Rediscovering the Place of the Secular Priests in the Order of Preachers
When the Order of Preachers, in response to the renewal called for by the Second Vatican Council, legislated on the use of the term Lay Fraternities in place of Third Order, the status of its priest-tertiaries was inevitably placed in an ambiguous situation. Even if the Order later on rectified the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2017
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Philippiniana sacra
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 156, Pages: 631-684 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Lay brother
B Dominikaner B Dominikanische Gemeinschaft B Catholic church Codex Iuris Canonici 1983 B Vatican Council 2. (1962-1965) Vatikanstadt |
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| Summary: | When the Order of Preachers, in response to the renewal called for by the Second Vatican Council, legislated on the use of the term Lay Fraternities in place of Third Order, the status of its priest-tertiaries was inevitably placed in an ambiguous situation. Even if the Order later on rectified the oversight by creating a separate Rule of life for the priests, there ensued decades of stagnant, if not almost oblivious, existence of the secular priests in the consciousness of both the friars and of the different branches of the Dominican Family. This study centers on the recovery of the nature and identity of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic, which entailed the establishment of continuity in two levels of legislation, namely, that of the Church through the Code of Canon Law, and that of the Dominican Order through its various legislative organs. Thus, the continuity established by both historical and canonical elements substantiated the official status of the fraternities as third order, as such enjoying a certain level of juridical relationship with the Order of Preachers. With such findings, the secular priests are acknowledged with greater level of awareness, not only in their unique place in the structure of the Order, but also in their capacity to offer to the Dominican Family a distinct manner of collaborative action in the context of the diocesan ministry. |
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| ISSN: | 0115-9577 |
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