Review article

Relationship of Religious Apostolate and Diocesan Bishop (Canons 678-683)

Jure Brkan ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

The article attempts to clarify a few concrete situations in which one can find the religious apostolate ad extra in the local Church elaborated in the canons 678-683. They deal with the subordination of members of a religious order to the bishop and the religious superior regarding the spiritual charge, public performance of religious observances and other deeds of the apostolate. The Code of the Canon Rights particularly emphasizes mutual consultation, cooperation among the apostolate workers, bishops canonical call and his penal authority. It also speaks about the entrusted deeds which the bishop entrusts to the religious via written contracts, as well as about the cases of removal and possible misuse, posting and removing from the post.

Keywords

Code of the Canon Law; bishop; religious superior; religious; diocese; apostolate

Hrčak ID:

29059

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29059

Publication date:

21.5.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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