1917 Code of Canon Law
Can 1262 §2. Viri in ecclesia vel extra ecclesiam, dum sacris ritibus assistunt, nudo capite sint, nisi aliud ferant probati populorum mores aut peculiaria rerum adiuncta; mulieres autem, capite cooperto et modeste vestitae, maxime cum ad mensam Dominicam accedunt.
Canon 6 §1 of the new code provides as follows:
ReplyDeleteThis means, therefore, that women are free to cover their heads in church but are not required to do so.
Further reading
Can. 1262 §2. Men, in a church or outside a church, while they are assisting at sacred rites, shall be bare-headed, unless the approved mores of the people or peculiar circumstances of things determine otherwise; women, however, shall have a covered head and be modestly dressed, especially when they approach the table of the Lord.
Can. 6 §1. When this Code takes force, the following are abrogated:
1. the Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1917;
2. other universal or particular laws contrary to the prescripts of this Code unless other provision is expressly made for particular laws;
3. any universal or particular penal laws whatsoever issued by the Apostolic See unless they are contained in this Code;
4. other universal disciplinary laws regarding matter which this Code completely reorders.
§2. Insofar as they repeat former law, the canons of this Code must be assessed also in accord with canonical tradition.
Canon 6 §1 of the new code provides as follows:
ReplyDeleteThis means, therefore, that women are free to cover their heads in church but are not required to do so.
Further reading
Can. 1262 §2. Men, in a church or outside a church, while they are assisting at sacred rites, shall be bare-headed, unless the approved mores of the people or peculiar circumstances of things determine otherwise; women, however, shall have a covered head and be modestly dressed, especially when they approach the table of the Lord.
Can. 6 §1. When this Code takes force, the following are abrogated:
1. the Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1917;
2. other universal or particular laws contrary to the prescripts of this Code unless other provision is expressly made for particular laws;
3. any universal or particular penal laws whatsoever issued by the Apostolic See unless they are contained in this Code;
4. other universal disciplinary laws regarding matter which this Code completely reorders.
§2. Insofar as they repeat former law, the canons of this Code must be assessed also in accord with canonical tradition.
Sorry pal, it's abrogated. Cf. Canon 6 (CIC/83)
ReplyDeleteConsuetudo pro lege servatur (custom is held as law).
ReplyDelete"Consuetudo pro lege servatur" -- Does it say this in the current Code of Canon Law? If not, no luck.
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