The Obligation of Perfect and Perpetual Continence and Married Deacons in the Latin Church

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Clergy
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Author: Anthony McLaughlin ISBN: 1230002338187
Publisher: ENROUTE Publication: May 24, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Anthony McLaughlin
ISBN: 1230002338187
Publisher: ENROUTE
Publication: May 24, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

Through the reception of diaconate a man becomes a cleric. Canon 277 §1 states: "Clerics are obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven and therefore are bound to celibacy...." Accordingly, it would seem that clerics have two distinct obligations: sexual continence (no sexual relations) and celibacy (no marriage) with continence presented as the fundamental norm. With the restoration of the permanent diaconate by Paul VI in 1967 and the admission of married men to this order, a fundamental question arises: "Are married deacons, though dispensed from the obligation of celibacy, unless their wife dies, obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence?" This book addresses that question.

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Through the reception of diaconate a man becomes a cleric. Canon 277 §1 states: "Clerics are obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven and therefore are bound to celibacy...." Accordingly, it would seem that clerics have two distinct obligations: sexual continence (no sexual relations) and celibacy (no marriage) with continence presented as the fundamental norm. With the restoration of the permanent diaconate by Paul VI in 1967 and the admission of married men to this order, a fundamental question arises: "Are married deacons, though dispensed from the obligation of celibacy, unless their wife dies, obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence?" This book addresses that question.

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