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Chapter, Paragraph
501 | me
502 I (33) | A.M.), the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (
503 II,11 | glorifying God and making men holy. This is a work of
504 I,3 | holding of Councils. Worthy of mention among these are, together
505 I,4 | issued on 24 August 1889 mentions them expressly by the name “
506 III,22 | and in acting so that the message of Christ enlightens and
507 I,3 | continued throughout the Middle Ages. Following the Council
508 | might
509 I (31) | Ecclesiae Imago, De Pastorali Ministerio Episcoporum (22 February
510 III,19 | priests of sacred worship and ministers of government. (...) By
511 | Moreover
512 | most
513 II,11 | the proper exercise of the munus regendi in their particular
514 II,12 | Churches, but, in its essential mystery, it is a reality ontologically
515 II,11 | the welfare of the whole Mystical Body, which is also the
516 | namely
517 III,16 | among citizens of the same nation require more constant collaboration
518 I,5 | Conferences comprising several nations or even international Episcopal
519 III,24 | particular Church” (85) and, naturally, not to hinder it by substituting
520 III,20 | individual Bishops, there is needed the intervention of the
521 II,13 | which are closer and more needy,(59) and which likewise
522 | neither
523 I,3 | began with the Council of Nicaea in 325, the Particular Councils,
524 I (30) | Sanctae (6 August 1966), I. Normae ad exsequenda Decreta SS.
525 III,24 | expressed, together with the normative adjustments which follow,
526 I,4 | norms regarding them (cf. Nos. 37-38). Indeed, the Council
527 II,13 | Bishop for the whole Church, notably expressed in fraternal assistance
528 II,9 | Vatican Council likewise noted that the Successor of Peter
529 II,12 | essential to it is the notion of service, because it is
530 I,1 | crowd and baptizes a large number of believers; the first
531 I (33) | Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.) (Cf. Annuario Pontificio
532 II,8 | and the loyalty and obedience shown to them as Pastors
533 I,5 | 447-459) regulating the objectives and the powers of Episcopal
534 III,21 | respect (religioso animi obsequio)”.(79) Apart from this general
535 I,1 | paganism were obliged to observe certain precepts of the
536 I,7 | Episcopal Conferences. It also observed that “in their manner of
537 III,24 | by acting as a filter or obstacle as far as direct contact
538 III,22 | have to adhere, unless it obtains the recognitio of the Apostolic
539 I (33) | Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.) (Cf. Annuario
540 II (45) | Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II, vol. III, pars
541 I,7 | Episcopal Conferences, and to offer the juridical synthesis
542 III,14 | greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through
543 III,22 | pronouncements. While being official and authentic and in communion
544 I,1 | certain precepts of the Old Law. At that time, in the
545 | once
546 II,12 | mystery, it is a reality ontologically and temporally prior to
547 III,18 | offices and commissions operating between plenary sessions
548 III,19 | Church is truly present and operative”.(73) In fact, “the primacy
549 II,10 | power of the Sacrament of Orders, he does not exercise the
550 I (30) | Dominus” et “Presbyterorum Ordinis”, No. 41: AAS 58 (1966),
551 II,8 | College of Bishops, and is “an organic reality which demands a
552 II,13 | Churches.~Likewise, the organizations formed by the Bishops of
553 I (1) | The Oriental Churches headed by Patriarchs
554 | others
555 | otherwise
556 I (33) | Episcopales de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone (C.E.R.A.O.),
557 I,2 | by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming
558 IV | the Episcopal Conference, outside of the plenary assembly,
559 I,3 | this communion has found an outstanding and typical expression in
560 I,1 | Christians converted from paganism were obliged to observe
561 I (33) | Episcopal de América Central y Panama (S.E.D.A.C.), the Commissio
562 I,1 | vitality which comes from the Paraclete. Peter, “standing with the
563 II (45) | Oecumenici Vaticani II, vol. III, pars VIII, Typis Poliglottis
564 II,12 | which individual Bishops participate. They have no competence
565 III,17 | Episcopal Conference, a member's participation in the Conference cannot
566 III,19 | are not derived from the particularity of the churches, but are
567 III,17 | which a Bishop emeritus is particularly competent. Given the nature
568 I,2 | imposition of hands they passed on to their assistants the
