Folia Canonica 10. (2007)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi: Development of the Clerical Duties and Rights Based on the 11th-12th Centuries. Canonical Collections
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLERICAL DUTIES AND RIGHTS 219 consecration, the canonical obedience to the ecclesiastical hierarchy thrust into prominence in the mid 12th century. If we take a glance into the Codex iuris canonici (1917) we can find in Book 2,chapter 1, title 3: 21 canons about the obligations of clerics (cc. 124-144). The afore-mentioned significant canon groups of Grati on’s Decree are clearly recognizable in their context as a fundamental discipline.76 It makes understandable the importance of the worthy clerical life and work. Moreover, only those 6 canons - which compose the previous title (2) on clerical rights77 - mark well that rights can only be instruments to fulfill the primary mission of the church in order to promote the salvation of sauls. 76 Cf. Gasparri, P., The History of the Codification of Canon Law for the Latin Church, in Acta Congressus Iuridici Internationalis VII saeculo a Decretalibus Gregorii IX et XIV a Codice lustiniano promulgatis (Romae 12-17 Novembris 1934), IV. Roma 1937. 1-10. 77 CIC (1917) cc. 118-123; e. g. Can. 118 - Soli clerici possunt potestatem sive ordinis jurisdictionis ecclesiasticae et beneficia ac pensiones ecclesiasticas obtinere. Cf. C. 16 q. 7 c. 18: Nullus laicorum ecclesias uel ecclesiarum bona occupet uel disponat. Qui uero secus egerit, iuxta B. Alexandri capitulum ab ecclesiae liminibus arceatur. Friedberg I. 805. Can. 119 - Omnes fideles debent clericis, pro diversis eomm gradibus et muneribus, reverentiam, seque sacrilegii delicto commaculant, si quando clericis realem iniuriam intulerint. Cf. C. 6 q. 1 c. 8: Sacerdotes, qui proprio ore corpus Domini conficiunt, ab omnibus sunt obedien- di et timendi, non dilacerandi aut detrahendi, quia a quibus se Domini populus benedici, salitari et instrui cupit, nullatenus eos debet arguere, nec uulgus in eorum accusatione suscipi. Populus enim ab eis docendus est et corripiendus, non ipsi ab eo, quia non est discipulus super magistrum. §. 1. Dei ergo ordinationem accusat, qui eos, qui ab eo constituuntur sacerdotes, accusat uel dampnare cupit. Idem: §. 2. Hi, qui non sunt idonei, non suscipiantur ad accusationem; et omnes, qui aduersus Patres i.e. sacerdotes armantur, infames esse censemus. Patres enim omnes i.e. sacerdotes uenerandi sunt, non respuendi aut accusandi uel insidiandi. Friedberg 1.555.
