferred to
another Church without the consent of the Apostolic See or the patriarch, who
can give it only with the consent of the permanent synod, with due regard for
can. 1037.
§3. Regarding the
restoration of these icons or images, can. 887, §2 is to be observed. (Code
of Canons of the Eastern Churches: New English Translation [Washington, D. C.:
Canon Law Society of America, 2001], 331–33)
Latin:
Art. IV
De Cultu Sanctorum, Sacrarum
Iconum Vel Imaginum Et Reliquiarum
can.
884
Ad sanctificationem populi Dei fovendam Ecclesia speciali et filiali
christifidelium venerationi commendat Sanctam 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.
885
Cultu publico eos tantum servos Dei venerari licet, qui auctoritate Ecclesiae
inter Sanctos vel Beatos relati sunt.
can.
886
Firma maneat praxis in ecclesiis sacras icones vel imagines venerationi
christifidelium proponendi modo et ordine iure particulari propriae Ecclesiae
sui iuris statuendis.
can.
887
§ 1. Sacrae icones vel imagines pretiosae, id est vetustate aut arte
praestantes in ecclesiis venerationi christifidelium expositae, in aliam
ecclesiam transferri vel alienari non possunt nisi de consensu scripto dato
Hierarchae, qui in eandem ecclesiam potestatem suam exercet, firmis cann.
1034–1041.
§ 2. Sacrae icones vel
imagines pretiosae etiam ne restaurentur nisi de consensu scripto dato eiusdem
Hierarchae, qui, antequam eum concedit, peritos consulat.
can.
888
§ 1. Sacras reliquias vendere non licet.
§ 2. Insignes reliquiae,
icones vel imagines, quae in aliqua ecclesia magna populi veneratione
honorantur, non possunt valide quoquo modo alienari neque in aliam ecclesiam
perpetuo transferri nisi de consensu Sedis Apostolicae vel Patriarchae, qui eum
dare non potest nisi de consensu Synodi permanentis firmo can. 1037.
§ 3. Circa restaurationem
harum iconum vel imaginum servetur can. 887, § 2.(Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum
Orientalum [Vatican City: Librería Editrice Vaticana, 1995], Logos ed.)
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