Becoming a Priest

Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi (Ed.), Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias (Ed.)

Becoming a Priest

Canonical Discipline and Criteria on Suitability for Candidates

Aus Religion und Recht, Volume 22

ISBN
978-3-7329-0551-5 9783732905515
Date of appearance
2019
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
168
Format
14.8 × 21.0 cm (B × H)
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Price
49.80 €

Contents

Becoming a Priest focuses on the period between the establishment of the Church by Christ and the middle of the 12th century, when the ecclesiastical discipline necessary to preserve the original meaning, purpose and duties of sacred ministers was stablished. The belief that the Holy Order is received “as a gift” obliges the Church to respect and protect the integrity of the ministry. Sources show how the non-­obligatory nature and the high moral requirements of the priesthood guaranteed, ever more seriously, a person’s suitability to every degree of the Holy Order. Gratian’s Decretum (12th c.) already gives a well balanced and thought-out explication of the qualities of the applicants for, the formation of, and the degrees of the sacred ministry, including the roles of bishops and priests to recognize, select and train those who feel themselves called to the priesthood, and have been be found suitable by the Church authorities. The Decretum Gratiani summarizes the essential basis for determining who is “worthy” to receive the ministry of Christ, and has been held as the authority in this regard for subsequent centuries.

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