Divinus Perfectionis Magister, Pope John Paul II's 1983 apostolic constitution published in Acta Apostolicae Sedis, is the primary papal instrument that reformed the process for canonization causes, streamlining the procedure for declaring saints. Its authority is that of the pope's own binding legislative act for the church, making it the definitive record of what the reform actually changed. Its limit is that it states the church's own legal reform rather than offering independent historical or sociological analysis of how canonization has functioned since. Cite it for the reform itself and its stated provisions; an assessment of the reform's practical effects needs an independent scholarly study.
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Pope John Paul II's Divinus Perfectionis Magister, published in Acta Apostolicae Sedis in 1983, the top tier reflecting the pope's own binding legislative act reforming the canonization process, making it the definitive record of what the reform actually changed. Its limit is that it states the church's own legal reform rather than offering independent analysis of how canonization has functioned since; that needs an independent scholarly study. NotesPope John Paul II's own apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister reforming the process for causes of saints (1983); the papal instrument itself, not independent scholarly analysis.
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AuthorPope John Paul II
PublisherActa Apostolicae Sedis
Publication Year1983
Source Typeprimary-text
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