CCC 1565

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION›III. The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

salvation sacraments scripture

Entities

Holy Orders Messiah Salvation

Topics

christ, god, hope, church church, christ, holy, communion

Through the sacrament of Holy Orders priests share in the universal dimensions of the mission that Christ entrusted to the apostles. the spiritual gift they have received in ordination prepares them, not for a limited and restricted mission, "but for the fullest, in fact the universal mission of salvation 'to the end of the earth,"' "prepared in spirit to preach the Gospel everywhere."

Footnotes

PO 10; OT 20; cf. ⇒ Acts 1:8.
OT 20.

Bible Citations (1)

Acts

Acts 1:8

Ecclesiastical Documents (2)

Presbyterorum Ordinis Optatam Totius

Presbyterorum Ordinis 10, Optatam Totius 20

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