Lesson Details

Missing Notes

Spring 2019

Systematic Theology II 418-9

Date

Feb. 27, 2019

Additional Info
Here are the notes we were to take today. Put them in your notes. You will still have the quiz on Friday, but it will only cover the notes from Monday and Tuesday. And yes, Study Guide still do Monday and Test on Tuesday of next week.
Diaconate (Deacons)

  • Ordained to assist their local bishop and the priests

  • Acts 6:1-6, the Apostles called seven men to become 'deacons' (diakonos in Greek, servant) in order to assist them in charitable service

  • One of which was St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church

  • Today, they are allowed to preach the Gospel at Mass, Baptize, preside at weddings or funerals

    • Two Types of Deacons:

    • Permanent Deacons are expected to live their whole lives as deacons. If married, they need their wife's permission and cannot remarry if she dies

    • Transitional Deacons are men training to become priests who spend several months serving as a deacon

    • An unmarried deacon must make a promise of celibacy (never to be married) at his ordination

3. Who may receive Holy Orders?

  • Unlike the other sacraments, no one has a right to Holy Orders

  • A vocation (calling) to the priesthood or diaconate must be received as an unmerited gift from God

  • The Church's bishops are endowed with the responsibility of discerning if a man's calling is authentic

  • He must be of excellent character and mature age and complete years of study and preparation

  • Must be a Confirmed, male Catholic

  • In the Latin Rite, Permanent Deacons can be married before ordination (but not after)

  • Latin Rite priests are normally expected to embrace a life of celibacy

  • Eastern Rite Catholic priests may be married before ordination (but not after)

  • Bishops of East and West come only from the celibate clergy

Rite of Ordination:

  • Normally celebrated at a Cathedral with the laity invited

  • Litany of the Saints: All kneel, ordinands lay prostrate, and the Saints are invoked

  • Man receives the symbols of his office

    • Deacon: Book of the Gospels

    • Priest: Chalice and Paten

    • Bishop: Book of the Gospels, Ring, Miter (hat), Crosier (staff)