This passage we can say is a direct response the critique of indulgences raised by the Protestant reform.
In other words this could be a direct answer to Martin Luther and his 95 thesis, in which the selling of the indulgences, that is the forgiveness of sins in exchange of money, was the main issue. The Church states that the Christ himself gave the right to them to sell the indulgences and that that is the time-honored tradition.
Respect for your elder and of superior station
Written Laws are more valuable than spoken laws because you have it written, you have it on paper,. You that persons writing and if anyone goes against it you have it on paper, not the witness of that person saying it. You have proof.
Yes,It's rue the authors of the the constitution did.
