Apostolic constitution

An Apostolic constitution (Latin Constitutio Apostolica ) is in the Catholic Church, a decree of the Pope, in which a certain state of affairs of church law is regulated. The provisions of a constitution are binding as an ecclesiastical laws, but does not like the definition of a dogma by Council or Pope ex cathedra claim to infallibility. Nevertheless, they have, in accordance with can. 7 ff CIC force of law.

Important are more recent inter alia, the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis about the papal election, the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae on the Catholic universities or the Apostolic Constitution Fidei deposit on the Catechism.

The German Bishops' Conference defined on its website the term as follows:

Apostolic Constitutions are issued by Pope statutory provisions. They often relate to a particular region or a particular group of people. The term constitution comes from Latin: constituere means " make fixed, installing and setting up ".

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