Question About Interdiction

[1cor1313]

I’m just learning about the various forms of “punishment” (I use the term loosely - I know the various reasons for “punishment” include reformation, etc.) in the Catholic Church. I understand what interdiction is and how it can be imposed on clerics. I also understand how it can be imposed latae sententiae. My question is for what can an interdict be imposed on a lay person when it is not imposed latae sententiae?

 

[thistle]

Modern Catholic Dictionary:

INTERDICT. A censure forbidding the faithful, while still remaining in communion with the Church, the use of certain sacred privileges, such as Christian burial, some of the sacraments, and attendance at liturgical services. It does not exclude from Church membership, nor does it necessarily imply a personal fault of any individual affected by the interdict. When imposed for a fixed period, it is a vindictive penalty because of some grave act done against the common good of the Church by one or more parishes. Usual religious services are curtailed, but sacraments may be given to the dying, marriages celebrated, and Holy Communion administered if the interdict is general or local (not personal). A general interdict may be inflicted only by the Holy See. Parishes or persons may be interdicted only by the local ordinary.

 

[dans0622]

I’m just learning about the various forms of “punishment” (I use the term loosely - I know the various reasons for “punishment” include reformation, etc.) in the Catholic Church. I understand what interdiction is and how it can be imposed on clerics. I also understand how it can be imposed latae sententiae. My question is for what can an interdict be imposed on a lay person when it is not imposed latae sententiae?

Hello,

In the Code of Canon Law, you can see quite a number of canons which describe a criminal act and say that the offender can be punished “with a just penalty” (see, for example, canons 1365, 1366, 1368, 1369, 1375-1377, 1388.2, 1399, et al.) The “just penalty” could be an interdict and it would certainly not be latae sententiae. Canons 1373 and 1374 specifically mention an interdict as a possible *ferendae sententiae *penalty.

Here’s a link to some of these canons: vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P52.HTM

Dan