Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 71 No. 4, 2001.
Review article
The Council of Presbyters and the Board of Advisors
Nikola Škalabrin
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Djakovo, Croatia
Abstract
The author elaborates on the legal regulations on the two co-responsible bodies at the level of a particular church: the Council of Presbyters and the Board of Advisors. His main sources are the Documents of the 2nd Vatican Council, The Code of the Cannonical Law for the Latin Church, M.P. Ecclesiae sanctae and Communicationes.
The author mostly discusses the advisory bodies of the diocesan bishop. The closest bishop's collaborators are the presbyters whose co-responsibility conveys cooperation, solidarity and community with their own bishop. The theological foundation of their coresponsibility is the union of the presbyters and the diocesan bishop, which originates from the sacramental community.
The Presbyter Council has the authority over all diocesan bodies. Their task is directed to the pastoral management of the whole diocese. Besides the advisory role, The Board of Advisors has two more roles: the institutional role and decision-making role. It manages the discussions that should not be conducted in front of many people.
Keywords
diocesan bishop; particular Church; presbyters; presbytery; co-responsibility; advisory; institutional and decision-making tasks
Hrčak ID:
29058
URI
Publication date:
21.5.2002.
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