1571. Since the Second Vatican Council the Latin Church has restored the diaconate “as a proper and permanent rank of the hierarchy,”58 while the Churches of the East had always maintained it. This permanent diaconate, which can be conferred on married men, constitutes an important enrichment for the Church’s mission. Indeed it is appropriate and useful that men who carry out a truly diaconal ministry in the Church, whether in its liturgical and pastoral life or whether in its social and charitable works, should “be strengthened by the imposition of hands which has come down from the apostles. They would be more closely bound to the altar and their ministry would be made more fruitful through the sacramental grace of the diaconate.”59
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
203. What is meant by the “resurrection of the body”?
77. What other consequences derive from original sin?
359. How do we attain beatitude?
80. How is the Good News spread?
309. Is a confessor bound to secrecy?
282. How is Christ present in the Eucharist?
145. What does the Spirit do in the Church?
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