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  2. Dispensation (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See has at times granted dispensations from the celibacy requirement for former Anglican priests and former Lutheran ministers. [9] Papal dispensation is a reserved right of the pope that allows for individuals to be exempted from a specific Canon law. Dispensations are divided into two categories: general, and matrimonial.

  3. Exemption (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, an exemption is the full or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or institution from the authority of the ecclesiastical superior next higher in rank. [1] For example, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem are exempt, being directly subject to the Holy See.

  4. Jurisprudence of Catholic canon law - Wikipedia

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    Dispensation is not a permanent power or a special right as in privilege. [20] If the reason for the dispensation ceases entirely, then the dispensation also ceases entirely. [22] [23] [24] If the immediate basis for the right is withdrawn, then the right ceases. [22] In canonical jurisprudence, the dispensing power is the corollary of the ...

  5. Indult - Wikipedia

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    In Catholic canon law, an indult is a permission or privilege, granted by the competent church authority – the Holy See or the diocesan bishop, as the case may be – for an exception from a particular norm of church law in an individual case.

  6. Dispensation - Wikipedia

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    Dispensation may refer to: Dispensation (Catholic canon law) , the suspension, by competent authority, of general rules of law in particular cases in the Catholic Church Dispensation (period) , a period in history according to various religions

  7. Obreption and subreption (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Subreption in Catholic Canon law is "a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant", [3] "the obtainment of a dispensation or gift by concealment of the truth". [2] The terms are also used in the same senses as in Catholic canon law in Scots law. [2]

  8. Apostolic Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The officium maius related to the power to grant grace to those who petitioned the Pope in relation to: (1) absolution for breaking the regulations of canon law (2) dispensations to act against Church regulations (3) licenses not to observe ecclesiastical norms regarding the exercise of the Catholic faith and (4) official declarations. The ...

  9. Impediment (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Lack of form. When a marriage of a Catholic takes place without following the laws and rites of the Catholic Church. Such a marriage does not even have the appearance of validity and, consequently, does not enjoy the presumption of validity. Coercion. This impediment exists if one of the parties is pressured by any circumstances to enter into ...