Legal and Liturgical Consequences of the Change in the Wording of Canon 230 § 1 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law
The Genesis of Allowing Women to Assume the Permanent Ministry of a Lectore and Acolyte in Light of the Motu Proprio “Spiritus Domini” Cover Image

Prawno-liturgiczne konsekwencje zmiany brzmienia kan. 230 § 1 Kodeksu Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 r. Geneza dopuszczenia kobiet do podjęcia na stałe posługi lektoratu i akolitatu w świetle motu proprio „Spiritus Domini”
Legal and Liturgical Consequences of the Change in the Wording of Canon 230 § 1 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law The Genesis of Allowing Women to Assume the Permanent Ministry of a Lectore and Acolyte in Light of the Motu Proprio “Spiritus Domini”

Author(s): Waldemar Bartocha
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Pastoral Theology, Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Lay Faithful; Woman; Ministry; Lectorate; Acolytate; Common Priesthood;

Summary/Abstract: The article explains what the amendment made to canon 230 § 1 of the 1983 Code of Can- on Law by Pope Francis under the motu proprio “Spiritus Domini” consists of As a result of this amendment, women have been allowed to take up the permanent ministry of a lector and acolyte in the Roman Catholic Church. In his study, the author begins by showing the essence of the reform of the minor orders by Pope Paul VI with the issuance of the apos- tolic letter motu proprio “Ministeria guaedam” of August 15, 1972. He then discusses the historical, theological and pastoral criteria behind the change introduced in the code legis- lation regarding the implementation of the liturgical ministry of the lectorate and acolyte. Pope Francis, through the motu proprio “Spiritus Domini”, brings to maturity the process of reform begun in 1972 by Paul VI and makes an important systematization on the level of terminology and more visibly highlights the lay nature of the ministries based on baptism and confirmation, intended for ecclesial service.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 60
  • Page Range: 55-73
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish