Sentences with phrase «competent ecclesiastical authority»

The authorization comes from «the competent ecclesiastical authority,» which usually means the local bishop (in canon law often called «the ordinary»), although the wording of the law does allow the bishops» conference to suggest another competent authority.

For most of this essay, however, I will assume that the local bishop is indeed the competent ecclesiastical authority.

Canon 812 states that anyone teaching Catholic theology in a Catholic institution needs some form of ecclesiastical approval, a «mandate» to teach that comes from the «competent ecclesiastical authority.»

Alternatively, if bishops were included on the committee, this might be the «competent ecclesiastical authority.»

Another possible improvement on the Bevilacqua proposal relates to the person designated as the competent ecclesiastical authority.