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Authority is not equal across these kinds.
What they call Divine is given the same force as precepts and dogmas written in the Gospels.
What they call Apostolic is ranked with the Apostolic writings themselves.
Ecclesiastical traditions sit lower — on a level with the Church's written canons and laws.
Latin
XIV. Caeterum omnibus istis traditionibus non omnino eandem authoritatem tribuunt. Et quidem traditiones illas quas divinas vocant, eandem vim habere volunt, quam divina praecepta & dogmata quae scripta sunt in Evangeliis. Et similiter traditionibus, quas Apostolicas dicunt, eandem authoritatem tribuendam esse statuunt, quam scriptis Apostolicis. Sed traditionibus Ecclesiasticis minorem aliquanto authoritatem deferunt, eam scilicet, quam habent Canones & Leges Ecclesiae scriptae.