In the Catholic Church, communicatio in sacris ("communion in sacred [things]"; also translated as "worship in common": n.8 ), also called communicatio...
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Full communion (redirect from Communio in sacris)
for the giving of the Eucharist to other Christians (communicatio in sacris) are summarized in canon 844 of the Latin Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law...
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present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. The definition of the Eucharist in the 1983...
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Loss of clerical state (redirect from Laicization in the Catholic Church)
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of clerical state (commonly referred to as laicization, dismissal, defrocking, and degradation) is the...
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(sainthood) of a candidate in to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence favoring canonization". In common language, the phrase...
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Solemn vow (section Vows in religious institutes)
completion of the novitiate in a Catholic religious institute. It is solemn insofar as the Church recognizes it as such. Any vow in Catholic religious life...
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Simony (section In the Middle Ages)
after Simon Magus, who is described in the Acts of the Apostles as having offered two disciples of Jesus payment in exchange for their empowering him to...
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adopted for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially...
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Indulgence (redirect from Trade in indulgences)
In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has...
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Holy day of obligation (category Mass in the Catholic Church)
In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and...
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