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Typo in English Translation of Canon Law
I happened to be reading through the Vatican website’s English translation of the Code of Canon law and came across an interesting typographic error that appears in numerous places in the code. In those places “over” has been replaced by “offer” (in one instance “offerly” replaces “overly”) – the error even affects Canon 333, the…
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Anathema Update
Somehow, in preparing my previous post (link), I had overlooked the single use of the word “anathema” in the 1917 Code of Canon Law (pointed out to me here). There is a recent (2001) English translation of the code (Peters, Edward N. 1917 Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law: in English translation, with extensive scholarly apparatus.…
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Anathemas Have Been Done Away!
Today I encountered the following comment: “Anathemas were done away with under the most recent Code of Canon Law.” (source) It’s not the first time I’ve seen this claim. The problem is this: I have the most recent Code of Canon Law and it doesn’t (that I can find) even mention anathemas. I suppose that…