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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

Obedience from the Senior Directors personally
and on behalf of FMI.
Then on January 17th, 1996, His Grace The
Most Rev, Barry James Hickey, Archbishop of
Perth, Western Australia granted Flame Ministries
International Canonical Status as "A Public
Association of Christ's faithful" under Canon
301/2(p3) entitled to use the name "Catholic"
Canon 300.
This proved to be a far-reaching
acceptance and recognition, so here is what those
Canons said in The Code of Canon Law, and I
quote them here because I believe they are
important to this whole story and the nature of
FMI’s position within the Roman Catholic Church.
Canon 300 No association may call itself
'Catholic' except with the consent of the competent
ecclesiastical authority, in accordance with can. 312.
Canon 301 1 It is for the competent ecclesiastical
authority alone to establish associations of Christ's
faithful which intend to impart Christian teaching in
the name of the Church, or to promote public worship,
or which are directed to other ends whose pursuit is of
its nature reserved to the same ecclesiastical authority.
2 The competent ecclesiastical authority, if it judges it
expedient, can also establish associations of Christ's
faithful to pursue, directly or indirectly, other spiritual
ends whose attainment is not adequately provided for
by private initiatives. 3 Associations of Christ's faithful

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