RC Question 7 Explanation
DISCUSSION: The main conclusion is that canon lawyers didn’t want to prosecute those who behaved badly. So they had poor enforcement mechanisms.
As with most main point questions, a majority of the wrong answers aren’t even necessarily true. A, D and E either must be false or could be false.
That leaves only B and C to choose from.
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- The last paragraph says that outside criticisms may have convinced canon lawyers not to enforce discipline.
- This is true, but it’s only a fact that supports the conclusion.
- CORRECT. Lines 58-60 show that the author thinks canon lawyers formed organizations to defend themselves.
- We have no idea where canon lawyers’ ethical standards came from. Though lines 47-50 show that canon lawyers often failed to obey papal edicts.
- Lines 47-50 show that the pope created ethical standards for canon lawyers. This may have been even before those lawyers formed organizations.
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