GENERAL INTRODUCTION |
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CHAPTER I |
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Part 1 |
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I. VOCATION AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE CHURCH PRIOR TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY |
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A. The Decretium of Gratian |
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B. St. Thomas Aquinas |
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C. The Council of Trent |
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D. The Catechismus Romanus |
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E. Vocation as Used in Directives Issued by the Holy See |
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SUMMARY |
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VOCATION AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE CHURCH FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES |
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A. Vocation as Understood in the Seventeenth Century |
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1. Vocation as Understood by Hallier |
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2. Vocation as Understood by Godeau |
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3. Vocation as Understood by Olier |
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4. Vocation as Used in Directives Issued by the Holy See a. Alexander VII |
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a. Alexander VII |
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b. Innocent XI |
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B. Vocation as Understood in the Eighteenth Century |
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1. Vocation as Understood by Habert |
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2. Vocation as Understood by St. Alphonsus Liguori |
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3. Vocation as Used in Directives Issued by the Holy See |
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a. Innocent XIII |
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b. Benedict XIV |
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C. Vocation as Understood in the Nineteenth Century |
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1. Vocation as Understood by Scavini |
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2. Vocation as Understood by Gasparri |
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3. Vocation as Used in Directives Issued by the Holy See |
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a. Pius IX |
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b. Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars |
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c. Leo XIII |
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D. Vocation as Understood in the Twentieth Century |
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1. Vocation as understood by Many |
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a. Suitability |
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b. Inclination |
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c. Election |
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2. Vocation as Used in Directives Issued by the Holy See |
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a. Leo XIII |
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b. Pius X |
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3. Vocation Theories |
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a. General. Vocation Theories |
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1) The General External Vocation Theory |
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2) The General Internal Vocation Theory |
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b. Special Vocation Theories |
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1) The Special Attraction Theory |
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2) The Special External Vocation Theory |
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4. The Theory of Joseph Lahitton |
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a. Response of the Commission of Cardinals |
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5. Vocation as Used Directives Issued by the Holy See |
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a. Sacred Consistorial Congregation |
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b. Pius X |
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SUMMARY |
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1. VOCATION AS UNDERSTOOD IN THE 1917 CODEX IURIS CANONICI |
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A. The Call of God |
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B. Commentators on the Notion of a Divine Vocation |
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1. Wernz |
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a. Wemz - Vidal. |
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2. Conte a Coronata |
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a. Inclination |
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b. Suitability of the Subject |
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c. Canonical Call |
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3. Beste |
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4. Regatillo |
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5. Cappello |
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6. Bouscaren and Ellis |
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7. Vermeersch and Creusen |
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C. The Ecclesiastical Call |
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1. Canonical Suitability |
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a. Requisites for Licit Ordination |
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1) Confirmation |
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2) Good Moral Character |
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3) Canonical Age |
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4) Due Knowledge |
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5) Reception of Inferior Orders. |
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6) Canonical Retreat |
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b. Irregularities to Ordination |
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1) Irregularities of Defect. |
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2) Irregularities of Crime |
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c. Impediments to Ordination |
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D. The Call of the Bishop |
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SUMMARY |
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Part II |
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VOCATION AS USED IN DIRECTIVES ISSUED BY THE HOLY SEE AFTER THE 1917 CIC UP TO THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. |
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A. Pope Benedict XV |
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B. Pope Pius XI |
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C. Pope Pius XII |
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D. Pope John XXIII |
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SUMMARY |
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1. PREPARATION OF THE DECREE, OPTATAM TOTIUS |
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A General History |
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B. Evolution of the Decree, Optatam totius |
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1. Commissionis Antepraeparatoria |
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2. De Vocationibus Ecclesiasticis Fovendis |
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3. Schema Constitutionis De Sacrorum Alumnis Formandis |
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4. De Alumnis ad Sacerdotium instituendis |
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5. Propositionum |
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a. Schema Propositionum De Institutione Sacerdotali |
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b. The Amended Text of Propositions |
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6. De Institutione Sacerdotali |
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IL VOCATION AS USED IN THE DECREE, OPTATAM TOTIUS |
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A. Article Two |
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B. Article Three |
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C. Article Six |
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SUMMARY |
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Part II |
