Folia Theologica et Canonica 1. 23/15 (2012)
RECENSIONS
282 RECENSIONS indispensable for the operability of the human community. The above indicated facts clearly underline the created entity of the World, which radically signs the indispensability of God's existence for the mankind. Those norms which were created by God and are within the created World oblige the human activity. This volume distributed into seven basic units. The author speaks the actuality of the question in the first chapter based on an outline of the most current canon law history research (11-17). Chapter II analyses the development of the concept of sin and crime within the Catholic theology and canon law. It is organized in minute detailed form into nine sub-topics. (19-77). Chapter III places the stress on the description and interpretation of the idea of sin and crime, explaining it on the basis of the first Code of Canon Law (1917) and the auxiliary canon law literature to it (79-81 ). Chapter IV turns toward the discipline of the current Code of Canon Law (1983) and the author observes the description of crime within the Code, particularly the normative, objective, and subjective elements (83-90). The imputability of the subject of the penalized action is getting one of the most analyzed field within any penal system, which is obviously true concerning the canonical penal law system too. The question is in the focus of Chapter V of this volume (91-120). There is a unique Chapter (i.e. VI), dealing with those sins which do not fall under the canonical category of crime. This part observes its topic through the administration of sacraments and sacra- mentals, moreover through the peculiarity of canonical process law (121-130). The author summarizes his conclusions in eight clear and brief articles, organized his answers by moral, legal, theological and canonical views (131-133). That methodology which is used by Peter Erdő throughout his new book is remarkable, because he makes the analysis on the basis of the canonical sources, canonical legislation, canonical law administration and interpretations of these by the most important authors of canon law science of the history. He gives a particular stress on the biblical and patristical background too. The author cites the most eminent canon lawyers of the history to prove his concept, namely Hos- tiensis, Alfonso de Castro, Martin de Azpilcueta, etc. Nevertheless, Peter Erdő clearly expresses his own point of view based on the above indicated sources and authors. The contents of this volume is enriched by a foreword of Sz. Anzelm Szuro- mi, president of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (5-7); moreover the table of abbreviation (135-136) and the bibliography (137-151). Peter Card. Erdő by this volume which is a well balanced, logical clear-out work, shows again why those values are indispensible which has been accumulated by the canon law science in the Church history. This book also testifies the author’s extensive knowledge in the field of sacred sciences but the law and political sciences too, moreover his strong emotion to the moral good, the truth and to the justice. Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, O.Praem.
