Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by christ to his apostles of teaching, sanctifying and governing the faithful, has in the catholic church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. Divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments. The goal is to provide the original text, an english translation, and a pdf scan of the relevant pages from notitiae or other source. Concerning the reply of the congregation for the doctrine. Towards a local model of collegiality by enrico valintino parry submitted in. Carmody the double cross ordination, abortion and catholic feminism 1986.
Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by christ to his apostles of teaching, sanctifying, and governing the faithful, has in the catholic church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. This website organizes responses, explanations, and decrees from notitiae and sometimes from other sources such as aas. This tradition has also been faithfully maintained by the oriental churches. Mujeres dignidad ministerios by leopoldo cervantesortiz. Exemplaria pdf exstant etiam textuum nondum transcriptorum. Carta apostolica ordinatio sacerdotalis, do papa joao paulo ii. Congregation for catholic education for educational. Uses html5 to display pdf files directly in the browser. Ordinatio sacerdotalis is the apostolic letter in which john paul ii declared that the church has no authority to ordain women to the priesthood. Carta apostolica ordinatio sacerdotalis del papa juan. Pope john paul iis declaration, ordinatio sacerdotalis on reserving priestly ordination to men alone, may 22, 1994, not only reaffirms the churchs constant teaching on the matter of ordination, but definitively states that this teaching is a matter of doctrine which all catholics must believe. Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men alone his holiness pope john paul ii may 22, 1994.
An old but still useful monograph of benson on saint cyprian of carthage. Statement on ordination sacerdotalis women for faith. Weakland text of a statement by archbishop rembert g. They were held on 22 february 1965, 27 cardinals, 26 june 1967, 27 cardinals, 28 april 1969, 34 cardinals, 5 march 1973, 30 cardinals, 24 may 1976, 20 cardinals, and, 27 june 1977, 4 cardinals. Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men alone. Most documents on our website are posted in one or more of three formats. Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men.
Commission for the catechism of the catholic church. Download free acrobat reader dc software, the only pdf viewer that lets you read, search, print, and interact with virtually any type of pdf file. Aufstze, referate, gutachten, lexikaartikel, rezensionen. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Epistula apostolica ad patriarchas, archiepiscopos, episcopos.