Canon 604: The Prerequisite of Virginity in a Candidate for the Ordo Virginum
As the restored rite of consecration to a life of virginity for women living in the world is celebrated with more frequency, questions are raised anew about who is eligible to receive the consecration. Must a woman be a virgin in order to receive the consecration of virgins? A look at the Latin text...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions 2021
Year: 2021, Pages: 134-141 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Consecration of virgins
/ Catholic church, Verfasserschaft1, Codex iuris canonici (1983). 604
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| IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law SB Catholic Church law |
| Summary: | As the restored rite of consecration to a life of virginity for women living in the world is celebrated with more frequency, questions are raised anew about who is eligible to receive the consecration. Must a woman be a virgin in order to receive the consecration of virgins? A look at the Latin text of the Praenotanda to the Rite of Consecration and other sources of law leaves no doubt as to the requirement of virginity in the candidate for consecration to a life of virginity (the Ordo virginum). |
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| ISBN: | 1932208615 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions 2021
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