tre long, and that is the standard metre in Paris." LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN, PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS: THE GERMAN TEXT WITH A REVISED ENGLISH TRANSLATION 21 (G.E.M. Anscombe trans., Blackwell Publishing 2001). The reason for this is not that the standard metre in Paris is extensionless; the reason, rather, is that the standard metre in Paris is the rule or measure-or standard or criterionfor determining what counts as a metre and thus for determining whether an extended thing does or does not measure up to being a metre. Thus the standard metre in Paris can neither succeed nor fail at measuring up to one metre; it is the very measure for what counts as a metre in the first place. See id. 2010] 259 JOURNAL OF CATHOLIC LEGAL STUDIES [Vol. 49:253 about their meanings-unless, of course, the local bishop's determination is preempted, contradicted, or overturned by a higher court of appeal, which in this case might be the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or even the Vatican. It is worth emphasizing here that Bishop D'Arcy's interpretation is not necessarily the correct interpretation of the bishops' statement as the statement applies or has meaning in contexts outside of the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. By the same token, Bishop D'Arcy's interpretation of non-Church documents-for example, his interpretation of the United States Constitution-is not necessarily the correct interpretation, even as such documents might apply or have meaning within the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. It is worth emphasizing here that Bishop D'Arcy's interpretation of the bishops' statement is the correct interpretation of the bishops' statement, not only (1) because Bishop D'Arcy's interpretation is limited to persons and activities falling under his authority as bishop of the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, but also (2) because Bishop D'Arcy is the one who has been given due authority by the Church itselffor example, insofar as the Church expresses itself in the Code of Canon Law-to determine the definitive and binding