CCC 911
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT›Paragraph 4. CHRIST'S FAITHFUL - HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE
In the Church, "lay members of the Christian faithful can cooperate in the exercise of this power [of governance] in accord with the norm of law." and so the Church provides for their presence at particular councils, diocesan synods, pastoral councils; the exercise in solidum of the pastoral care of a parish, collaboration in finance committees, and participation in ecclesiastical tribunals, etc.
Footnotes
- ⇒ CIC, can. 129 # 2.
- Cf. ⇒ CIC, cann. 443 # 4; ⇒ 463 ## 1 and 2; ⇒ 492 # 1; ⇒ 511; ⇒ 517 # 2; ⇒ 536; ⇒ 1421 # 2.
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