Ecclesiastical authority, but that doesn't translate to civil authority. I know of one instance in which the prior of a monastery signed a civil contract that, canonically speaking, he didn't have the power to sign (his provincial should have been the one to approve it). Nevertheless, the community was bound by it, because US civil law is not bound by canon law.
Ecclesiastical authority, but that doesn't translate to civil authority. I know of one instance in which the prior of a monastery signed a civil contract that, canonically speaking, he didn't have the power to sign (his provincial should have been the one to approve it). Nevertheless, the community was bound by it, because US civil law is not bound by canon law.
Ecclesiastical authority, but that doesn't translate to civil authority. I know of one instance in which the prior of a monastery signed a civil contract that, canonically speaking, he didn't have the power to sign (his provincial should have been the one to approve it). Nevertheless, the community was bound by it, because US civil law is not bound by canon law.
Should be interesting to see what happens then.