Ecclesia supplet is a manifestation of the spirituality of canon law because it is a preventive intervention the Church puts in place to protect the faithful from the ill effects of invalid acts and promote the common good.
Pope Francis’ intervention demonstrates the spirituality of canon law because it removed the bottleneck hindering reconciliation for abortion penitents, thereby facilitating their access to absolution and improving their spiritual well-being and journey of holiness.
Sanation helps lift this spiritual burden alongside the worry about the juridical effects of living without a valid matrimonial contract.
Sanation is a manifestation of the spirituality of canon law because it helps the faithful to avoid undue suffering resulting from invalid acts.
The danger of death principle manifests the spirituality of canon law because it facilitates the faithful’s salvation of souls and their journey to eternity.
The virtues of temperance and moderation are essential to the spirituality of canon law because they help superiors develop self-control and self-restraint, which keep their vindictive desires within limits, thereby avoiding extremes that undermine their own holiness and that of the subordinates.
Charity and humaneness are important to the spirituality of canon law because they ensure that the faithful are not unduly deprived of the means of salvation through the Church’s relationship with them.
The Catholic Church has long considered ordinations according to the Edwardine Ordinal as null. Hence, since 1554, there has existed the practice of re-ordaining Anglican clergy ordained according to this Ordinal.
The role of the defender of the bond is indispensable to the spirituality of canon law because ordination and marriage are sacraments, and sacraments are outward signs of inward grace by which grace is given to our souls.
The promoter of justice is bound by office to safeguard the public good.
