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1 8, 92(140)| 7: AAS 58 (1966), 1001-03 [TPS XI, 450-52]. ~
2 6, 81(134)| 8: AAS 58 (1966), 1003-05 [TPS XI, 452-53]. ~
3 1, 8(4) | ff.: AAS 58 (1966), 1007-08 [TPS XI, 455-56]; Decree
4 3, 45(86) | 11: AAS 58 (1966), 1008-09 [TPS XI, 455-56]. ~
5 8, 92(140)| Life, no. 7: AAS 58 (1966), 1001-03 [TPS XI, 450-52]. ~
6 1, 8(4) | 10 ff.: AAS 58 (1966), 1007-08 [TPS XI, 455-56]; Decree
7 3, 45(86) | no. 11: AAS 58 (1966), 1008-09 [TPS XI, 455-56]. ~
8 3, 37(75) | 46 (1954), 161-91 [TPS 1, 101-23]; John XXIII, encyc.
9 2, 28(50) | no. 13: AAS 58 (1966), 1012 [TPS XI, 458-59].~
10 2, 27(47) | no. 14: AAS 58 (1966), 1013 [TPS XI, 459-60]. ~
11 6, 74(121)| AAS 58 (1966), 1015-16, 1019 [TPS XI, 461-62, 463-64]. ~
12 3, 35(71) | 48.9 and 59.4: PG 41.869, 1025; St. Efrem, Carmina nisibena,
13 3, 35(71) | Synesius of Ptolemais, Epist. 105: PG 66.1485.~
14 2, 33(61) | no. 39: AAS 58 (1966), 1056-57 [TPS XI, 282-83]. ~
15 2, 34(68) | no. 12: AAS 58 (1966), 107 [TPS XI, 147].~
16 1, 16(9) | no. 62: AAS 58 (1966), 1082 [TPS XI, 300]. ~
17 3, 39(80) | De Sacerdotio, 1, 111: PG 48. 642. 22. 81 Dogmatic
18 1, 8(4) | 58 (1966), 837 [TPS XI, 119-20]; Decree on the Priestly
19 3, 35(71) | Bickell, Leipzig (1866), p. 122; Eusebius of Caesarea, Demonstr.
20 3, 36(74) | Can. 132, §1.~
21 3, 35(71) | Eccl. cath., 1.32: PL 32.1339; St. Jerome, Adversus Vigilantium,
22 3, 35(71) | Ptolemais, Epist. 105: PG 66.1485.~
23 3, 37(75) | virginitas: AAS 46 (1954), 161-91 [TPS 1, 101-23]; John
24 5, 71(119)| Summa Theol., II-II, q. 184, a. 8 c. ~
25 3, 35(71) | ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig (1866), p. 122; Eusebius of Caesarea,
26 3, 37(75) | exhortation Haerent animo: AAS 41 (1908), 555-57; Benedict XV, letter
27 3, 37(75) | catholici sacerdotii: AAS 28 (1936), 24-30; Pius XII, apost.
28 1, 8(4) | 58 (1966), 690 [TPS XI, 195-96]; Decree on the Apostolate
29 3, 37(75) | exhortation Menti Nostrae: AAS 42~(1950), 657-702; encyc.letter
30 3, 37(75) | Sacra virginitas: AAS 46 (1954), 161-91 [TPS 1, 101-23];
31 3, 37(75) | Nostri primordia: AAS51 (1959), ;54-56 [TPS VI, 14-16].~
32 End, 99 | at St. Peter's, June 24, 1967, the feast of St. John the
33 4, 56(105)| See 1 Thes 2.11 1Cor.4.15; 1 Cor 6.13; Gal 4.
