I am willing to bet that this citation is NOT applicable to the decrees proposed by a General Council at all. The decrees proposed by a General Council are binding once ratified by the pope.
Cantarella, why does it not apply? I can guess 2 reasons:
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First because you are assuming that V2 issued 'decrees' in the same way that previous ecuŠ¼enical councils issued decrees (it did not). This is an example of a decree: (4th Lateran council, 1215 AD)
CANON 13
SUMMARY: The founding of new religious orders is forbidden. New monasteries must accept a rule already approved. A monk may not reside in different monasteries nor may one abbot preside over several monasteries.
Text. Lest too great a diversity of religious orders lead to grave confusion in the Church of God, we strictly forbid anyone in the future to found a new order, but whoever should wish to enter an order, let him choose one already approved. Similarly, he who would wish to found a new monastery, must accept a rule already proved. We forbid also anyone to presume to be a monk in different monasteries (that is, belong to different monasteries), or that one abbot preside over several monasteries.
Comment: This is a decree, meaning it's a church law. It is not infallible because it does not deal with faith/morals, but it is a legal decree. It is clear, concise and binding (from a church law perspective).
- Here are other 'decrees' issued from various councils. Both of these are infallible because they fulfill the requirements of V1 and deal with faith/morals. These are clear, concise and binding (from a divine law perspective).
1. Again, from 4th Lateran council, canon 1 (1st sentence only):
Text: We firmly believe and openly confess that there is only one true God, eternal and immense, omnipotent, unchangeable, incomprehensible, and ineffable, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; three Persons indeed but one essense, substance, or nature absolutely simple; the Father (proceeding) from no one, but the Son from the Father only, and the Holy Ghost equally from both, always without beginning and end.
2. Trent, session VII:
CANON II.-If any one saith, that these said sacraments of the New Law do not differ from the sacramnets of the Old Law, save that the ceremonies are different, and different the outward rites; let him be anathema.
Second, because you are assuming that because all previous councils issued infallible statements that V2 must also be infallible, or it must have the same authority as all previous councils.- Let's summarize V2's "decrees" and see what they actual force/bind us to.
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