In a statement, Cardinal Law said, «It is my fervent prayer that [my resignation] will help the Archdiocese of Boston experience the healing, reconciliation and unity we desperately need. Related: Cardinal. The cardinal directions (1540s) are north, south, east, west. Cardinal sins (circa 1600) are too well known to require repetition. The cardinal virtues (circa 1300) were divided into natural (wisdom of justice, moderation, strength) and theological (faith, hope, charity). The naturals were the original classics that were changed by Christians. But typically, in Middle English, only the first four were counted as the cardinal virtues: de _e uour uirtues cardinales speke_ ugly _e yealde philosofes. [«Ayenbite d`Inwyt», circa 1340] By analogy with this and the cardinal points, the cardinal winds, the cardinal signs (four signs of the zodiac that mark the equinoxes and solstices), the adjective in Middle English has received an association with the number four. A cardinal is a bright red songbird, and the word also refers to the purple color of the bird.
In Catholicism, a cardinal is a high-ranking bishop. In mathematics, you use cardinal numbers to count. A cardinal rule is one that is central and must not be broken. In 1768, Russia issued a «guarantee» to the Polish nobility promising to defend the cardinal laws, and at the Partition Diet of 1775, this guarantee was supplemented by the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. [2] [4] Title conferred on one of the highest dignitaries of the Court of Rome. Cardinals stand with dignity next to the pope; He is elected by them and by their committee. There are cardinal bishops, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons. See Fleury, hist. Eccles. Liv. xxxv. No.
17, II No. 19 Thomassin, Part II. liv. i. oh. 53, Part IV liv. i. c. 79, 80 Loiseau, Traite des Ordres, c. 3, n. 31; André, Droit Canon, at his word.
[1] Okay, that`s a lot of definitions. How exactly are they related? In most cases, cardinal means central or essential. It is a cardinal principle that you use it to describe behavioral words such as domination or sin. In the Church, cardinals are the central governing body, and in mathematics, cardinal numbers (one, two, three) are the numbers you learn and use first. From a more positive point of view, cardinal laws can be seen as a form of constitution (Bardach uses the term ustawa zasadnicza), which attempts to organize elements of Polish law and also attempts to guarantee the stability of the Borders of the Commonwealth. [2] After a long illness, Law died in Rome on December 20, 2017 at the age of 86. He is buried in a chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. [5] [39] Among his funeral rites, which follow the norm for a cardinal who dies in Rome, was Mass in St. Peter`s Basilica on December 21, during which Pope Francis pronounced the last prayers. [41] [42] Vatican television did not broadcast the Mass live, as is usually the case. [43] Pope Paul VI appointed Law bishop of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri on October 22, 1973 and was ordained on December 5 of the same year.
[15] Law`s predecessor in Springfield–Cape Girardeau was William Wakefield Baum, another future cardinal. [11] Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 † December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was archbishop of Boston, archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna, the American parish of Rome until 2017, when the American parish was moved to San Patrizio. In Rome, Law was considered an active and important conservative voice in many vatican offices in which he served. Robert Mickens, a longtime Vatican journalist, reported that Law thought he had been «badly done» and that other cardinals viewed him as a victim rather than a culprit. Until his retirement, Mickens said: «He has not lost his influence. He was a member of more congregations than any other bishop. On the 21st. In May 1961, Law was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi. He served two years as an assistant pastor of St.
Paul`s Catholic Church in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he served as editor of The Mississippi Register, the diocesan newspaper. From 1963 to 1968, he also held several other diocesan positions, including director of the Family Life Office and spiritual director of the Minor Seminary.[5] [11] Supposedly, the cardinal laws were intended to ensure the «golden freedom» of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility, as demanded by the nobles united in the Radom Confederation. [2] In fact, the cardinal laws guaranteed that the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth would remain ineffective and easily controllable by its neighbors. [2] The Cardinal Laws (Polish: Prawa kardynalne) were a quasi-constitution promulgated in Warsaw, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, by the Diet of Repnin of 1767-68. They enshrined most of the conservative laws responsible for the inefficient functioning of the Commonwealth and passed under foreign duress, and were viewed rather negatively by historians. The funeral will be held on Thursday in St. Peter`s Basilica. Law served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 until his resignation on December 13, 2002, after his involvement in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston`s sexual abuse scandal became public. It has been proven that the law has ignored or concealed the ill-treatment of many minor children; [1] [2] Church documents show that over a period of nearly two decades, he had extensive knowledge of the widespread sexual abuse of children committed by dozens of Catholic priests in his archdiocese, and that he had not reported these crimes to the authorities, but simply transferred the accused priests between parishes.
[3] A priest of the Archdiocese of Law, John Geoghan, allegedly raped or assaulted more than 130 children in six different parishes over a 30-year career. [3] Law was widely criticized for his handling of sexual abuse cases, and outside the Church, his public image was irreparably damaged after the scandal.