244. Innovation in Salvation History
Innovation runs throughout salvation history, and it is grounded in God’s response to humanity’s sinfulness.
243. The Holy Spirit: The Principal Agent of Innovation
The Holy Spirit is the principal agent of authentic innovation because He is the divine source of renewal, newness, transformation, and creative fidelity within God’s salvific action in history.
242. Innovation as participating in God’s creative work
God’s creative and sustaining activity, as well as humans’ co-creative activity towards ultimate perfection, require innovation through work.
241. The Theology of Innovation
The theology of innovation (in Christianity) is a theological reflection on human creativity and newness as participation in God’s ongoing creative and redemptive work, guided by the Holy Spirit, rooted in scripture and tradition, and oriented towards the mission of the Church and the salvation of souls
240. Spirituality of canon law: validity and invalidity
Legislative determination of nullity of acts is very important because it helps the Church avoid arbitrariness that undermines the efficacy of juridical acts and the celebration of sacraments, thereby hindering the faithful’s journey of holiness.
239. The Tenth Principle
The 1983 Code derives from one and the same intention, the renewal of Christian living. From such an intention, in fact, the entire work of the council drew its norms and its direction
238. The Presumption of Innocence
The presumption of innocence aligns with the spirituality of canon law, as it relieves the burdened conscience of those falsely accused of wrongdoing.
237. The Ninth Principle: The 2021 New Book VI
“Charity demands that the Church’s pastors resort to the penal system whenever it is required, keeping in mind the three aims that make it necessary in the ecclesial community: the restoration of the demands of justice, the correction of the guilty party and the repair of scandals” – Pope Francis
236. The Ninth Principle: The Reform of Penal Law
Canonists emphasise the need to continue imposing automatic penalties, given the peculiarity of the penal canonical law system, which requires that crimes of extreme gravity, of deep wickedness, of widespread scandal be punished immediately.
235. The Ninth Principle: The Necessity of Penal Law
The Church considers penal canonical law as intrinsically connected to its proper nature and history.