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ADVOCATUS. A pleader, a narrator. Bract. 412 a, 372 b. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Candidates for sainthood were represented before the papal court by two spokesmen: the advocatus dei, who made the case for canonization, and the advocatus diaboli, who advanced all conceivable arguments against canonizing the candidate. And there had to be a hearing, at which the advocatus Diaboli, or Devil's Advocate, would be appointed by the Church to make the strongest possible case against the nominee. Bartolus resurrected Justinian's comparison between the miles and the advocatus for a novel purpose -- not to praise both pursuits equally, but to single out his own profession, the legal one, as worthy of the highest esteem and privilege. |
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