Editing Responsa (section)

==In the Catholic Church==
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In the [[Catholic Church]], ''responsa'' are answers of the competent executive authority to specific questions (in Latin, '''''dubia''''', literally "doubts") sent by [[Catholic bishops]] to the [[Holy See]]. ''Responsa'' given by the [[Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts]] which are [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] as authentic interpretation have the force of law as per [[Canon (canon law)|canon]] 16 §2 of the [[1983 Code of Canon Law|1983 ''Code of Canon Law'']]. Other ''responsa'' cannot have this binding force, but nevertheless possess a high authority.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Berkmann|first=Burkhard Josef|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZK73DwAAQBAJ&dq=authority+responsa+catholic+church&pg=PT121|title=The Internal Law of Religions: Introduction to a Comparative Discipline|date=2020-09-22|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-17926-2|language=en|chapter=5. Methods of comparative law of religions - 5.4.1 Example: sources of law}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bullivant |first=Stephen |date=2016-11-24 |title=Submitting dubia is a standard part of Church life. It's not unreasonable to expect a clear answer |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/submitting-dubia-is-a-standard-part-of-church-life-its-not-unreasonable-to-expect-a-clear-answer/ |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=Catholic Herald |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Some ''responsa'' are given in ''[[Notitiae]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notitiae Responses|url=http://notitiae.ipsissima-verba.org/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=notitiae.ipsissima-verba.org}}</ref> the official journal of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]] (CDW). The ''responsa'' given in ''Notitiae'' are, according to the CDW, to be considered only as private responses unless they are published in official legal records of the Holy See.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pentin|first=Edward|date=February 8, 2022|title=Traditional Latin Mass: Canonists Question the Legislative Force of Recent Vatican Guidelines|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/traditional-latin-mass-canonists-question-the-legislative-force-of-recent-vatican-guidelines|access-date=2022-02-10|website=NCR|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1969 |title=[no title] |url=http://notitiae.ipsissima-verba.org/pdf/notitiae-1969-323-323.pdf |journal=[[Notitiae]] |volume=5 |pages=323 |quote=Solutiones quae proponuntur non induunt vestem officialem, sed habent valorem orientativum: solutiones 'ex officio' publici iuris fient in Acta Apostolicae Sedis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1997 |title=Responsa ad dubia proposita |url=http://notitiae.ipsissima-verba.org/pdf/notitiae-1997-138-138.pdf |journal=[[Notitiae]] |volume=33 |pages=138 |quote=Licet solutiones quae proponuntur potestatem legislativam non habeant, induunt tamen vestem officialem quia actuale magisterium et praxim huius Congregationis exprimunt}}</ref>