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Summary. Religious are forbidden
to receive churches and tithes from laymen without the consent of the bishops.
In churches that do not belong to them pleno jure, the priests must be
appointed by the bishops on presentation.
Text. In the Lateran Council
regulars were forbidden to receive churches and tithes from the hands of laymen
without the consent of the bishops, and under no circumstances to admit ad
divina those excommunicated or nominally under interdict. [cf. III Lat,
canon 9] Wishing to curb this evil more effectively and provide that
transgressors meet with condign punishment, we decree that in churches that do
not pleno jure belong to them, they present to the bishops priests to be
appointed in accordance with the statutes of that council, that they may be
responsible to them in those things that pertain to the cura animarum; in
temporal affairs, however, let them render a satisfactory account to the
monasteries. Those who have been appointed, let them not dare remove without
the approval of the bishops. We add, moreover, that care be taken to present
such priests as are known for their uprightness and ability or whom the
probable testimony of the bishops recommends.
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