156. The canonical delict of heresy
To ascertain a heresy, two essential factors must be present: ‘obstinate denial or doubt’ and ‘divine and catholic faith.
To ascertain a heresy, two essential factors must be present: ‘obstinate denial or doubt’ and ‘divine and catholic faith.
The motive for prescription is the common good and to relieve the offender, who, over time, may have repented and even atoned for the offence.
No one is liable to a penalty who, when violating a law or precept has not completed the sixteenth year of age.
Penal law aims to restore justice, reform the offender and repair scandal