Showing posts with label Canon law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canon law. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Letter on the Cult of Scotus

 The Franciscan minister general composed a letter on the occasion of the 30 year anniversary of the confirmation of the cult of Scotus, available here.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Scotus on Canon law Glosses

He was't a big fan. I had to post this; it's a comment on whether the Poenitentiali of Theodoricus is a valid authority.

Ordinatio IV d.6 pars 4 art. 1 q.2 n. 184 XI 350-51):

"Et si dicas 'licet Theodorus non potuit condere ius, tamen innuit papam condisse, cum dicit "secundum canones"', - respondeo: hoc deberet glossator apponere, quia haec glossa est necessaria; sed nullam ponit ostendendo ubi sit canon super hoc editus. Et hic, sicut in multis aliis locis, apparet inutilis occupatio glossatorum in iure canonico, qui multiplicant concordantias et auctoritates ad unum vocabulum, et postea in suo fine nihil ad propositum, - et alibi, ubi est verbum maximi ponderis, a quo dependet sententia totius capituli, transeunt sicco pedo..."