ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
11 |
PREFACE |
13 |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION |
15 |
CANON LAW: A GENERAL ORIENTATION |
21 |
SACRAMENTS: GENERAL CANONICAL PRINCIPLES |
25 |
Baptism |
27 |
Baptism Ritual |
27 |
Adult Baptism |
27 |
Infant Baptism |
27 |
Day and Place for Baptism |
27 |
Ordinary Minister |
28 |
Requirements for Baptism |
28 |
Doubtful Baptism |
28 |
Baptismal Sponsors |
29 |
Proving Baptism |
29 |
Recording Baptism |
29 |
Membership in a Ritual Church |
30 |
Baptism Into a Ritual Church |
30 |
Ritual Church Transfer |
30 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
32 |
Confirmation |
37 |
Conferral of Sacrament |
37 |
Ordinary Minister of Sacrament |
37 |
Eligibility for the Sacrament |
38 |
Confirmation Sponsor |
38 |
Registration of Sacrament |
38 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
39 |
Eucharist |
41 |
Presider at Eucharist |
41 |
Concelebration With Ministers of Other Churches |
41 |
Distribution of Holy Communion |
41 |
Admittance to Eucharist |
41 |
Proper Reception of Eucharist |
42 |
Eucharistic Celebration |
42 |
Mass Offerings |
43 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
44 |
Penance |
49 |
Individual Confession |
49 |
General Absolution |
49 |
Minister of the Sacrament |
50 |
Obligation to Confess |
50 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
51 |
Sacred Oil |
53 |
Anointing of the Sick |
53 |
Sacred Anointing |
53 |
Opportunities for Celebration |
53 |
Minister of the Sacrament |
53 |
Eligibility to Receive Sacrament |
54 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
55 |
Sacred Orders |
57 |
Minister of the Sacrament |
57 |
Eligibility for the Sacrament |
57 |
Requirements for Ordination to Diaconate and |
58 |
Presbyterate |
59 |
Irregularities and Other Impediments |
60 |
Impeded Simply |
60 |
Irregularities for Those Already Ordained |
60 |
Impeded From Exercising Orders 60 Registration and Certification of Ordination |
61 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
62 |
Marriage |
65 |
Important Principles |
65 |
The Pastoral Care of Marriage |
66 |
Marriages That Require Permission of the Local Ordinary |
66 |
Marriage Impediments |
67 |
"All Is Prepared" (Omnia Parata Sunt) |
68 |
Specific Impediments |
68 |
Age 68 Impotence |
68 |
Prior Bond |
69 |
Disparity of Cult |
69 |
Sacred Orders |
69 |
Vow of Chastity |
70 |
Abduction |
70 |
Crime (Crimen) |
70 |
Consanguinity |
70 |
Affinity |
70 |
Public Propriety |
70 |
Adoption |
71 |
Form for Marriage |
71 |
Dispensation From Canonical Form |
71 |
Contracting Marriage in the Presence |
72 |
of Witnesses Alone |
72 |
Place for Marriage Celebration |
73 |
Recording Marriages |
73 |
Secret Marriages |
73 |
Convalidation of Marriage |
74 |
Sanations |
74 |
Authority to Grant Sanations |
75 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
81 |
Parishes |
81 |
Pastor |
82 |
Parochial Vicar |
83 |
Pastoral Council |
83 |
Finance Council |
83 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
84 |
The Diocesan Church |
87 |
Diocesan Bishop |
87 |
The Diocesan Synod The Diocesan Curia |
88 |
Vicar General |
89 |
Episcopal Vicar |
89 |
Chancellor |
89 |
Finance Officer |
90 |
The Diocesan Finance Council |
90 |
The Presbyteral Council |
90 |
Consultors |
91 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
92 |
Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) |
93 |
Elements of Procedure |
97 |
Possible Causes for Declaring a Marriage Invalid Officers of the Court |
97 |
Dissolution of the Bond |
98 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Temporal Goods |
99 |
Acquiring Temporal Goods |
100 |
Administering Ecclesiastical Goods |
101 |
Responsibilities of All Administrators |
103 |
Contracts and Alienation in Particular |
104 |
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
106 |
Rights in the Church |
109 |
Obligations and Rights of All the Christian Faithful |
109 |
Obligations and Rights of the Laity |
110 |
GLOSSARY |
112 |
SUGGESTED READING |
126 |