569 I (31) | Directory Ecclesiae Imago, De Pastorali Ministerio Episcoporum (
570 I (1) | Oriental Churches headed by Patriarchs and Major Archbishops are
571 III,15 | defence of human life, of peace, and of human rights, also
572 I,1 | Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, the Apostolic College showed
573 II (55) | Churches, although they perform tasks proper to Bishops.~
574 II,10 | His actions are strictly personal, not collegial, even when
575 III,19 | This power, which they personally exercise in Christ's name
576 III,16 | circumstances relative to persons or things which suggest
577 II,10 | all the essential elements pertaining thereto.(46)~At the level
578 III,16 | the Bishops involved, it pertains to the supreme Church authority
579 I,1 | at the head of which he placed Peter, chosen from amongst
580 II (45) | vol. III, pars VIII, Typis Poliglottis Vaticanis 1976, p. 77, No.
581 IV | 1998, the twentieth of my Pontificate.~ ~
582 I (33) | C.B.C.O.) (Cf. Annuario Pontificio 1998, Vatican City 1998,
583 I,5 | 5. In 1966, Pope Paul VI, by the Motu Proprio
584 III,22 | dealing with new questions posed by the accelerated social
585 I,4 | recognized the usefulness and the potential of these structures, and
586 I (24) | beginning of the third century, praises the Greek usage of celebrating
587 I,7 | well-grounded and juridically sound praxis for the Conferences.~ ~
588 I,1 | At the Last Supper Jesus prayed to the Father for the unity
589 II,9 | respecting the primacy and pre-eminence of the Roman Pontiff, head
590 II,12 | particular Churches; it is a pre-existing reality in which individual
591 I,1 | entrusted the mission of preaching the Kingdom of God,(4) and
592 II,12 | Church, it is a reality which precedes the office of being the
593 I,1 | obliged to observe certain precepts of the Old Law. At that
594 III,14 | Code of Canon Law gives a precise description: “The Conference
595 II,8 | Church. This communion, precisely because it extends throughout
596 I,6 | significantly and have become the preferred means for the Bishops of
597 I,3 | 3. Without prejudice to the power which each
598 III,15 | priestly vocations, the preparation of catechetical aids, the
599 I (30) | II “Christus Dominus” et “Presbyterorum Ordinis”, No. 41: AAS 58 (
600 III,20 | in which the common law prescribes it, or a special mandate
601 III,14 | spirit. Basing itself on the prescriptions of the Second Vatican Council,
602 II,13 | relationship which, although presenting a certain similarity, is
603 II,8 | tradition is manifested and preserved throughout the world”; (40)
604 III,16 | given territory or those presiding over particular churches
605 II,11 | the grace of the supreme priesthood”,(50) in the exercise of
606 III,15 | promotion and formation of priestly vocations, the preparation
607 III,19 | as teachers of doctrine, priests of sacred worship and ministers
608 I,7 | theological and juridical principles regarding Episcopal Conferences,
609 I,1 | In order to examine the problem the Apostles and the elders
610 I,7 | that “in their manner of proceeding, Episcopal Conferences must
611 I,7 | called for a fuller and more profound study of the theological
612 I,4 | may jointly formulate a programme for the common good of the
613 III,14 | especially through forms and programs of the apostolate which
614 I,3 | for all the Churches, and prolong the very life of the College
615 I,5 | the Code of Canon Law, promulgated by me on January 25, 1983,
616 I (33) | these institutions are not properly Episcopal Conferences.~
617 III,17 | In this respect, the proportion between diocesan Bishops
618 III,15 | in order to ensure their protection in civil legislation, the
619 II,9 | spread throughout the world, provided that the Roman Pontiff calls
620 III,21 | Conferences of Bishops, such as providing “that catechisms are issued
621 I,3 | assemblies of the Bishops in each province to be held at least every
622 I,3 | an institution, included provisions for the celebration of Particular
623 III,15 | from the interchange of prudence and experience within the
624 IV | authentic magisterium and be published in the name of the Conference
625 III,17 | 17. Since the purpose of the Conferences of Bishops
626 I,4 | up for specific pastoral purposes, as a means of responding
627 I (28) | Italis Episcopis in variis quae designantur Regionibus habendis (
628 I (28) | Arcivescovi”, De collationibus quolibet anno ab Italis Episcopis
629 I (33) | l'Ouest Francophone (C.E.R.A.O.), the Association of
630 I (33) | Afrique Centrale (A.C.E.R.A.C.), the Symposium des Conférences
631 II,8 | salvation for the whole human race”.(37) Just as the Church
