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然而後來直到1975年10月1日還有效的教會法<ref>On that date, Pope Paul VI changed the law, laying down in his apostolic constitution ''[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-vi_apc_19751001_romano-pontifici-eligendo_lt.html Romano Pontifici eligendo] {{Wayback|url= http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-vi_apc_19751001_romano-pontifici-eligendo_lt.html |date=20171213163518 }}'' that (to quote an [http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/p6elect.htm English version of the document] {{Wayback|url= http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/p6elect.htm |date=20150924045925 }}), "88. After his acceptance, the person elected, if he be a bishop, is straightway bishop of Rome, true pope, and head of the episcopal college. He possesses and can exercise full and supreme power over the universal Church. If, however, the elected person does not possess the episcopal character, he is to be immediately ordained a bishop." Pope Paul VI's change of the law was incorporated into the [http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P15.HTM 1983 Code of Canon Law] {{Wayback|url= http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P15.HTM |date=20150903033401 }}: "Can. 332 §1 The Roman Pontiff acquires full and supreme power in the Church when, together with episcopal consecration, he has been lawfully elected and has accepted the election. Accordingly, if he already has the episcopal character, he receives this power from the moment he accepts election to the supreme pontificate. If he does not have the episcopal character, he is immediately to be ordained Bishop."</ref>，都把當選當下視為某人成為教宗的時刻，因此德範便被[[時代錯誤]]地稱作教宗德範二世。有些作者，但並非全部，從而把之後所有名為德範的教宗編號增加了一位，使得由德範三世至德範十世的八位教宗也分別順序稱為德範二世至德範九世。1961年，他的名字被從《宗座年鑑》中移除<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=M0H-hg07b1kC&pg=PA121&dq=McBrien+%22name+in+1961%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_TaUa71Ds-h7Abm5ID4Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=McBrien%20%22name%20in%201961%22&f=false |title=Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes'' (Harper Collins 2013 ISBN 978-0-06228834-9), p. 121 |accessdate=2015-09-01 |archive-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922053623/https://books.google.com/books?id=M0H-hg07b1kC&pg=PA121&dq=McBrien+%22name+in+1961%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_TaUa71Ds-h7Abm5ID4Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=McBrien%20%22name%20in%201961%22&f=false |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

編號上的分歧也使得這些教宗有兩種編號，所以他們有時也會寫成教宗德範二世（三世）－九世（十世）。這種做法見於《[[天主教百科全書]]》<ref>For instance, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14288c.htm Pope Stephen II (III)] {{WebCite|url= https://www.webcitation.org/68c3ZMgBn?url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14288c.htm |date=20120622142710 |dateformat=iso }}</ref>、《宗座年鑑》<ref name=AP2012/>以及《[[大英百科全書]]》<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ke5MAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Pope+Stephen+II+(III)%22&dq=%22Pope+Stephen+II+(III)%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0pkgUfPXKoiQhQfh2YBI&redir_esc=y |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14 pages in volume 17 |accessdate=2015-09-01 |archive-date=2016-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322230124/https://books.google.com/books?id=ke5MAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Pope+Stephen+II+(III)%22&dq=%22Pope+Stephen+II+(III)%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0pkgUfPXKoiQhQfh2YBI&redir_esc=y |dead-url=no }}</ref>。