|
The Catholic Church requires people to make a personal profession of faith according to a prescribed formula, when taking up certain posts in its service or when becoming Catholics. == Persons taking up certain responsibilities == A public profession of faith in accordance with a formula approved by the Holy See is required of〔(Code of Canon Law, canon 833 )〕 # Participants in a council or synod # Cardinals # Bishops and those equivalent to them in canon law # Diocesan administrators # Vicars general, episcopal vicars, and judicial vicars # Parish priests, seminary rectors and teachers of theology and philosophy, those about to be ordained deacons # Rectors of ecclesiastical or Catholic universities and teachers of Catholic theology in any university # Superiors of clerical religious institutes and societies of apostolic life Those listed under numbers 5 to 8 also take an oath of fidelity on assuming the office they are to exercise in the name of the Church. Under the 1917 Code of Canon Law, which was superseded in 1973 by a revised text, the obligation also fell on those who were appointed as〔(''The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law'', canon 1406 )〕 # Canons # Diocesan consultors # All professors at a canonically erected university and those gaining academic degrees in them The approved formula now in use for the profession of faith and the accompanying oath of fidelity are given, together with a commentary, on the website of the Holy See.〔(Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Profession of Faith" )〕 The prescribed profession of faith begins with the statement, "I, N., with firm faith believe and profess each and everything that is contained in the Symbol of faith, namely", followed by the words of the Nicene Creed. It then continues with three more paragraphs: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Profession of faith (Catholic Church)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|