34 7, 84(136)| Code of Canon Law, can. 214. ~
35 3, 37(76) | 26, 1960: AAS 52 (1960), 226.~
36 2, 33(61) | 1966), 1056-57 [TPS XI, 282-83]. ~
37 1, 15(8) | above, nos. 5 and 7 [pp. 292-93].~
38 3, 35(71) | Adversus Vigilantium, 2: PL 23.340-41; Bishop Synesius of Ptolemais,
39 2, 33(62) | AAS 57 (1965), 7-8 [TPS X, 361]. ~
40 3, 42(83) | AAS 57 (1965), 36 [TPS X, 380].~
41 3, 39(79) | De Virginitate, 13: PG 381-82.~
42 3, 43(84) | Ibid., 47-49 [TPS X, 387-88]~
43 2, 24(42) | AAS 57 (1965), 48 [TPS X, 388]. ~
44 2, 33(65) | 57 (1965), 53-54 [TPS X, 391-92].~
45 1, 8(4) | 1966), 969, 984 [TPS XI, 426, 437-38]. ~
46 3, 43 | 43. All this, however, does
47 1, 8(4) | 969, 984 [TPS XI, 426, 437-38]. ~
48 2, 19(15) | 1966), 991-93 [TPS XI, 442-44]. ~
49 4, 58(109)| 1966), 993-95 [TPS XI, 444-45]. ~
50 2, 29(52) | 58 (1966), 997 [TPS XI, 447]. ~
51 8, 92(140)| 1966), 1001-03 [TPS XI, 450-52]. ~
52 2, 28(50) | 58 (1966), 1012 [TPS XI, 458-59].~
53 2, 27(47) | 58 (1966), 1013 [TPS XI, 459-60]. ~
54 3, 44(85) | 1966), 1015-16 [TPS XI, 462]. ~
55 6, 74(121)| 16, 1019 [TPS XI, 461-62, 463-64]. ~
56 3, 36 | From the beginning of the 4th century, the Church of the
57 4, 51 | 51. Moreover, the Church cannot
58 4, 55 | 55. The choice of celibacy
59 3, 37(75) | Haerent animo: AAS 41 (1908), 555-57; Benedict XV, letter
60 3, 37(75) | 16, 1920: AAS 12 (1920), 585-88; Pius XI, encyc.letter
61 5, 61 | 61. The Second Vatican Council
62 3, 39(80) | Sacerdotio, 1, 111: PG 48. 642. 22. 81 Dogmatic Constitution
63 5, 65 | 65. After the capability of
64 3, 37(75) | Nostrae: AAS 42~(1950), 657-702; encyc.letter Sacra
65 5, 68 | 68. The exercise of authority,
66 5, 69 | 69. The complete education
67 1, 8(4) | no. 35: AAS 58 (1966), 690 [TPS XI, 195-96]; Decree
68 3, 38 | Trullo held in the year 692, 77 and which has been clearly
69 5, 70 | 70. Young candidates for the
70 3, 37(75) | Nostrae: AAS 42~(1950), 657-702; encyc.letter Sacra virginitas:
71 5, 71 | 71. However, to judge with
72 3, 45(86) | Priesthood, no. 2: AAS 58 (1966), 714-15 [TPS XI, 17-19]; Decree
73 5, 61(115)| nos. 3-11: AAS 58 (1966), 715-21 [TPS XI, 19-24]; Decree
74 2, 32(55) | no. 10: AAS 58 (1966), 719-20 [TPS XI, 23-24]. ~
75 5, 72 | 72. Once moral certainty has
76 6, 74 | 74. Christ's priest will daily
77 3, 35(71) | Catechesis, 12.25: PG 33.757; St. Ambrose, De officiis
78 6, 77 | 77. Rightly jealous of his
79 6, 78 | 78. The priestly life certainly
80 4, 51(100)| Conf. X, 29, 40: PL 32. 796. ~
81 6, 80 | 80. So the unity of spirit
82 2, 18(13) | Revelation, no. 8: AAS 58 (1966), 820 [TPS XI, 75-76.]. ~
83 1, 8(4) | Laity, no. 1: AAS 58 (1966), 837 [TPS XI, 119-20]; Decree
84 7, 84 | 84. The Church is very conscious
85 7, 85 | 85. The dispensations which
86 7, 86 | 86. If these priests knew how
87 3, 35(71) | II, 48.9 and 59.4: PG 41.869, 1025; St. Efrem, Carmina
88 7, 87 | 87. Mother Church takes particular
89 7, 89 | 89. Inspiring this discipline,
90 7, 90 | 90. Finally, and with deep
91 3, 35(71) | exhort. castitatis, 13: PL 2. 930; St. Epiphanius, Adv. Haer.