632 I,6 | of their activities has raised some questions of a theological
633 III,21 | of faith and morals, can reach their people more effectively
634 III,19 | Code of Canon Law where we read: “A diocesan Bishop in the
635 I,5 | subsequent canonical legislation reaffirmed.(33)~
636 II,13 | a certain similarity, is really quite different from that
637 I,4 | cultural and sociological reasons, Conferences of Bishops
638 II,11 | geographic area, it is useful to recall—even briefly—how individual
639 | recent
640 I,5 | the Second Vatican Council recommended (32) and the subsequent
641 I,1 | the Ascension, the Lord reconfirmed Peter in the supreme pastoral
642 IV | the Conference of Bishops referred to in No. 22 of the present
643 III,17 | diocesan Bishops.(68) As regards auxiliary Bishops and other
644 II,11 | proper exercise of the munus regendi in their particular Churches,
645 I (33) | Conférences Episcopales de la Région de l'Afrique Centrale (A.
646 II,12 | between the Bishops at the regional, national and international
647 I (28) | variis quae designantur Regionibus habendis (24 August 1889):
648 II,10 | geographic areas (by countries, regions, etc.), the Bishops in charge
649 II,8 | the same Sacraments, “the regular and fruitful distribution
650 I (28) | Congregatio Episcoporum et Regularium, Instructio “Alcuni Arcivescovi”,
651 I,4 | country or region would meet regularly, so that by sharing their
652 I,4 | Congregation of Bishops and Regulars issued on 24 August 1889
653 I,5 | specific norms (Canons 447-459) regulating the objectives and the powers
654 III,19 | Church”.(74) As part of such regulation, the exercise of the sacred
655 II,13 | culture and history. These relationships are very different from
656 III,21 | sense of religious respect (religioso animi obsequio)”.(79) Apart
657 I,1 | to the Apostles who had remained in Jerusalem that Paul turned
658 III,20 | individual diocesan Bishops remains intact; and neither the
659 II,11 | is necessary, in fact, to remember that the membership of individual
660 I,1 | Gospels make clear by the repeatedly used expression, “one of
661 III,20 | either motu proprio or at the request of the Conference, determines
662 III,22 | give it if the majority requesting it is not substantial. The
663 III,23 | teaching office of Bishops requires that, when they exercise
664 III,16 | territory of a Conference is reserved to the Holy See. In fact, “
665 III,19 | decree of the Supreme Pontiff reserves to the supreme authority
666 III,22 | people's consciences in resolving new problems arising from
667 III,22 | wider, even world-wide, resonance which the means of social
668 II,9 | although conscientiously respecting the primacy and pre-eminence
669 I,4 | purposes, as a means of responding to different ecclesiastical
670 III,22 | present times, the doctrinal response will favour communion and
671 I,1 | believe in him.(6) After his Resurrection and before the Ascension,
672 III (82)| Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 10.~
673 I,3 | of Canon Law, seeking to revitalize so venerable an institution,
674 I,4 | Particular Councils would be revitalized (cf. No. 36), but also dealt
675 II,8 | Church and expressing her rich variety. The visible source
676 III,15 | of peace, and of human rights, also in order to ensure
677 I,1 | communion with them and not risk having run in vain.(12)
678 II,13 | and because the Church is rooted in human communities united
679 III,16 | Episcopal Conferences are, as a rule, national, that is, they
680 I,1 | them and not risk having run in vain.(12) The Apostles'
681 I (33) | of Southern Africa (I.M.B.S.A.), the Southern African Catholic
682 I (28) | Sacra Congregatio Episcoporum
683 II,10 | fullness of the power of the Sacrament of Orders, he does not exercise
684 II,8 | taking part in the same Sacraments, “the regular and fruitful
685 II (45) | ibid., 22; Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani
686 II,8 | seed of unity, hope and salvation for the whole human race”.(37)
687 I,2 | 2. The saving mission which the Lord entrusted
688 I (24) | 16, 10; 23, 2-4; 24, 8: SC 41, pp. 49, 66-67, 69. Tertullian,
689 III,21 | editions of the books of Sacred Scripture and their translations.(81)~
690 III,21 | to it devoutly, guard it scrupulously and explain it faithfully
691 I (24) | For some second-century Councils, cf. Eusebius of
692 I (33) | Europae (C.C.E.E.), the Secretariado Episcopal de América Central
693 III,18 | permanent council, of a general secretariat of the Conference, and other
694 II,8 | Church is “a lasting and sure seed of unity, hope and salvation
