Admission of a baptized non-catholic into full communion: Canons 205 and 851
A baptized Protestant wishes to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church, but feels it would not be appropriate to participate in the RCIA and be "initiated" at the Easter Vigil. Since he has already been baptized into the Christian faith, was a devout and practicing Lutheran a...
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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: 2002, Volume: 3, Pages: 75-76 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Adult baptism
B Conversion Religion B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 851 B Initiation B Holy See (motif) Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 205 |
| Summary: | A baptized Protestant wishes to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church, but feels it would not be appropriate to participate in the RCIA and be "initiated" at the Easter Vigil. Since he has already been baptized into the Christian faith, was a devout and practicing Lutheran and has been attending Mass in the Catholic Church for several years now with his wife and children, who are baptized Catholics, he seeks a different manner of instruction and reception into the Catholic Church. Do you have any thoughts on this question? |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
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