Leaving the church and irregularity for the reception of orders: Canon 1041
A teenage male, baptized and raised in the Catholic Church,finds Christ in the Catholic charismatic movement. When he goes to college, the Catholic community available to him is anything but charismatic. He joins a group of Protestant students and begins meeting with them and worshiping with them. H...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
Year: 2001, Volume: 3, Pages: 268-270 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
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Leaving the church
B Admission to B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1041 B Consecration |
| Summary: | A teenage male, baptized and raised in the Catholic Church,finds Christ in the Catholic charismatic movement. When he goes to college, the Catholic community available to him is anything but charismatic. He joins a group of Protestant students and begins meeting with them and worshiping with them. He eventually takes on leadership within that group. Eventually, he belongs to a house church that evolves into a Christian Church. His involvement with Protestant groups leads him to take a more critical look at his Catholic theology. He eventually came to the decision that he needs to leave the Catholic Church. Eventually, he becomes critical of Protestant theology and rediscovers the strength of the Catholic Church and returns to the practice of the Catholic faith, which he has now done for many years. The man is presently interested in entering the seminary. Has he incurred the impediment described in canon 1041? That is, is his journey simply a healthy search for the truth, or has he committed the offense described? Canon 1321 raises some doubts in my mind as to whether he has actually incurred the irregularity. I do not think he would have seen himself as committing any offense against the truth. Instead, he was searching for the truth, which he obviously found. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
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