695 I,3 | 1917 Code of Canon Law, seeking to revitalize so venerable
696 | seemed
697 | seems
698 I,6 | Their importance is seen in the fact that they contribute
699 IV | Canon Law, and they should send them subsequently to the
700 II (53) | United States of America (16 September 1987), 3: Insegnamenti,
701 III,21 | teaching office, the Bishops serve the word of God, to which
702 III,18 | operating between plenary sessions be avoided. The essential
703 II,13 | who are members of them share a relationship which, although
704 II,12 | lays down his life for the sheep.(58)~
705 II,12 | derived from Christ, the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for
706 II,11 | make the light of truth shine on all people.(47) “For
707 I,1 | Pentecost, the Apostolic College showed itself filled with the new
708 II,8 | the loyalty and obedience shown to them as Pastors of the
709 II,8 | collegial union of Bishops shows forth the nature of the
710 I,6 | Conferences have developed significantly and have become the preferred
711 II,13 | although presenting a certain similarity, is really quite different
712 II,11 | entire Church, not only in so-called collegial acts, but also
713 III,22 | arising from changes in society, the Bishops assembled in
714 I,4 | historical, cultural and sociological reasons, Conferences of
715 II,9 | collegially, either in a solemn way when they gather together
716 IV | Saint Peter's, on 21 May, Solemnity of the Ascension of the
717 I,4 | and finding appropriate solutions to them. Unlike Councils,
718 | someone
719 I,7 | well-grounded and juridically sound praxis for the Conferences.~ ~
720 I,1 | standing with the Eleven”,(9) speaks to the crowd and baptizes
721 II (53) | John Paul II, Speech to the Bishops of the United
722 I,3 | Canon 281 of that Code spoke of the plenary Council and
723 II,9 | in ecumenical Council, or spread throughout the world, provided
724 I (30) | Normae ad exsequenda Decreta SS. Concilii Vaticani II “Christus
725 I,4 | Unlike Councils, they had a stable and permanent character.
726 I,1 | from the Paraclete. Peter, “standing with the Eleven”,(9) speaks
727 I,4 | and in harmony with it, starting in the last century, for
728 I,5 | Pastoral Directory for Bishops stated once again that “the Episcopal
729 IV | up by it.~Art. 3. – For statements of a different kind, different
730 II (53) | the Bishops of the United States of America (16 September
731 III,17 | Episcopal Conference, the statues of the Conference should
732 I,7 | consequently, the juridical status of Episcopal Conferences,
733 II,11 | individual Bishop too, as “steward of the grace of the supreme
734 I,6 | a most helpful means of strengthening ecclesial communion. Even
735 III,15 | day for harmonizing the strengths deriving from the interchange
736 II,10 | Pastor. His actions are strictly personal, not collegial,
737 III (77)| propositum dubium Utrum sub locutione (14 maii 1985):
738 I,5 | recommended (32) and the subsequent canonical legislation reaffirmed.(33)~
739 IV | and they should send them subsequently to the Apostolic See for
740 III,22 | majority requesting it is not substantial. The intervention of the
741 III,18 | to the Bishops and not to substitute for them.~
742 III,24 | naturally, not to hinder it by substituting themselves inappropriately
743 III,19 | institution, Bishops have succeeded to the Apostles as Shepherds
744 III,16 | persons or things which suggest a greater or lesser extension
745 I (1) | there exist several Churches sui iuris regulated by Code
746 III,15 | to fulfill their office suitably and fruitfully unless they
747 III,16 | territorial extension or of a super-national extension. The judgement
748 I,1 | two by two.(5) At the Last Supper Jesus prayed to the Father
749 III,24 | Church. They are called to support, in a growing service, “
750 III,16 | authority alone to erect, suppress or change the Conferences
751 II,8 | Church is “a lasting and sure seed of unity, hope and
752 I (33) | Centrale (A.C.E.R.A.C.), the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales
753 II (45) | Cf. ibid., 22; Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici
754 I,7 | and to offer the juridical synthesis indispensable for helping
755 II,12 | episcopal ministry never takes on the collegial nature
756 III,22 | Bishops, namely what they teach insofar as they are invested
757 II,12 | reality ontologically and temporally prior to every individual
758 II,12 | Nonetheless, this territorially based exercise of the episcopal
759 III,22 | of the Bishops of other territories, bearing in mind the wider,
760 I (24) | SC 41, pp. 49, 66-67, 69. Tertullian, at the beginning of the
