The bishop as judge, according to the apostolic letters, motu proprio, ‘’mitis iudex dominus Iesus’’ and «mitis et misercors Iesus»

Abstract

This work responds to three questions. In the first place, «Where are we?», on the one hand, the bishop, as a legislator, and the diocesan tribunals, and, on the other hand, the reason for the Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex. In a second time, entitled «Which way?», it exposes what Mitis Iudex says of the diocesan bishop as a judge. And, finally, there are some features of the episcopal response to these demands