Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Decretum Congressus of 07.07.1970, Prot. N. 574/69 CA

Petitioner	Rev.dus X
Respondent	S. Congregatio pro Clericis
Object	Iurium
Publication	Apoll 43 (1970) 524-526 IC 12/23 (1972) 55-56 LE IV, n. 3881 Per 60 (1971) 337-340
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Translations	angl., Digest VII, 275
Content	Massae capitularis. Recursus admittitur ad disceptationem.
Sources  ? Legenda   Canons of the Code 1983 All the canons that are found in the in iure and in the in facto part of the decisions are reported in the sources. The canons that constitute the main object of the decision or on which the decision sets out a principle of interpretation are reported in bold. The canons of the 1983 Code are shown in italics: - if they do not appear in the text of the decision but if the decision deals with them; - if they correspond to canons of the 1917 Code, of which the decision (prior to 1983) deals. Other sources All the sources that are found in the in iure and in the in facto part of the decisions are reported.	[CIC1917] 101 § 1; 397, n. 4; 410;   Christus Dominus n. 27;   Presbyterorum Ordinis n. 20;   Ecclesiae Sanctae n. 8; nn. 15-18
Legal Summary	1. Statuta de rebus ad Capitulum spectantibus agunt secundum et praeter, non vero contra ius commune. Itaque Statuta, quae post Codicem emendata non sunt nec eiusdem praescriptionibus sunt contraria, abrogata dici non possunt. 2. Donec igitur nova Statuta emendata et approbata vigere inceperint, status quo veterum Statutorum, non exclusis distributionibus, in Capitulo sustinendus est (in casu impugnata decreta tum Curiae Romanae Dicasterii tum Episcopi intenderunt, normas peculiares Statutorum Capituli mutare, quin tamen via iuris ordinaria adiretur, h.e. quin ageretur per actum capitularem ab Episcopo approbatum vel per nova Statuta in forma iuris condita). Cf. maximae prot. n. 574/69 CA. 1. Statutes that treat of matters pertaining to the Chapter operate in accordance with and beyond the ius commune, but not against it. Accordingly, Statutes that have not been amended since the Code and are not contrary to its prescriptions cannot be said to be abrogated. 2. Therefore, until the new Statutes — once amended and approved — have come into force, the status quo under the old Statutes, not excluding the distributions, must be maintained in the Chapter (in the case at hand the contested decrees, both of the Dicastery of the Roman Curia and of the Bishop, sought to alter particular norms of the Chapter’s Statutes without, however, the ordinary course of law being followed, that is, without proceeding by a capitular act approved by the Bishop or by new Statutes established in juridical form). Cf. the massime of Prot. n. 574/69 CA .   Italian