The New Canon Law: Part IV:The Teaching Authority of the Church

Pursuant to the post below:

Canon: 1168: para 3

The Catholics shall not enter into any dispute or conferences with non-Catholics, especially public
ones, without permission of the Holy See, or, in urgent case, of the Ordinary. (Canon 1325.)

Well then, I guess not engaging in debates with atheists is actually following Canon Law. So I can just stop.

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The New Canon Law: Part IV:The Teaching Authority of the Church