Spiritualia
Spiritualia (from the Latin spiritus "spirit") are spiritual, immaterial goods or powers in theology . In contrast to the so-called temporalia , the temporal goods or things, Spiritualia are immortal and cannot be sold, acquired or passed on by exchange. They are not subject to human control. There is also talk of worldly and eternal goods.
In addition to the sacraments , sacramentals , relics and the treasure of grace of the church, spiritualia also include offices of the church. The unauthorized trade in church offices in the early Middle Ages was forbidden by canon law because it represented a degradation of spiritual goods. In the narrower linguistic usage of the past, Beneficii spiritualia et temporalia (also called jura spiritualia ) only referred to the duties (the so-called spiritual functions) and rights (e.g. the income from benefices ) associated with an ecclesiastical office .
In canon law there is the boni ecclesiae temporalibus ( CIC cann. 1254–1320): These are the so-called temporal goods of the church, i.e. property. Since the church is dependent on the temporalia for the fulfillment of its spiritual task and the associated securing of the spiritualia for people to survive, these must be legally regulated in such a way that they are subordinate to the spiritualia.
See also
literature
- Charles de Miramon: Spiritualia et Temporalia - Naissance d'un couple . In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History . Canonical department. Vol. 92, 2006. pp. 224-287.
- Michael Permaneder: Handbook of Catholic Church Law with Special Consideration for Germany, Landshut 1853 , pp. 395, 449.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Creagh, J. Benefice , in: The Catholic Encyclopedia , New York, 1907, accessed May 22, 2017 on New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02473c.htm
- ^ Helmuth Pree: Basic questions of church property law. In: Joseph Listl, Heribert Schmitz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Katholischen Kirchenrechts. Regensburg 2nd ed. 1999. p. 1042