In canon 752 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, we read the following, teaching that a faithful Catholic must give “religious submission of the intellect and will” even to non-infallible statements of the Pope or college of bishops:
Although not an assent of
faith, a religious submission of the intellect and will must be given to a
doctrine which the Supreme Pontiff or the college of bishops declares
concerning faith or morals when they exercise the authentic magisterium, even
if they do not intend to proclaim it by definitive act; therefore, the
Christian faithful are to take care to avoid those things which do not agree
with it. (Code of Canon Law: New English Translation [Washington, D. C.:
Canon Law Society of America, 1998], 247)
The Latin reads:
Non quidem fidei assensus,
religiosum tamen intellectus et voluntatis obsequium praestandum est doctrinae,
quam sive Summus Pontifex sive Collegium Episcoporum de fide vel de moribus
enuntiant, cum magisterium authenticum exercent, etsi definitivo actu eandem
proclamare non intendant christifideles ergo devitare curent quae cum eadem non
congruant. (Codex Iuris Canonici
[Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1989[, Logos ed.)
In the code of canon law for the Eastern rite Churches,
we read the same in canon 599:
Although not an assent of
faith, a religious submission of intellect and will must be given to a doctrine
on faith and morals that the Roman Pontiff or the college of bishops enunciate
when they exercise the authentic magisterium even if they do not intend to
proclaim it by a definitive act; therefore the Christian faithful are to take
care to avoid those things that do not agree with it. (Code of Canons of the
Eastern Churches: New English Translation [Washington, D. C.: Canon Law
Society of America, 2001], 233–234)
The Latin reads:
Non quidem fidei assensus,
religiosum tamen intellectus et voluntatis obsequium praestandum est doctrinae
de fide et de moribus, quam sive Romanus Pontifex sive Collegium Episcoporum
enuntiant, cum magisterium authenticum exercent, etsi definitivo actu eandem
proclamare non intendunt; christifideles ergo curent, ut devitent, quae cum
eadem non congruunt. (Codex Canonum
Ecclesiarum Orientalium [Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995],
Logos ed.)
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