Romanos Pontifices

Romanos pontiffs is the name of an Apostolic Constitution of Pope Leo XIII. It was published on 8 May 1881 they defined and regulated the hierarchic relations between bishops in England and Scotland to the religious organizations and institutions. Under the same aspects, it was on 25 September 1885, the United States, applied on March 14, 1911 Canada, on January 1, 1900 South America, and on January 1, 1910, the Philippines, as well as for the countries where mission was operated. The publication of this constitution was preceded by a lengthy and controversial period of negotiations, led to key areas of Henry Edward Cardinal Manning.

Henry Edward Cardinal Manning

History

In the salutation Leo XIII goes. with the words " the cordial and fatherly love, which the Roman Pontiffs ( " Romanos pontiffs " ) brought against the posh English people ... proof is the Apostolic Letter Universalis Ecclesiae (20 September 1850) of Pius IX. (1846-1878) "on the situation in England and Scotland one. With his letter, Pope Pius IX. the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England initiated. With the constitution wanted Leo XIII. Now pick up the occurred problems of transition and the resulting discussions and on the various issues related position. He was with this arrangement because the judicial and ecclesiastical powers between the episcopate and religious communities. The most contentious issues was the controversy over the jurisdiction of the bishops, with them was the right to establish parishes, missions, the use of secular priests and the appointment of directors of the newly created mission locations. Furthermore, it was the local bishops assigned the supervision of community work, the conferences of the clergy, diocesan synods, and the colleges and schools. The bishops continued to receive the right in their dioceses to inspect, set fees and to regulate certain financial matters.

Content

The Constitution can be divided into three main sections, which include " the separation of religious and episcopal jurisdiction ", " relations between the bishops, religious and community responsibilities concerned " and finally " issues related to temporal goods ." The following distribution of tasks and the respective responsibilities made ​​it clear that the episcopate and religious superiors were subject to canon law. But the pope was because involve religious communities and monasteries that a relatively large autonomy enjoyed now in the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishops. The religious communities were able to regulate their internal disciplinary authority with the monastic life, but they had in relation to the canon law of the Episcopal jurisdiction obeyed.