92 8, 94 | 94. Venerable brothers, all
93 3, 38(77) | 6, 12, 13, 48: Mansi XI, 944-48, 965.~
94 3, 38(77) | 13, 48: Mansi XI, 944-48, 965.~
95 1, 8(4) | 19, 38; AAS 58 (1966), 969, 984 [TPS XI, 426, 437-38]. ~
96 End, 98 | 98. Venerable brothers, pastors
97 1, 8(4) | 38; AAS 58 (1966), 969, 984 [TPS XI, 426, 437-38]. ~
98 End, 99 | 99. The Church proclaims her
99 2, 19(15) | Life, no. 2: AAS 58 (1966), 991-93 [TPS XI, 442-44]. ~
100 4, 58(109)| Life, no. 3: AAS 58 (1966), 993-95 [TPS XI, 444-45]. ~
101 2, 29(52) | Life, no. 5: AAS 58 (1966), 997 [TPS XI, 447]. ~
102 3, 37(75) | Sacerdotii Nostri primordia: AAS51 (1959), ;54-56 [TPS VI,
103 4, 59 | hours of His life was alone—abandoned by the very ones whom He
104 2, 26 | Christ" 43 unto the complete abandonment of one's entire self to
105 2, 27 | the priestly life. 47 His ability for listening to the word
106 7, 83 | beloved brothers and whose absence ~We keenly regret. We speak
107 3, 44 | Churches), manifested her absolute faith "in the Holy Spirit
108 1, 6 | exhortations to the clergy to abstain from marital relations rather
109 1, 11 | the priesthood comes to accept an obligation as momentous
110 2, 22 | of the apostolate, freely accepting its burdens, that they may
111 5, 72 | rather the interior joy that accompanies a choice made for the love
112 1, 10 | the work of the Redemption accomplished by Christ? ~Inadequate Formation~
113 2, 21 | the human race. Wholly in accord with this mission, Christ
114 1, 15 | Church to determine, in accordance with the varying conditions
115 1, 16 | stimulate our minds to a more accurate and deeper understanding"
116 2, 29 | of a priest's life also acquires a greater richness of meaning
117 2, 29 | Church is contained": 52 acting in the person of Christ,
118 5, 70 | between contemplation and action; detachment and a spirit
119 1, 15 | of time and place, who in actual practice are to be considered
120 3, 37(75) | 88; Pius XI, encyc.letter Ad catholici sacerdotii: AAS
121 5, 62 | judgment and total dedication, adapting his own mind and outlook
122 2, 32 | consecration to Christ under an additional and lofty title like celibacy
123 End, 98 | this letter which We have addressed to you, We invite you, with
124 1, 16 | which human resources cannot adequately explain. ~
125 2, 20 | which the human creature adheres wholly and directly to the
126 7, 90 | exemplary pastors. With admirable good will, they used all
127 End, 98 | In her the People of God admire and venerate the image of
128 5, 62 | belongs the authority to admit to that priesthood those
129 3, 42 | and of the possibility of admitting to priestly functions those
130 3, 35(71) | 2. 930; St. Epiphanius, Adv. Haer. II, 48.9 and 59.4:
131 8, 93 | presence must fill up in advance the human loneliness of
132 3, 35(71) | PL 32.1339; St. Jerome, Adversus Vigilantium, 2: PL 23.340-
133 5, 71 | outside" 119—it will be advisable to have a preliminary trial
134 4, 50 | hard renunciations which affect the very depths of a man,
135 9, 96 | Our children in Christ, an affectionate and urgent exhortation.
136 4, 53 | lawful physical, psychic and affective needs, or to claim that
137 6, 73 | chastity with all care and affirm its sublime meaning, the
138 6, 73 | laborious conquest and daily affirmation. Our world today stresses
139 3, 39 | sacred duties belong, he affirmed: ". . . it is becoming that
140 5, 68 | a gradual way which will afford the educator an ever deepening
141 1, 16 | We look on this occasion afforded Us by Divine Providence
142 3, 42 | diaconate on men of mature age who are already married. 83~
143 1, 13 | drown out the solemn and age-old voice of the pastors of
144 2, 18 | experience gained through the ages from a deeper penetration
145 5, 63 | with the assistance and aid of a doctor or a competent
146 9, 97 | affairs while at the same time aiming at a more generous and perfect
147 1, 15 | the religious and pastor al service of the People of
148 Int, 2 | priesthood; it is a cause for alarm in many of the faithful
149 4, 58 | responsibilities, or to alienate himself from his brothers,
150 1, 12 | the very meaning of being alive, yet is penetrated and resolved
151 2, 24 | when it is genuine, is all-embracing, stable and lasting, an
152 1, 11 | adequate nor makes sufficient allowance for human liberty. For the
153 3, 42 | other hand, a study may be allowed of the particular circumstances
154 3, 42 | Catholic Church, to which We alluded above, 82 while on the one
155 | almost
156 | am
157 2, 22 | very special title, and His ambassadors. 30 He called them friends
158 3, 35(71) | Catechesis, 12.25: PG 33.757; St. Ambrose, De officiis ministr., 1.
159 Int, 1 | such profound changes. ~Amid the modern stirrings of
160 2, 34 | in marriage, but are like angels in heaven." 66 In the world
161 5, 68 | maintained firmly, will be animated by wise moderation and a
162 3, 37(75) | apost. exhortation Haerent animo: AAS 41 (1908), 555-57;
163 6, 82 | resolution to you: that on the anniversary of his ordination, or on
164 | another
165 2, 24 | to the divine call is an answer of love to the love which
166 2, 34 | new world, and in a way it anticipates the fulfillment of the kingdom
167 3, 35 | account suffice. In Christian antiquity the Fathers and ecclesiastical
168 7, 83 | affection, Our heart turns anxiously and with deep sorrow to
169 End, 98(151)| Ap 14. 4. ~
170 1, 16 | not always be immediately apparent to the human eye, because
171 4, 59 | own life, which is only apparently one of death. 113 ~
172 5, 68 | the young man, and will appeal to personal conviction. ~
173 2, 24 | accepted His most urgent appeals. 41 With a divine force,
174 1, 13 | of these objections would appear to drown out the solemn
175 3, 47 | a handful of men to all appearances lacking in number and quality.
