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Fritz Diefenderfer's avatar

Thoroughly enjoy Ed’s humor

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Ryan Jackson's avatar

Related to the question about canon law below, I'd love to learn more about the evolution of the norms for the application of canonical sanctions. I'm not longing for the (at least mythical) past of bishops handing down excommunications like candy, but I do wonder how we got to a place where the handing down of any kind of real sanction is seen as some sort of extraordinary measure never to be used. Is it a post-Vatican II thing? Did it spring from the introduction of latae sententiae penalties in the 83 code? Is it a post-Kennedy thing?

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