The Pastoral Character of the Process for the Declaration of Marriage Nullity
The judicial process for the declaration of marriage nullity, a part of the entire ecclesial law, has a pastoral character. Its pastorality lies in its being principally a salvific ministry founded on Jesus Christ the Good shepherd and exercised by ordained ministers in collaboration with other fait...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Urbaniana Univ. Press
2017
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Ius missionale
Year: 2017, Pages: 163-184 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Annulment B Marriage |
| Summary: | The judicial process for the declaration of marriage nullity, a part of the entire ecclesial law, has a pastoral character. Its pastorality lies in its being principally a salvific ministry founded on Jesus Christ the Good shepherd and exercised by ordained ministers in collaboration with other faithful, guided by canonical equity in their search for the objective truth and the ultimate goal - the salvation of souls. The article presents some noticeable manifestations of the pastoral character in the structure and phases of the process and some wrong understanding and applications of the pastoral character in marriage nullity process. The author maintains, however, that while the judicial process is pastoral in character it cannot be a pastoral panacea for all the cases of marriage crises if there are roadblocks to other lanes of the prejudicial and the post-judicial stages in the marriage process. |
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| ISSN: | 2520-0089 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ius missionale
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