One indication of this is the emphasis in recent Church documents on obedience to
the hierarchical teaching authority and on the relationship between hierarchical superiority and subordination.
of the will and intellect» to designate obedience toward
the hierarchical teaching authority creates problems, its exclusive application in Lumen gentium 25 to non-infallible teaching authority is still not clear.
Canons 752 and 753 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law use the expression «religious obedience of the intellect and will,» which has become the specific way of describing adherence to non-infallible statements of
the hierarchical teaching authority.