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In Catholic ecclesiology and canon law, the supreme authority of the church (Latin: auctoritas suprema ecclesiae)[1] is the highest authority of the Catholic Church on earth. The pope, as well as the College of Bishops in communion with its head (the pope), are the subjects of this supreme authority.
Supreme Pontiff
editThe pope has supreme authority in the Catholic Church.[2] The Catholic Church teaches that papal primacy is part of the divine positive law as willed by Christ, and that the pope personally succeeds St. Peter.[3]
College of Bishops
editReferences
edit- ^ Vatican.va, 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici, Liber II, Pars II, Sectio II: DE SUPREMA ECCLESIAE AUCTORITATE, accessed 12 September 2019.
- ^ George Thekkekara, "Commentary on Canon 43", in A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, ed. John D. Faris & Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., 173.
- ^ George Thekkekara, "Commentary on Canon 42", in A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, ed. John D. Faris & Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., 172.
Bibliography
edit- Faris, John D., Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., eds. A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, 2 vols. Montréal: Librairie Wilson & Lafleur, 2019.
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