Authority to administer ecclesiastic sanctions

Regarding ecclesiastic sanctions, the Holy Synod agreed that the Father of Confession, the Bishop, the Clerical Council, His Holiness the Pope, or the Holy Synod, determine the Church punishment according to the case. This is within the framework of the directives issued by the Holy Synod.

Published Date

05 June 1993

Chapter

14. Priests

Keywords

Discipline & Punishment, Church Canons

Related Decrees
  1. Judgment of Priests
  2. Bishops to warn priests about false monks and illegitimate monasticism
  3. Conflict between ecclesiastic and secular marital law
  4. Dealing with sanctioned monks and rejected applicants
  5. Deposed monks and the Eucharist
  6. Deposition of the former monk, Daniel El Baramousi
  7. Formation of Committee to consider wongdoing of monks
  8. HG Bishop Takla's mismanagement of the Diocese of Dishna
  9. Illegitimate deposition of Patriarch Theophilus of Ethiopia
  10. Issues of monks outside of monasteries