RT Article T1 "Independenter a civili potestate" (c. 1254 § 1 CIC): zur Legitimität staatlich sanktionierter Kirchenfinanzierungssysteme JF Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie VO 118 IS 2 SP 151 OP 168 A1 Pree, Helmuth 1950- A2 Mühlsteiger, Johannes 1926-2020 LA German YR 1996 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1862017530 AB "The Catholic Church" insists on "the inherent right, independently of any secular power, to acquire, retain, administer and alienate temporal goods, in pursuit of its proper objectives" (c 1254 § 1). The following considerations are dealing with models of financial organization of the Catholic Church where it is cooperating with the state and even using the state's help to succeed with dilatory paying faithful. After introducing the models of Germany, Austria and Italy the author discusses the legitimation of these models. Besides fundamental considerations the criterions for a legitimate ecclesial financial organization are elaborated. The author compares the above mentioned models with these criterions and points out the advantages and disadvantages of the different models. K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 1254 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex Iuris Canonici : 1983 K1 Kirchenbeitrag K1 Kirchenfinanzierung K1 Festschrift