761 I,7 | for helping to establish a theologically well-grounded and juridically
762 | therefore
763 II,10 | essential elements pertaining thereto.(46)~At the level of particular
764 IV | assembly by at least two thirds of the Bishops belonging
765 II,13 | those groupings are based on ties of common traditions of
766 III,22 | characteristic of present times, the doctrinal response
767 II,13 | based on ties of common traditions of Christian life and because
768 III,15 | of faith and morals, the translation of liturgical books, the
769 III,21 | Sacred Scripture and their translations.(81)~The concerted voice
770 II,11 | teaching, inasmuch as it transmits faithfully and illustrates
771 I,2 | Spirit,(18) a gift which is transmitted down to our day through
772 I,3 | Following the Council of Trent (1545-1563), however, they
773 II,11 | For the rest, it is true that by governing well their
774 III,19 | the one catholic Church is truly present and operative”.(73)
775 I,2 | individual Bishops are in turn the source and foundation
776 I,1 | remained in Jerusalem that Paul turned in order to ensure his communion
777 IV | Lord, in the year 1998, the twentieth of my Pontificate.~ ~
778 I,3 | found an outstanding and typical expression in the holding
779 II (45) | II, vol. III, pars VIII, Typis Poliglottis Vaticanis 1976,
780 III,15 | Bishops are frequently unable to fulfill their office
781 III,22 | Bishops. However, if this unanimity is lacking, a majority alone
782 | under
783 II,11 | correct framework for better understanding how collegial union is manifested
784 III,15 | safeguarding of Catholic universities and other educational centres,
785 | Unlike
786 | until
787 | us
788 I (24) | century, praises the Greek usage of celebrating Councils (
789 III,15 | promotion of social justice, the use of the means of social communication,
790 | used
791 I (24) | Historia Ecclesiastica, V, 16, 10; 23, 2-4; 24, 8:
792 I,1 | and not risk having run in vain.(12) The Apostles' awareness
793 I,5 | means of contributing in a varied and fruitful way to the
794 II,8 | and expressing her rich variety. The visible source and
795 I (28) | anno ab Italis Episcopis in variis quae designantur Regionibus
796 III,16 | Episcopal Conferences of varying territorial extension or
797 II (45) | VIII, Typis Poliglottis Vaticanis 1976, p. 77, No. 102.~
798 III (82)| on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 10.~
799 II,9 | his office, that is, as Vicar of Christ and pastor of
800 III,17 | otherwise.(67) The President and Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference
801 III,14 | faithful of their territory in view of promoting that greater
802 II (45) | Vaticani II, vol. III, pars VIII, Typis Poliglottis Vaticanis
803 II,9 | general faithful. For in virtue of his office, that is,
804 I,1 | itself filled with the new vitality which comes from the Paraclete.
805 III,15 | and formation of priestly vocations, the preparation of catechetical
806 III,21 | translations.(81)~The concerted voice of the Bishops of a determined
807 II (45) | Oecumenici Vaticani II, vol. III, pars VIII, Typis Poliglottis
808 I (33) | Anglophone West Africa (A.E.C.A.W.A.), the Association of
809 I,3 | mission, means, structures and ways of communicating which express
810 II,11 | effectively contributing to the welfare of the whole Mystical Body,
811 I,7 | establish a theologically well-grounded and juridically sound praxis
812 I (33) | Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (A.E.C.A.W.A.), the
813 | what
814 | whereby
815 | wherever
816 | While
817 | whom
818 | why
819 III,22 | territories, bearing in mind the wider, even world-wide, resonance
820 I,4 | so that by sharing their wisdom and experience and exchanging
821 III,24 | follow, correspond to the wishes of the Extraordinary General
822 II,11 | to be respected by all as witnesses to divine and Catholic truth”; (49)
823 II,12 | over the Church. In other words, “episcopal collegiality
824 IV | ever more fruitful in good works, I cordially impart my Apostolic
825 III,22 | in mind the wider, even world-wide, resonance which the means
826 III,19 | doctrine, priests of sacred worship and ministers of government. (...)
827 I,3 | the holding of Councils. Worthy of mention among these are,
828 II (53) | 1987), 3: Insegnamenti, X, 3 (1987), 555.~
829 I (28) | 24 August 1889): Leonis XIII Acta, IX (1890), p. 184.~
830 I (33) | Episcopal de América Central y Panama (S.E.D.A.C.), the
831 IV | Ascension of the Lord, in the year 1998, the twentieth of my
832 | yet
833 | you
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