Institute of consecrated life
Institutes of Consecrated Life are communities in the Roman Catholic Church, whose members through public vows promise a life according to the evangelical counsels.
- 2.1 Institutes of diocesan and pontifical right
- 2.2 Clerical and laikale Institute
Canonical demarcation
Institutes of Consecrated Life are legally separate from the Societies of Apostolic Life ( Can. 731-755 CIC) distinction, whose members take no formal vows. For both types, the Congregation is responsible for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Holy See.
The common basis of institutes of consecrated life are on the current canon law CIC 1983 in cann. 573-606 CIC regulated, supplemented by the Apostolic Exhortation Vita consecrate of John Paul II applies
" The consecrated through the profession of the evangelical counsels of life consists in a durable way of life in the believer under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in particularly close imitation of Christ is God, the most beloved, indulge completely and and for his glory as well as to the edification of the Church for the salvation of the world enter into a new and special bond to go in the service of the Kingdom of perfect love and become a shining mark in the church to announce the heavenly glory. "
Religious institute
In religious institutes ( Can. 607-709 CIC), members usually live together in a monastery and form a religious community. They are respectively
" An association in which the members according to proper law public, eternal or temporal vows, but they must be renewed after expiry of the time pass, and live a fraternal life in community. "
The distinction between old orders ( monastic orders, mendicant orders, orders of knighthood, and Canons Regular Clerics Regular ) and newer congregations was abolished with the revision of canon law in 1983.
Secular Institute
The historical precursor of Secular Institutes ( Can. 710-730 CIC) date back to the late 16th century, their legal recognition and inclusion in the approved by the Church stands for Consecrated Life on 2 February 1947 with the Apostolic Constitution Provida Mater ecclesia of Pope Pius XII. ( 1939-1958 ). In the canonical right specifies:
" The believers who dedicate themselves in secular institutes God, follow Christ live through the acquisition of the three evangelical counsels, to which they commit themselves by a sacred bond, in the middle of the world. They dedicate their lives to Christ and the Church, and set yourself up for the sanctification of the world especially from within a. "
The people belonging to this state of consecrated life, preserve their position they have in the world. They live and work among the people of God without their social environment to leave ( Can. 711 and 713 CIC). You get to create their own lifestyle. A secular institute is dependent on its statutes, open to clergy, laity, men and women. The members live independently, either alone or with their families ( can. 714 CIC). Each community is represented by an elected leader. The excretion of a secular institute a religious institute or society of apostolic life or in another secular institute requires the approval of the Holy See ( can. 730 CIC).
Types of organizations
Institutes of Consecrated Life may unite subject to the approval of the Apostolic See, and confederations and federations form ( can. 582 CIC).
Institutes of diocesan and pontifical right
The diocesan bishops are allowed to build in their dioceses Institutes of Consecrated Life. This requires consultation with the Apostolic See, and will conclude in an episcopal decree ( can. 579 CIC). It is under these provisions as " institute of diocesan right " and remains under the care of the diocesan bishop ( can. 594 CIC) Institutes of Consecrated Life, which were established and recognized by the Apostolic See, are referred to as " institutes of pontifical right " ( Can. 579 589 CIC). They are under " directly and exclusively the authority of the Apostolic See " ( can. 593 CIC).
Clerical and laikale Institute
The institutes of consecrated life may at their stand of both clergy and laymen to be occupied ( can. 588 § 1 CIC). A clerical institute is a cleric before, it looks the consecration and needs to be recognized by ecclesiastical authority ( can. 588 § 2 CIC). A geleitetem of lay institute includes a consecration from ( can. 588 § 3 CIC)
Vows and promises
The members of institutes of consecrated life lay vows, in the ancient order, solemn vows, in the congregations and secular institutes, however simple vows. Members of Societies of Apostolic Life lay no vows, but vows. These do not differ in terms of the evangelical counsels. The difference lies in the fact that the different forms do not cause canonically the same binding. This is for example relevant for the procedure of withdrawal of a member.