Paschang

God alone can attach a spiritual effect to a sensible sign, and every spiritual effect must, after all, come from Him...Nor is it lawful for us to hold that, by virtue of this canon all the Sacramenals were officially instituted by the Holy See

John L. Paschang, Sacramentals According to the Code of Canon Law. (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1925), 21.

Paschang is analyzing the mode of efficacy of the sacramentals and the significance 1917 Code Canon 1145 which protects the Church's right to establish and abolish sacramentals. He reminds us that God is the efficient cause of the spiritual effects of the sacramentals, and that while the Church has authority, she is not their creator but their steward.