Book IV: Sanctifying Office / Sacramental Law (cc. 834-1253) Flashcards
Church
A sacred building, dedicated by the bishop or his delegate, that is designed for divine worship, to which the faithful have a right of entry for divine worship.
Oratory
A sacred building that is designed by permission of the ordinary for the benefit of some group of the faithful and blessed rather than dedicated. No right of entry.
Chapel
Same as an oratory but intended for 1 or 2 people.
Requirements for an Orthodox to Receive sacraments of Penance, Eucharist, or Anointing:
They must ask for it of their own accord, be properly disposed, and respect their own Church’s discipline.
Requirements for a Protestant to receive the same:
They must ask for it of their own accord, be properly disposed, respect their own Church’s discipline, plus, there must be danger of death or grave need, they must manifest Catholic faith in the sacraments, and they must be unable to approach their own minister.
Requirements for a Catholic to Receive sacraments in another Church:
The Church must have valid sacraments (or the minister must be validly ordained), they must be unable to approach a Catholic minister, it must be a necessity or there must be a true spiritual advantage.
Actual Intention
Deliberate intention in the moment
Virtual Intention
An act of the will placed, not removed, and still operative in some way.
Habitual intention
An act of the will placed, not removed, and no longer operative in any way.
Baptismal Sponsor Qualifications
Must be 16 years old (unless the bishop or pastor/minister dispenses this requirement for a just reason), designated by the parent or one to be baptized, not be under canonical penalty, be a confirmed Catholic who leads a life of faith.
Confession Faculty
Pope/Cardinals hold this everywhere by law. Bishops hold it everywhere by law unless the diocesan bishop has expressly denied it. Pastors hold this by office. Other priests hold it by grant of the faculty by the bishop.
Matter for Confirmation
Remote: Chrism
Proximate: anointing on the head / imposition of hand.
Ministers for Confirmation
Ordinary: The bishop (by ordination, not law), a presbyter provided with the faculty in virtue of universal law or special grant of the competent authority.
By Law: Diocesan administrators, Cardinals in their own household, Pastors who baptize an adult or receive an adult into full communion, Parochial Administrators, Priests in Solidum, one standing in for the Pastor, maybe Parochial Vicars, any priest when there is danger of death.
By Concession of Faculty: One who readmits a baptized apostate, one who receives a baptized adult who was raised outside of the faith, and presbyters associated by the Bishop.
Power of governance
The divinely instituted authority of the Church to govern its affairs; jurisdiction.
Power of Orders
Sacred power deriving from the Sacrament of Orders
[Holy] Orders
The group that shares the identities of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Cleric
The legal designation of those who are ordained.
Minimum faculty required for a Seminary
Rector, Spiritual Director, Finance officer.
Impediment
An obstacle to the licit reception or exercise of a sacrament, in this case, holy orders.
Irregularity
A perpetual impediment.
Irregular for RECEPTION of Orders
- Psychological infirmity
- Heresy, Apostasy, Schism
- Attempted marriage with a prior bond
- Homicide / Abortion
- Grave Mutilation / Attempted suicide
- Attempting the act of a cleric while not one.
Irregular for EXERCISE of Orders
- One who received orders while being irregular for reception.
The rest is the same as for reception but NOT including psychological infirmity.
Impeded from RECEPTION of Orders
- Man with wife (unless destined for
permanent diaconate). - One who exercises who exercises an
office forbidden to clerics. - Neophytes (the bishop can dispense
this)
Impeded from EXERCISE of Orders
- One who received orders while being
impeded for reception. - Psychological Infirmity - until the bishop
determines otherwise, in consultation
with experts.
Promise of Obedience
A legal commitment made to a Pope or Bishop for the public order and good of the Church.
Vow of Obedience
A perpetual submission of the will of a subject to his superior for his own good.
Celibacy
The state of not being married.
Remuneration
Payment for services rendered
Decent support
The material and financial means necessary to maintain a decent standard of living.
Social Assistance
Basic benefits such as health insurance, disability, and retirement.
Pastor
One to whom care of a parish has been entrusted by the bishop.
Sacerdos
Any priest, including bishops
Presbyteros
Any priest, not including bishops
Chaplain
A priest to whom pastoral care of a certain community or group is stably entrusted.
Rector
A priest to whom the care of a specific church has been stably entrusted.
Incardination
The legal bond tying a cleric to an entity that begins at the diaconate.
Privation of Office [for a cleric]
An expiatory penalty that isn’t necessarily tied to dismissal.
Dismissal
Deposition from the clerical state.
Consent as an Act of the Will
The external manifestation of consent signifies the will to marry.
NB: - Consent makes the marriage.
- Marriage is raised to a sacrament
when entered into by the baptized.
Required Comprehension
A person must understand that marriage is permanent, between 1 man and 1 woman, ordered towards procreation, by means of sexual cooperation.
Material Object of Marriage
The other person
Formal Object of Marriage
Marriage to the other person.
Essential properties of Marriage
Indissolubility and unity
Essential Elements of Marriage
The good of the spouses and the good of procreation (ordered to these as proper ends).
Marriage of Conscience:
When nullity cannot be proven through the law, a bishop can appeal to the Apostolic Penitentiary for a dispensation and dissolution of the prior bond at which point an internal forum marriage can follow.
Radical Sanation
When a bishop or the Supreme Pontiff dispenses an impediment, and the effect is retroactive.
Petrine Privilege:
The Supreme Pontiff dissolves a non-consummated marriage when at least one party is Catholic.
Pauline Privilege
Two non-baptized people marry, one of them wishes to be baptized but the other does not and wants to leave the marriage, in this case, the marriage can be dissolved.
Favor of the Faith
An unbaptized person with multiple spouses who wishes to be baptized and for whom it would be difficult to remain with the first spouse can choose one of the spouses. This is followed by the legal form of marriage.