176 2, 34 | Christ in God" until it appears "with him in glory." 70~
177 4, 53 | physical, mental and emotional appetites. ~
178 6, 75 | 75. The priest should apply himself above all else to
179 4, 58 | God, because he has been "appointed to act on behalf of men," 107
180 End, 98 | to see it flourishing and appreciated ever more and more in every
181 7, 89 | educate them, they will approach their priesthood fully aware
182 Int, 3 | and facilitate ecumenical approaches? And if the golden law of
183 3, 40 | priesthood and even of the appropriateness of celibacy for the Christian
184 3, 37 | Synod, with the sincere approval of all the clergy of the
185 5, 67 | and to spontaneity by approving every good personal initiative,
186 5, 71(119)| St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol., II-II, q.
187 3, 41 | of having stifled, with arbitrary juridical prescriptions,
188 3, 37(75) | letter to Francis Kordac, Archbishop of Prague: AAS 12 (1920),
189 3, 37 | knowledge and spurred on by ardent zeal, strove to enlighten
190 2, 33 | the perfect kingdom and ardently desires with all her energy
191 5, 69 | before God and the Church. Ardor and generosity are marvelous
192 6, 78 | not hesitating to face arduous and lengthy trials in order
193 1, 6 | it is said that the old arguments no longer are in harmony
194 End, 98 | walk of life, so that the army of those who "follow the
195 2, 34 | of salvation 69 with the arrival of a new world, and in a
196 6, 74 | will not disregard those ascetical norms which have been substantiated
197 4, 51 | his Creator and Redeemer asks of him. St. Augustine, who
198 1, 5 | ever before and in all its aspects. It has been examined from
199 5, 70 | kingdom. ~In such a way the aspirant to the priesthood will acquire,
200 Int, 2 | perplexing some priests and young aspirants to the priesthood; it is
201 7, 89 | will be a warning to those aspiring to the priesthood. Guided
202 1, 8 | 8. It is asserted, moreover, that the maintaining
203 5, 70 | consists in the deliberate and assiduous practice of those virtues
204 7, 86 | decisions; they would pray more assiduously and show greater courage
205 2, 25 | reason and example for our assimilation to the form of charity and
206 2, 25 | biblical and theological view associates our ministerial priesthood
207 6, 80 | priests; the movement to form associations which encourage priestly
208 1, 11 | of the obligation he is assuming, its real difficulties and
209 5, 60 | Church to take steps to assure and promote its positive
210 5, 71 | successive proofs of his attained maturity on both the human
211 Int, 4 | 4. Our attention has rested particularly
212 2, 28 | encouragement unceasingly from the attentive and devout recitation of
213 1, 8 | the ranks of the clergy is attributed by some to the heavy burden
214 6, 78 | life certainly requires an authentic spiritual intensity in order
215 1, 11 | acceptance results not from an authentically personal decision, but rather
216 1, 5 | seems to come from the most authoritative source, the New Testament
217 7, 87 | that every persuasive means available be used to lead our brothers
218 7, 84 | to make every effort to avert or to remedy the wounds
219 3, 39 | of the blessedness that awaits us in the life to come." 79
220 6, 82 | reviving in this way the awareness that He has chosen you for
221 3, 38 | the different historical background of that most noble part
222 3, 47 | in number and quality. He bade this little flock not to
223 5, 70 | grace, a strong, mature and balanced personality, a combination
224 4, 59 | power of spirit necessary to banish sadness and regret and to
225 9, 97 | perfect conformity to their baptismal vocation, who are in a position,
226 End, 99 | the feast of St. John the Baptist, in the fifth year of Our
227 1, 6 | ministers seem often to be based on an overly pessimistic
228 1, 5 | examination have frequently been basically correct although reports
229 | became
230 | becomes
231 7, 87 | particular interest in what befalls young priests who, no matter
