Validity and licity: a discussion of the Society of Saint Pius X’s celebration of the Sacrament of Penance following the regulations issued during the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Year of Mercy 2015/2016 Cover Image

Problematyka ważności i godziwości sakramentu pokuty sprawowanego w Bractwie Kapłańskim Świętego Piusa X (FSSPX) według regulacji wydanych z okazji Nadzwyczajnego Jubileuszu Roku Miłosierdzia 2015/2016
Validity and licity: a discussion of the Society of Saint Pius X’s celebration of the Sacrament of Penance following the regulations issued during the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Year of Mercy 2015/2016

Author(s): Dawid PIETRAS
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Society of Saint Pius X; SSPX; validity and licity of penance; Year of Mercy;

Summary/Abstract: The analyzes contained in this article concern the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), with an emphasis on the community’s celebration of the Sacrament of Penance. The study uses the dogmatic-legal method, which consists in the analyzes of existing legal regulations. The conducted research covers the period from 2015 until now, beginning with Pope Francis’s granting of the faculty to validly and licitly hear confessions to the Society’s priests on the occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Year of Mercy. This faculty is still in force. The aim of the study is to characterize the papal regulations, indicate their relationship to the rules contained in the current Code of Canon Law, and indicate the attitude of the community towards the granted faculty. The analyzes show that the regulations concern the SSPX’s places of worship and were issued in order to facilitate the community’s attainment of full ecclesial unity. It was also intended to establish certainty regarding the validity and legitimacy of the SSPX’s celebration of this sacrament.

  • Issue Year: 18/2023
  • Issue No: 1 (33)
  • Page Range: 137-152
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish