Book IV: Sanctifying Office / Sacramental Law (cc. 834-1253)

Question 1

Church

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Oratory

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Chapel

Answer 3

Same as an oratory but intended for 1 or 2 people.

Question 4

Requirements for an Orthodox to Receive sacraments of Penance, Eucharist, or Anointing:

Answer 4

They must ask for it of their own accord, be properly disposed, and respect their own Church’s discipline.

Question 5

Requirements for a Protestant to receive the same:

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Requirements for a Catholic to Receive sacraments in another Church:

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Actual Intention

Answer 7

Deliberate intention in the moment

Question 8

Virtual Intention

Answer 8

An act of the will placed, not removed, and still operative in some way.

Question 9

Habitual intention

Answer 9

An act of the will placed, not removed, and no longer operative in any way.

Question 10

Baptismal Sponsor Qualifications

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Confession Faculty

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Matter for Confirmation

Answer 12

Remote: Chrism
Proximate: anointing on the head / imposition of hand.

Question 13

Ministers for Confirmation

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Power of governance

Answer 14

The divinely instituted authority of the Church to govern its affairs; jurisdiction.

Question 15

Power of Orders

Answer 15

Sacred power deriving from the Sacrament of Orders

Question 16

[Holy] Orders

Answer 16

The group that shares the identities of bishops, priests, and deacons.

Question 17

Cleric

Answer 17

The legal designation of those who are ordained.

Question 18

Minimum faculty required for a Seminary

Answer 18

Rector, Spiritual Director, Finance officer.

Question 19

Impediment

Answer 19

An obstacle to the licit reception or exercise of a sacrament, in this case, holy orders.

Question 20

Irregularity

Answer 20

A perpetual impediment.

Question 21

Irregular for RECEPTION of Orders

Answer 21

1. Psychological infirmity
2. Heresy, Apostasy, Schism
3. Attempted marriage with a prior bond
4. Homicide / Abortion
5. Grave Mutilation / Attempted suicide
6. Attempting the act of a cleric while not one.

Question 22

Irregular for EXERCISE of Orders

Answer 22

1. One who received orders while being irregular for reception.

The rest is the same as for reception but NOT including psychological infirmity.

Question 23

Impeded from RECEPTION of Orders

Answer 23

1. Man with wife (unless destined for
   permanent diaconate).
2. One who exercises who exercises an
   office forbidden to clerics.
3. Neophytes (the bishop can dispense
   this)

Question 24

Impeded from EXERCISE of Orders

Answer 24

1. One who received orders while being
   impeded for reception.
2. Psychological Infirmity - until the bishop
   determines otherwise, in consultation
   with experts.

Question 25

Promise of Obedience

Answer 25

A legal commitment made to a Pope or Bishop for the public order and good of the Church.

Question 26

Vow of Obedience

Answer 26

A perpetual submission of the will of a subject to his superior for his own good.

Question 27

Celibacy

Answer 27

The state of not being married.

Question 28

Remuneration

Answer 28

Payment for services rendered

Question 29

Decent support

Answer 29

The material and financial means necessary to maintain a decent standard of living.

Question 30

Social Assistance

Answer 30

Basic benefits such as health insurance, disability, and retirement.

Question 31

Pastor

Answer 31

One to whom care of a parish has been entrusted by the bishop.

Question 32

Sacerdos

Answer 32

Any priest, including bishops

Question 33

Presbyteros

Answer 33

Any priest, not including bishops

Question 34

Chaplain

Answer 34

A priest to whom pastoral care of a certain community or group is stably entrusted.

Question 35

Rector

Answer 35

A priest to whom the care of a specific church has been stably entrusted.

Question 36

Incardination

Answer 36

The legal bond tying a cleric to an entity that begins at the diaconate.

Question 37

Privation of Office [for a cleric]

Answer 37

An expiatory penalty that isn’t necessarily tied to dismissal.

Question 38

Dismissal

Answer 38

Deposition from the clerical state.

Question 39

Consent as an Act of the Will

Answer 39

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.

Question 40

Required Comprehension

Answer 40

A person must understand that marriage is permanent, between 1 man and 1 woman, ordered towards procreation, by means of sexual cooperation.

Question 41

Material Object of Marriage

Answer 41

The other person

Question 42

Formal Object of Marriage

Answer 42

Marriage to the other person.

Question 43

Essential properties of Marriage

Answer 43

Indissolubility and unity

Question 44

Essential Elements of Marriage

Answer 44

The good of the spouses and the good of procreation (ordered to these as proper ends).

Question 45

Marriage of Conscience:

Answer 45

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.

Question 46

Radical Sanation

Answer 46

When a bishop or the Supreme Pontiff dispenses an impediment, and the effect is retroactive.

Question 47

Petrine Privilege:

Answer 47

The Supreme Pontiff dissolves a non-consummated marriage when at least one party is Catholic.

Question 48

Pauline Privilege

Answer 48

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.

Question 49

Favor of the Faith

Answer 49

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.