232 3, 45 | We ask them fervently to beg the Father of all, the divine
233 4, 58 | been "appointed to act on behalf of men," 107 since he is "
234 6, 78 | and exterior—in one who, belonging in a special way to Christ,
235 3, 37(75) | AAS 41 (1908), 555-57; Benedict XV, letter to Francis Kordac,
236 1, 13 | where she exercises her beneficent influence, great numbers
237 6, 78 | charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,
238 6, 77 | by the Spirit. He should beware of seeing spiritual or apostolic
239 | beyond
240 2, 25 | 25. This biblical and theological view associates
241 3, 35(71) | nisibena, XVIII, XIX: ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig (1866), p. 122;
242 2, 19 | reborn, and through this new birth 18 might enter the kingdom
243 1, 10 | solitude which leads to bitterness and discouragement. ~So
244 3, 45 | the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ
245 3, 39 | virginity is the image of the blessedness that awaits us in the life
246 2, 21 | sacred minister is from the bonds of flesh and blood. 28~The
247 6, 79 | that the love the Father bore for Him from all eternity
248 2, 26 | the children of God are born, "not of blood, nor of the
249 5, 66 | disorders, should not be borne only as an imposition from
250 2, 31 | Christians, who, as such, are bound to observe chastity according
251 4, 56 | horizon, deepens and gives breadth to his sense of responsibility—
252 Int, 3 | Has the time not come to break the bond linking celibacy
253 1, 13 | spirit of Christ is certainly breathing here. ~The Law of Celibacy
254 2, 22 | called them friends and brethren, 31 for whom He consecrated
255 3, 35 | long that We will let a brief account suffice. In Christian
256 Int, 1 | Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value
257 4, 58 | filled with God and the brimming riches of His kingdom. Moreover,
258 5, 69 | nevertheless on the other brings with it an interior richness
259 8, 94 | do not crush the "bruised reed" nor quench the "smoldering
260 9, 96 | ordinary, which redounds to the building up and the profit of the
261 2, 22 | apostolate, freely accepting its burdens, that they may participate
262 6, 81 | have. They should have a burning charity for those who have
263 3, 35(71) | 1866), p. 122; Eusebius of Caesarea, Demonstr. evan., 1.9: PG
264 5, 62 | Concretely, this divine calling manifests itself in a given
265 5, 62 | outlook to the will of God who calls him. Concretely, this divine
266 6, 73 | must consider clearly and calmly his position as a man exposed
267 5, 65 | 65. After the capability of a man has been ascertained
268 5, 69 | it an interior richness capable of elevating the person
269 4, 55 | sexual instinct and man's capacity for giving himself in love.
270 Int, 2(1) | letter of Oct. 10, 1965, to Cardinal Tisserant, read in the general
271 5, 63 | hastily or superficially, but carefully, with the assistance and
272 6, 76 | Apostle who shared in the cares of all 125 in order to bring
273 3, 35(71) | 41.869, 1025; St. Efrem, Carmina nisibena, XVIII, XIX: ed.
274 5, 60 | worthy of a "man of God." 114~Carrying Out the Council's Norms~
275 3, 35(71) | See tertullian, De exhort. castitatis, 13: PL 2. 930; St. Epiphanius,
276 3, 35(71) | St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Catechesis, 12.25: PG 33.757; St. Ambrose,
277 3, 35(71) | Augustine, De moribus Eccl. cath., 1.32: PL 32.1339; St.
278 3, 37(75) | Pius XI, encyc.letter Ad catholici sacerdotii: AAS 28 (1936),
279 3, 36 | the beginning of the 4th century, the Church of the West
280 3, 47 | history of salvation, has challenged man's wisdom and power by
281 3, 46 | the pains of growth and change, justly proud of its human
282 8, 92(138)| See Jn chaps. 13-17.~
283 7, 83 | who, retaining the sacred character conferred by their priestly
284 Int, 1 | Church to re-examine this characteristic institution. It is said
285 2, 31 | faithful committed to his charge, the priest represents Christ.
