Becoming a priest : canonical discipline and criteria on suitability for candidates / Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szuromi, Szabolcs Anzelm

Contributor:

Szuromi, Szabolcs Anzelm, editor.

Álvarez de las Asturias, Nicolás, editor.

Series:

Aus Religion und Recht ; Band 22.

Aus Religion und Recht ; Band 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Clergy--Appointment, call, and election.

Catholic Church.

Christianity.

Europe--Church history--600-1500.

Europe.

Genre:

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Frank & Timme, [2019]

Summary:

Long description: Becoming a Priest focuses on the period between the establishment of the Church by Christ and the middle of the 12th century, when the ecclesiastical discipline necessary to preserve the original meaning, purpose and duties of sacred ministers was stablished. The belief that the Holy Order is received “as a gift” obliges the Church to respect and protect the integrity of the ministry. Sources show how the non- obligatory nature and the high moral requirements of the priesthood guaranteed, ever more seriously, a person’s suitability to every degree of the Holy Order. Gratian’s Decretum (12th c.) already gives a well balanced and thought-out explication of the qualities of the applicants for, the formation of, and the degrees of the sacred ministry, including the roles of bishops and priests to recognize, select and train those who feel themselves called to the priesthood, and have been be found suitable by the Church authorities. The Decretum Gratiani summarizes the essential basis for determining who is “worthy” to receive the ministry of Christ, and has been held as the authority in this regard for subsequent centuries. This present volume is the first extensive, and published, fruit of the International Canon Law History Research Center (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest). The primary aim of this center is to produce precise and accessible publications based on extensive research of sources and auxiliary materials. Our purpose is to make possible objective interpretation of those doctrinal and disciplinary texts which have emerged throughout the life and activity of the Church.

Contents:

Suitability for priesthood in the early canonical discipline (an overview based on the first centuries) / Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi

To be worthy of holy orders : criteria in the barbarian kingdoms / Péter Erdő

Suitability for priestly ministry in the Carolingian Reform / Marcos Torres

Looking for holy ministers in the 11th century reform movements and their canonical collections : old texts in a new context / Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias

Conclusion of the millennium : Gratian's synthesis / Joaquín Sedano

Epilogue : continuity, changes, and transformations / Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias.

Notes:

PublicationDate: 20191218

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-7329-9446-5

9783732994465