MUNUS DOCENDI BISKUPA DIECEZJALNEGO W PRAWODAWSTWIE POSOBOROWYM
MUNUS DOCEDNI OF THE DIOCESAN BISHOP IN POST- CONCILIAR LEGISLATION

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present the munus docendi, i.e. the task of teaching the diocesan bishop who plays an important role in the Church. With consecration, the bishops are charged with the task of teaching, sanctifying and governing. The diocesan bishop should carry out the task of teaching personally, and coordinate its implementation through his co-workers who support him in proclaiming the Word of God. The article focuses on the subject and style of preaching and the ways of communicating God’s Word. The diocesan bishop, in addition to his personal preaching, is also to care for other proclaimers of the Church’s doctrine. The competences and relations of the diocesan bishop towards the clergy, lay faithful, catechetical teaching, schools, Catholic universities, church universities and faculties, the media of social communication and theologians were presented. Bishops are authentic teachers and, what is worth emphasizing, they remain only an instrument in God’s hand called to teach the Word of God. The preached Word of God must be adapted to the current problems of people, the environment and culture. The bishop must also implement the word of God in his life, because through his testimony the preached Gospel gains value. The entire deposit of faith is to be the subject of the proclamation of the diocesan bishop. The diocesan bishop is to communicate the Gospel to all the faithful, both believers and non-believers, and to those who have departed from religious practice and faith.

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