286 3, 37 | Church of Christ, free, chaste and catholic." 76~The Church
287 3, 46 | the priesthood, whom We cherish "with the affection of Christ
288 4, 53 | is, and must remain, the chief work of creation; they give
289 1, 15 | which leads a person to choose celibacy as a state of consecrated
290 8, 91 | duties and concerns. 137 In choosing a life dedicated to celibacy
291 2, 31 | the faith and hope of all Christians, who, as such, are bound
292 2, 18 | things also has its part. ~Christological Significance~
293 3, 39 | less assured by St. John Chrysostom's treatise on the priesthood,
294 3, 37 | of all the clergy of the city, he spoke as follows: "It
295 1, 7 | priesthood those who, it is claimed, have been called to the
296 5, 68 | attitude. It will be used in a climate of dialogue and will be
297 2, 34(70) | Col 3. 1-4.~
298 9, 96 | with filial love and ready collaboration; they should have the firm
299 7, 86 | their spiritual and moral collapse. ~
300 5, 70 | balanced personality, a combination of inherited and acquired
301 1, 11 | candidate for the priesthood comes to accept an obligation
302 3, 39 | 39. We find further comforting reasons for continuing to
303 6, 79 | taught the urgency of the new commandment of charity. He gave a wonderful
304 6, 82 | all are united in spirit commemorating the mystery of the institution
305 2, 22 | mystery and hope, He also commended an even more perfect consecration 34
306 2, 31 | community of the faithful committed to his charge, the priest
307 4, 59 | chosen as witnesses to, and companions of, His life, and whom He
308 4, 59 | nor will the fraternal companionship of his fellow priests and
309 8, 91 | generosity since, in as far as is compatible with their order, they take
310 6, 82 | of the altar, by way of completing and leaving a remembrance
311 1, 12 | celibacy. This is a very complex question, which touches
312 Int, 4 | importance, and indeed the complexity, of the subject to give
313 5, 66 | implanted as an indispensable component within the context of the
314 3, 41 | of God, has in some way compromised it, or of having stifled,
315 End | CONCLUSION~
316 2, 32 | all, in a fuller and more concrete way. 56 It also obviously
317 5, 62 | will of God who calls him. Concretely, this divine calling manifests
318 4, 51(100)| Conf. X, 29, 40: PL 32. 796. ~
319 7, 83 | retaining the sacred character conferred by their priestly ordination,
320 3, 42 | foresaw the possibility of conferring the holy diaconate on men
321 End, 99 | s population; but she is confident in her expectation which
322 4, 50 | might seem that celibacy conflicts with the solemn recognition
323 3, 45 | priests, ever more perfectly conformed to the one and supreme Priest,
324 4, 55 | choice of celibacy does not connote ignorance of or contempt
325 7, 88 | dispensation, thus letting love conquer sorrow. In order, however,
326 6, 73 | results from a laborious conquest and daily affirmation. Our
327 3, 46 | its human values and human conquests, which urgently needs the
328 5, 69 | which he must assume in conscience before God and the Church.
329 Int, 2 | of affairs is troubling consciences, perplexing some priests
330 5, 72 | candidate to make it more consciously. Hence, in that solemn moment
331 7, 83 | Their sad state and its consequences to priests and to others
332 Int, 2 | saying this We have, over a considerable period of time earnestly
333 3, 49 | ecclesiastical celibacy would considerably increase the number of priestly
334 4, 53 | 53. Considering what contemporary scholarly
335 3, 37(75) | Prague: AAS 12 (1920), 57-58; consistorial address, Dec. 16, 1920:
336 5, 70 | a suffocating one which consists in the deliberate and assiduous
337 9, 96 | intention of offering them the consolation of a joyous response to
338 4, 59 | of God, most fruitful of consolations, be lacking to him. And
339 3, 47 | heart, 91 for, thanks to His constant assistance, 92 through Him
340 2, 33 | The Church here below constitutes the seed and the beginning
341 Int, 2 | many of the faithful and constrains Us to fulfill the promise
342 2, 29 | spiritual good of the Church is contained": 52 acting in the person
343 9, 97 | various circumstances and from contamination by a destructive worldliness.
344 1, 16 | this occasion gives Us of contemplating the richness in virtue and
345 5, 70 | obligations; a balance between contemplation and action; detachment and
346 5, 66 | indispensable component within the context of the spiritual life. ~
347 6, 78 | mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity.'' 130~The Brotherhood
348 6, 73 | himself and in the world, continually renewing his resolution
349 2, 32 | and emotionally, for the continuous exercise of a perfect charity. 55
350 3, 40 | priests themselves cannot contract marriage after their ordination
351 4, 55 | level and makes an effective contribution to his perfection. ~The
352 5, 65 | education directed toward the control and personal dominion of
353 6, 82 | remembrance of this written conversation with you, we should like
354 5, 63 | formation should harmoniously coordinate grace and nature in the
355 1, 5 | frequently been basically correct although reports may sometimes
356 8, 93 | the filial expectation of correction, pardon and help, which
357 5, 71 | difficult to conduct oneself correctly in the service of souls
358 | Could
359 3, 36 | means of various provincial councils and through the supreme
360 6, 80 | fraternal exchange of ideas, counsel and experience with their
361 3, 47 | into His harvest." 95 The counsels and prudence of man cannot
362 4, 53 | against nature because it runs counter to lawful physical, psychic
363 1, 13 | living testimony of the countless ranks of saints and faithful
364 2, 20 | Church. 25 Thus, Christian couples walk together toward their
365 1, 13 | They live this life of courageous self-denial and spiritual
366 6, 82 | the same time, humbly and courageously, the promise of our unswerving
367 2, 20 | Mediator of a superior covenant," 26 has also opened a new
368 2, 22 | He also wished them to be coworkers with God under a very special
369 4, 51 | to be able to do what his Creator and Redeemer asks of him.
