L'Eglise Aristotelicienne Romaine The Roman and Aristotelic Church

[Ysabet]

While reading the translation of book 4 of the CIC ,I wondered about a few things and thought I could ask here:

What do we do, if we don´t have enough people for the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor in every diocese?

Do the two officias and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor need a special education in a roman seminar?

Have the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor to be priests /ordinated?

Can the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor be at the same time diacon/pastor in the diocese?

What exactly is a Vidame?

When does the officium decide over a case and when the the Extraordinary Court of the Inquisition?

Are there courses for Inquisitor in english and what are the requirements?

Trials for separation or the annulment of a marriage are made by the Episcopal Office and the consistorie decides over it in the end. Is it the same with excommunications and unfrockings or do they go to the Curia in the first place?

How does a trial before the Episcopal Office e.g. separation or the annulment of a marriage work?
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Roman Cardinal Emeritus
Bishop In Partibus of Cydonia

[Fitz]

First of all, why all theses questions ? Is the Canon Law badly translated in English ?


What do we do, if we don´t have enough people for the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor in every diocese?
You have to contact the Inquisition so that they can send you a prosecutor for a specific case.

Do the two officias and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor need a special education in a roman seminar?
The Prosecutor has to follow a formation.
The officials don't need to. They just have to know quite a bit the Canon Law.

Have the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor to be priests /ordinated?
Baptism is enough for the Officials but the Prosecutor has to be a cleric.

Can the two officials and the Ecclesiastical Prosecutor be at the same time diacon/pastor in the diocese?
Yes.

What exactly is a Vidame?
He's a soldier, in charge of an entire ecclesiastic province. In the case of a trial, he has the responsability to verify if the sentences are respected.

When does the officium decide over a case and when the the Extraordinary Court of the Inquisition?
A complaint is told to the Prosecutor who decides if a trial has to be organized. Majority of problems can be solved in an Episcopal Office.

Are there courses for Inquisitor in english and what are the requirements?
I think it only exists in French and Italian languages. Nothing particular is required, according to my memories.

Trials for separation or the annulment of a marriage are made by the Episcopal Office and the consistorie decides over it in the end. Is it the same with excommunications and unfrockings or do they go to the Curia in the first place?
Directly to the Curia.

How does a trial before the Episcopal Office e.g. separation or the annulment of a marriage work?
A little bit long to explain.. The formation is made for that.. But I understand that it would be difficult to understand for a non-French/Italian-speaking..
So, in a nutshell :
1) Complaint to the Prosecutor
2) Prosecutor decides if trial or not
3) If trial, the Episcopal Office gets together.
4) The President opens the trial. Then the Prosecutor reads the arraignment. The Office, via the President, questions the accused, then the witnesses. Finally, the Prosecutor says the prosecution closing speech and the accused tells then its defence speech.
5) The President and the 2 Officials deliberate at closed-door.
6) The President announce the verdict. The Prosecutor sends it to the Consistory
7) The Consistory validates or not the verdict. Its final decision is told to the different parties.
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Archevêque métropolitain de Rouen

[Ysabet]

Thank you for answering. It makes things clearer.

[Ysabet]

Where do we get a copy of the formation, which the prosecutor has to follow?
We have to translate it, if we want to use it and get the Episcopal Offices to work.
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Roman Cardinal Emeritus
Bishop In Partibus of Cydonia