Obligation of Continence for validly married clerics
"After reading on the internet that all permanent deacons are obliged by the code of canon law "to observe perfect and perpetual continence, " a deacon and his wife are most disturbed and distressed to say the least. No one had told them that they could not live as husband and wife on...
| Published in: | Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions |
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2011
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Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
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| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Marriage law B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 277, §1 B Klerikerrecht |
| Summary: | "After reading on the internet that all permanent deacons are obliged by the code of canon law "to observe perfect and perpetual continence, " a deacon and his wife are most disturbed and distressed to say the least. No one had told them that they could not live as husband and wife once he was ordained, but would have to live as brother and sister. Does c. 277 §1, which states "clerics are obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, " apply to legitimately married permanent deacons as well as to those married deacons and priests, who had been non-Catholic clergy, but are now in full communion with the Catholic Church and have been ordained with permission from the Holy See?" |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
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