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VOCATION AS USED IN DIRECTIVES OF THE HOLY SEE FROM 1963 UP TO THE 1983 CODEX IURIS CANONICI |
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A. Paul VI |
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B. John Paul II. |
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SUMMARY |
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CHAPTER IV |
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Part 1 |
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1. THE RATIO FUNDAMENTALIS INSTITUTIONIS SACERDOTALIS |
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A. Introduction |
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B. The Pastoral Care of Vocations |
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C. Minor Seminaries and Similar Institutions |
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D. Major Seminaries.... |
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E. Students |
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SUMMARY |
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Part II |
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A. Comparison of the Three Editions |
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1. THE PPF OF THE UNITED STATES: 1971, 1976, 1981 |
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1. General Introduction |
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2. Seminary Administration |
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3. College Formation |
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4. High School Formation |
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5. Appendix: Pastoral Care of Vocations |
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II. DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. SINCE THE ISSUING OF THE 1981 PPF |
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A. Guidelines for Diocesan Vocation Offices |
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B. A Reflection on the Relationship between Seminary and Vocation Personnel |
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SUMMARY |
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III. THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE PPF (February 1991 Draft) |
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A. Introduction |
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B. Foundations of Priestly Formation |
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C. Paths to the Theologate |
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1. The High School Seminary |
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2. The College Seminary |
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3. Pre-Theology |
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4. The Theologate |
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5. Seminary Administration and Faculty |
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6. The Admission and Continuing Evaluation of Seminarians |
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SUMMARY |
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CHAPTER V |
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Part 1 |
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VOCATION AS UNDERSTOOD IN THE 1983 CODEX IURIS CANONICI |
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A. The Fostering of Vocations |
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B. The Ecclesiastical Elements of a Vocation |
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1. The Canonical Call |
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a. Prior to Entrance into the Seminary |
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b. Prior to the Reception of Orders |
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1) Requirements for Validity and Liceity |
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2) Requirements in the Candidate |
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c. Prerequisites for Ordination |
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1) Confirmation |
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2) Admission to Candidacy |
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3) Ministries .. |
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4) Declaration of Freedom |
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5) Public Acceptance of Celibacy |
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6) Canonical Retreat |
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7) Additional Requirements |
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d. Irregularities and Impediments to Ordination |
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1) Irregularities |
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2) Impediments |
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2. The Call of the Bishop |
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C. The Notion of the Divine Call in the 1983 CIC |
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1. Il Codice di Diritto Canonico, Commento giuridico-pastorale |
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2. Codigo De Derecho Canonico - University of Navarra |
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3. Código de Derecho Canónico - University of Salamanca |
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4. Commento al Codice di Diritto Canonico - Urbaniana University |
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SUMMARY |
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Part II |
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VOCATION AS USED IN DOCUMENTS SINCE THE PROMULGATION OF THE 1983 CIC |
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A. Congregation for Catholic Education |
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B. The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |
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C. Congregation for Catholic Education |
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D. Message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. |
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E. Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
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F. The 1990 Synod of Bishops |
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1. Lineamenta |
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2. Instrumentum Laboris. |
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3. Presentations Made at the Synod |
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a. Bishop Harry Flynn |
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b. Bishop John Marshall |
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c. James Cardinal Hickey |
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d. Reverend Timothy Costello, SM |
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G. Developments ò the Pastoral Ministry of Vocations in Particular Churches |
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SUMMARY |
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CONCLUSIONS |
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A. Prior to the seventeenth century the Church had never legislated that a vocation consisted of divine and ecclesiastical elements.. |
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1. The Decretum of Gratian |
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2. Tridentine Legislation |
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B. The Church never specifically defined that a vocation consisted of divine and ecclesiastical elements. |
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C. The 1917 CIC contained no legislation that concerned the nature or elements of a vocation. |
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D. Some directives issued by the Holy See began to stress the human qualities the candidate was to manifest. |
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E. Vatican II did not address what elements constituted a vocation. |
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1. The Program of Priestly Formation of the NCCB |
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F. The legislation of the 1983 CIC seeks candidates for the priesthood who are able to integrate human and supernatural qualities. |
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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A. Sources |
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B. Documents |
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1. Issued By The Holy See |
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2. Issued in the United States |
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C. References |
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D. Articles |
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E. Unpublished Material |
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