The obligation of perfect and perpetual continence and married deacons in the Latin Church: canonical omplications
Through the reception of diaconate a man becomes a cleric. Canon 277 §1 states: “Clerics are obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven and therefore are bound to celibacy.” Accordingly, it would seem that clerics have two distinct obligations: perfect...
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| Language: | English |
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School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America
2014
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The jurist
Year: 2014, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-129 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Deacon
/ Husband
/ Sexual abstinence
/ Canon law
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NCF Sexual ethics RB Church office; congregation SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Celibacy
B Klerikerstand B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 288 B Deacon B Chastity B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 277, §1 B Klerikerrecht B Marriage B Permanent deacon B Clergy |
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