The Changing Liturgical Role of the Deacon: From Vatican II to the Present and Beyond
The current liturgical role of the deacon was shaped by the provisions in Lumen gentium (1965) and Sacrum diaconatus ordinem (1967). The publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997) and of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, along with subsequent revisions to both and the papal magisterium of...
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School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America
2023
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The jurist
Year: 2023, Volume: 79, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-165 |
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Deacon
/ Diaconal ordination
/ Council
/ Vatican Council 2. (1962-1965 : Vatikanstadt), Lumen gentium 1-17
/ Catholic church, Verfasserschaft1, Codex iuris canonici (1917). 1-86
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| Summary: | The current liturgical role of the deacon was shaped by the provisions in Lumen gentium (1965) and Sacrum diaconatus ordinem (1967). The publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997) and of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, along with subsequent revisions to both and the papal magisterium of Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, have further clarified the Church’s teaching on the nature of the diaconate within the one sacrament of holy orders. Thanks to these developments, the Church is now in a better position to judge whether all the duties assigned to deacons as an exercise of the sanctifying office are appropriate to this rank of the ordained. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-6858 |
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