CCC 1583
Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION›VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
It is true that someone validly ordained can, for a just reason, be discharged from the obligations and functions linked to ordination, or can be forbidden to exercise them; but he cannot become a layman again in the strict sense, because the character imprinted by ordination is for ever. the vocation and mission received on the day of his ordination mark him permanently.
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ CIC, cann. 290-293; ⇒ 1336 # 1 3, ⇒ 5, ⇒ 1338 # 2; Council of Trent DS 1774.
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