370 2, 20 | way, in which the human creature adheres wholly and directly
371 7, 85 | yoke of Christ results from crises in faith, or moral weakness,
372 5, 61 | has already indicated wise criteria and guidelines to this end.
373 6, 78 | in Him and through Him "crucified the flesh with its passions
374 8, 94 | your souls," 142 do not crush the "bruised reed" nor quench
375 5, 62 | this divine gift should be cultivated; so too, a sense of responsibility
376 1, 6 | the different social and cultural milieus in which the Church
377 6, 75 | Eucharist, lived within the cycle of the liturgical year,
378 3, 35(71) | evan., 1.9: PG 22.81; St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Catechesis,
379 6, 73 | from every temptation or danger. Chastity is not acquired
380 1, 13 | her ministers—subdeacons, deacons, priests and bishops—who
381 9, 96 | delicate reserve in their dealings with priests, on account
382 2, 32 | the children of God the debt due to them. 59 ~Eschatological
383 3, 37(75) | 58; consistorial address, Dec. 16, 1920: AAS 12 (1920),
384 3, 36 | when the practices of a decadent society did not favor the
385 5, 72 | when the candidate will decide once and for his whole life,
386 7, 86 | and reflection in their decisions; they would pray more assiduously
387 1, 8 | Gospel. Thus the disquieting decline in the ranks of the clergy
388 3, 49 | contrary. The causes of the decrease in vocations to the priesthood
389 5, 70 | service the young man will dedicate himself for Christ and for
390 6, 76 | feelings but to elevate and deepen them in a spirit of consecration
391 5, 68 | afford the educator an ever deepening understanding of the psychology
392 8, 93 | protected from eventual defeat, without a servile fear
393 7, 84 | wounds she suffers by their defection. Following the example of
394 5, 64 | that grace supplies for the defects of nature in such a man. ~
395 3, 43 | promote serious studies in defense of the spiritual meaning
396 5, 66 | Such a regime, the lack or deficiency of which is to be deplored
397 5, 62 | individual with his own definite personality structure which
398 5, 70 | one which consists in the deliberate and assiduous practice of
399 3, 37 | dream that the Church will deliberately or even suitably renounce
400 9, 96 | foster a deep respect and a delicate reserve in their dealings
401 5, 64 | whole man so totally and so delicately, excludes in fact those
402 4, 57 | and seeking the new and delightful realities of God's kingdom. ~
403 1, 5 | Apostles. It does not openly demand celibacy of sacred ministers
404 5, 66 | community type of discipline demanded by the priestly life. Such
405 3, 35(71) | 122; Eusebius of Caesarea, Demonstr. evan., 1.9: PG 22.81; St.
406 6, 74 | grace of fidelity, never denied to those who ask it sincerely.
407 2, 27 | total offering, and thus he depicts more fully the unity and
408 4, 50 | renunciations which affect the very depths of a man, presents also
409 1, 16 | human eye, because they derive from the love of the divine
410 2, 30 | considerations can We offer to describe the increase of the priest'
411 8, 91 | you who called them and destined them to be priests; it was
412 1, 10 | sharing fully the life and destiny of the rest of their brothers,
413 4, 51 | by grace which, far from destroying or doing violences to nature,
414 9, 97 | from contamination by a destructive worldliness. In this way
415 5, 70 | contemplation and action; detachment and a spirit of poverty,
416 5, 61 | treating with all necessary detail the theme of chastity. They
417 7, 89 | confirm good priests in their determination to live lives of purity
418 1, 15 | authority in the Church to determine, in accordance with the
419 1, 10 | physically and psychologically detrimental to the development of a
420 9, 97 | their fellow men. By their devoted and warm friendship they
421 6, 75 | by a warm and enlightened devotion to the Virgin Mother of
422 2, 28 | unceasingly from the attentive and devout recitation of the Divine
423 3, 42 | possibility of conferring the holy diaconate on men of mature age who
424 5, 68 | be used in a climate of dialogue and will be implemented
425 2, 18 | the explicit reasons have differed with different mentalities
426 1, 7 | 7. Many see a difficulty in the fact that in the
427 2, 28 | necessity of continuing his diligence at prayer, which is the
428 4, 57 | underscore the spiritual dimension of every love worthy of
429 4, 57 | the priest is without a direct personal experience of married
430 5, 72 | advice of competent spiritual directors who are concerned not to
431 1, 16 | discipline which guides and directs the life of the faithful. ~
432 5, 64 | 64. Those who are discovered to be unfit for physical,
433 1, 13 | in chastity, not out of disdain for the gift of life, but
434 7, 86 | priests knew how much sorrow, dishonor and unrest they bring to
435 5, 66 | exposes the candidate to grave disorders, should not be borne only
436 1, 10 | nature and unjustifiably disparages human values which have
437 7, 88 | superiors, sometimes grants a dispensation, thus letting love conquer
438 2, 19 | The minister of Christ and dispenser of the mysteries of God, 16
439 2, 31 | is the kingdom of God; he dispenses it and he possesses it to
440 6, 74 | supernatural means at his disposal. In particular he will not
441 2, 32 | efficiency and the best disposition of mind, mentally and emotionally,
442 7, 88 | saved, but whose serious dispositions nevertheless give promise
443 1, 11 | below—or at any rate are disproportionate to—the seriousness of the
444 1, 8 | of the Gospel. Thus the disquieting decline in the ranks of
445 6, 74 | In particular he will not disregard those ascetical norms which
446 1, 15 | of God , is undoubtedly distinct from that which leads a
447 1, 14 | of the Church; it should distinguish his state of life both among
448 1, 5 | reports may sometimes have distorted them. ~Let us look openly
449 1, 9 | infidelity, waywardness and distressing defections which hurt and
450 5, 63 | assistance and aid of a doctor or a competent psychologist.
