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guanophore kindly posted the status/ gravitas of a “Declaration” in the Roman Catholic Church.

And yet some posters still undermine the Vatican.
So, it appears that the Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is as “Catholic” as the Pope!Declaration (declamatio) - A declaration is a papal document that can take one of three forms: 1) a simple statement of the law interpreted according to existing Church law; 2) an authoritative declaration that requires no additional promulgation; or 3) an extensive declaration, which modifies the law and requires additional promulgation. Declarations are less common now as papal documents, but were resorted to several times by the Vatican II Council. An example is Dignitatis Humanae, the Declaration on Religious Liberty.
And yet some posters still undermine the Vatican.