Głos w przedsoborowej dyskusji o diakonacie stałym Ks. rektor prof. Marian Rechowicz i jego opracowanie z 1961 r.
A voice in the pre-council discussion on the permanent diaconate. Priest Professor Marian Rechowicz and his study from 1961

Summary/Abstract: Restoring of the permanent diaconate in the Catholic Church was one of the issues extensively discussed during preparations for the Second Vatican Council. In 1961, Rev. Prof. Marian Rechowicz (1910-1983), at that time the rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, prepared a study on this subject. The document Zagadnienie instytucji diakonatu z punktu widzenia sytuacji i potrzeb Kościoła w Polsce (The Institution of Diaconate in Terms of the Situation and Needs of the Church in Poland) was published in German one year later. To this date, it is not known to a wider audience; therefore, its most important theses are worth recalling. The author notices many problems that would appear, if this kind of ministry was established in the Church in Poland. He indicated a lack of tradition of the permanent diaconate in Poland, a high rate of priestly vocations, and problems of costs of support (of a deacon and his family), taking into account limited financial capabilities of a parish.

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