451 4, 51 | far from destroying or doing violences to nature, elevates
452 5, 65 | the control and personal dominion of his temperament, sentiments
453 1, 10 | discouragement. ~So they ask: Don't all these things indicate
454 7, 84 | ground for really solid doubts regarding the full freedom
455 | down
456 3, 37 | Us that . . . anyone can dream that the Church will deliberately
457 1, 13 | objections would appear to drown out the solemn and age-old
458 | During
459 2, 30 | similar way, by a daily dying to himself and by giving
460 3, 47 | intrinsic and unobservable dynamism which enables it to grow "
461 | each
462 2, 25 | venerable brothers, and you, eager students of Christian doctrine
463 8, 94 | what was lost; 145 with eagerness and love go in search of
464 2, 17 | from the practice of the early Church and the traditions
465 9, 97 | who seek God with greater earnestness and intensity, and strive
466 3, 49 | 49. We are not easily led to believe that the
467 6, 73 | ordination makes everything easy for him and screens him
468 3, 35(71) | St. Augustine, De moribus Eccl. cath., 1.32: PL 32.1339;
469 2, 25 | Christ and His Church. ~Ecclesiological Significance~
470 2, 27 | up vibrant and profound echoes in the priest who daily
471 3, 35(71) | Carmina nisibena, XVIII, XIX: ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig (1866),
472 9, 96 | entire faithfulness, to the edification of all. In a spirit of faith
473 7, 89 | the wisdom of those who educate them, they will approach
474 5, 64 | path to the priesthood. Let educators appreciate that this is
475 2, 32 | practical field, the maximum efficiency and the best disposition
476 3, 35(71) | 4: PG 41.869, 1025; St. Efrem, Carmina nisibena, XVIII,
477 6, 76 | his higher feelings but to elevate and deepen them in a spirit
478 4, 51 | doing violences to nature, elevates it and imparts to it supernatural
479 5, 69 | interior richness capable of elevating the person most profoundly. ~
480 4, 55 | self-control and a wise elevation of the mind to higher realities.
481 | elsewhere
482 3, 36(72) | First done at the Council of Elvira, c. 300, can. 33: Mansi
483 3, 37 | threefold glory, always an emblem of victory, that is, the
484 2, 32 | disposition of mind, mentally and emotionally, for the continuous exercise
485 4, 58 | solitude is not meaningless emptiness because it is filled with
486 3, 47 | unobservable dynamism which enables it to grow "without [man'
487 9, 96 | of every sort which they encounter as they fulfill their duties,
488 1, 15 | of them. ~Purpose of the Encyclical~
489 6, 81 | difficulties which gravely endanger the divine gift they have.
490 2, 33 | ardently desires with all her energy to unite herself with her
491 5, 64 | the celibate priest, which engages the whole man so totally
492 6, 79 | brotherhood 131 which all priests enjoy in virtue of their ordination
493 Int, 2 | earnestly implorred the enlightenment and assistance of the Holy
494 Int, 3 | seriousness: must that grave, ennobling obligation remain today
495 6, 75 | exploring this inexhaustible and enriching mystery; he should also
496 2, 34 | earthly concerns and too often enslaved by the desires of the flesh, 67
497 2, 19 | this new birth 18 might enter the kingdom of heaven. Being
498 7, 87 | enthusiasm with which they entered the sacred ministry, have
499 4, 57 | married and family life. She entrusts to her priests the testimony
500 3, 35(71) | castitatis, 13: PL 2. 930; St. Epiphanius, Adv. Haer. II, 48.9 and
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