The chaplaincy of Masses is an Altar.
A study on the unusual link between french juridical humanism and medieval canonical jurisprudence
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https://doi.org/10.4151/ISSN.07176260-Num.47-Fulltext.1328Keywords:
Altar, Felinus, Mass Chaplaincies, Rebuffus, TholosanusAbstract
This paper will mainly analyze the connection between the Altar and the Chaplaincy of Masses. Following a historical-dogmatic method, the origin and juridical support of this connection will be investigated. Starting from the proposal of Petrus Gregorius Tholosanus and Rebuffus, who assimilate the notions in question in the 16th century, we will finally arrive at a Decisio of the medieval Roman Rota, where the comparison seems to find its ultimate foundation
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