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Ad Apostolorum Principis §41 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Pius XII

Ad Apostolorum Principis §41

Ad Apostolorum Principis

⁴¹ Acts requiring the power of Holy Orders which are performed by ecclesiastics of this kind, though they are valid as long as the consecration conferred on them was valid, are yet gravely illicit, that is, criminal and sacrilegious.

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Source: Ad Apostolorum Principis (Vatican.va)