Title: The Definition of the Sacrament of Holy Orders - St George Roman Catholic Parish, Apache Junction, AZ
Headings: The Definition of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
The Definition of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
322. What is the sacrament of Holy Orders?
323. Why is this sacrament called Holy Orders?
324. What place does the sacrament of Holy Orders have in the divine plan of salvation?
325. What are the degrees that make up the sacrament of Holy Orders?
326. What is the effect of episcopal ordination?
327. What is the office confided to a Bishop in a particular Church?
328. What is the effect of ordination to the priesthood?
329. How does a priest carry out his proper ministry?
330. What is the effect of the ordination to the diaconate?
331. How is the sacrament of Holy Orders celebrated?
332. Who can confer this sacrament?
333. Who can receive this sacrament?
334. Is it necessary to be celibate to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders?
335. What are the effects of the sacrament of Holy Orders?
336. With what authority is the priestly ministry exercised?
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Content: 1581-1589
This sacrament yields a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit which configures the recipient to Christ in his triple office as Priest, Prophet, and King, according to the respective degrees of the sacrament. Ordination confers an indelible spiritual character and therefore cannot be repeated or conferred for a limited time. 336. With what authority is the priestly ministry exercised? 1547-1553, 1592
Ordained priests in the exercise of their sacred ministry speak and act not on their own authority, nor even by mandate or delegation of the community, but rather in the Person of Christ the Head and in the name of the Church. Therefore, the ministerial priesthood differs essentially and not just in degree from the priesthood common to all the faithful for whose service Christ instituted it. Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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