Empowerment for Ministry: A Complete Manual on Diocesan Faculties for Priests, Deacons, and Lay Ministers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780809141265)

Empowerment for Ministry is a must-have reference book that provides a comprehensive treatment of diocesan faculties for priests, deacons, and lay ministers. It develops a coherent theory of the juridical nature and the delegation of faculties; identifies and organizes the pertinent rules of canon law and the canonical tradition on the grant, supply, use, and cessation of diocesan faculties; and offers model faculties and commentaries on them for clergy, lay ministers, and chancery officials. Part I, Canonical Theory and Rules, presents a comprehensive treatment of diocesan faculties and all the canonical rules applicable to them. Part II, Model Faculties and Commentaries, offers lists of faculties and commentaries on them. Audience: --diocesan leadership and those who advise them in the preparation and updating of diocesan faculties --canonists and students of canon law --priests, deacons, and lay ministers who have faculties by law and/or delegation --those preparing for ecclesial ministries--seminarians, deacon candidates, and lay ministers in formation +

Author: John M. Huels
ISBN-10: 0809141264
ISBN-13: 9780809141265
Publisher: Paulist Press
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2003
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.30w x 0.78d